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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  This past weekend I was somewhere between flying and drowning. Finals were...... Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home and see my family, and there was nobody I wanted to see more after a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  I’m ranked in the bottom 39% on profile views among my connections on ... , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of ... got locked into a narrow tunnel vision in which I only valued the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let ... thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I ... Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  confronted by another line, in 104F midday heat, to order. I was told it would ... I'm blogging this from a Starbucks in Phoenix. I'm sweating ... . More on that later. I'm in Phoenix for the 2016 Intel International

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  -Perez) and I engaged in an online experiment: we took all of the lectures for 6 ... audio engaging and dynamic, I would give an actual lecture - replete with ... lectures. In support of this, we created a monitoring system that would let

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  ", how did it get two colors, and in general, what was the process like? I ... behind MIT's logo, and MIT's graphic identity in general. I'll take a different style of writing for this post, emphasizing the process of how I do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  while, and I would look down at their page over my absurdly high nose and think, "PSHHH." "Pshhhhh," I would think. "If I had the honor of being an MIT blogger, I would not post as sparsely as a Donald Trump's hair. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  recall how the topic came up, but as we were talking, I was applying ... 'Reilly animals would make a great component to a Mystery Hunt puzzle. I brought ... awe of Josh's ability to slip in the clue months beforehand. I feel bad

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a ... on its stand (in the yellow box), the half-soldered PCB I was working ... [/annotation] for this semester before I realized I would have two desks, which has

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week: Anjum Sharma A salute to one final senior.

  

  500 firms. Living Groups: Freshman year in MacGregor House "I Entry ... CEO and Chris as Chief Engineer. In sophomore year I lived in Baker ... minor in 14 [layman's terms: Management Science with a minor in Economics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  that everyone would want to do, I was told at the event that many clubs ... can be part of an MIT community even after I graduate, regardless of how ... comes another confession of cultural ignorance, I did not know what cream

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends ... spent in lab at my UROP. I work at the Computational Fabrication Group in ... technologies. As a mechanical engineer in a computer science lab, I'm relied on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are ... check in occasionally so I'd suggest you pick an event where you can meet ... ago. A great place to find a parent to talk to would be in the Parent

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... Devices and I worked in the Manufacturing Engineering Lab. So, see that ... Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  in our names and sizes. I realized right away what they had done. They ... course, this did not happen. I wrote a message in the blank space to the ... , I did the same, pointing out the complete lack of transparency in the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... committee this year even more than I have in past years. Maybe that's just ... . Simon: When you do math in public, how do people generally react? Is this

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  . Why I gave up the opportunity to go to school in the same department as ... sucks when instead I could've be basking in sun taking naps on the quad in ... , with the tools I need to take on anything. Would I have felt the same

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  eat at the (in)famous dining halls. I find it fairly obvious which ... feeling sad? Was there any effort in the decor/design? With that, I present ... Cormick-goers want to challenge this, I would allow the discourse."]McCormick (D

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I ... say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  saw how girls in my sorority would leave for a weekend and return as ... history of being a feared team in the NEWMAC. I’m sure the friends and ... it.  I learned that MIT was a jock school by living in it. I saw my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025