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• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  regex, topics that are important to computer scientists and also have a ... she's written a bunch of books and papers that are super important to ... 't have much to show for it, except notably a fat C in 6.006, MIT's intro to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  , however learn a few very important lessons on this lovely walk back to the ... ! But it was just a dream. So I guess I’ll check Caucasian” [Q: To you ... : Why do you or don’t you feel a personal obligation to 'buy local

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... every couple of years for important family events) for a traditional ... everyone grabs what they want and finds a place around the house to sit down

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  about my friends and have grown so much closer to them within a few hours ... viewed it in a different light. We then contemplated how important getting ... social activity. It covers all the important bases: talking to friends

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  important takeaway for any prefrosh reading this is to please not worry about ... becoming a camp counselor or taking time off to spend with your friends and ... throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... else’s head. You get to experience what they experience–the fear during a ... experiences, though. It means you get to be that person for a little bit. You

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  . Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... learned in classes to create a tangible product. Did you know that Collier ... spring, I tried to simulate a hypothetical physical effect that never

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visualize this! My new UROP We've got some really cool stuff going on this semester

  

  /designed/drawn picture (as opposed to a natural image like a photograph). This is important ... ) program gives MIT undergrads a chance to do meaningful research in cutting ... to research that I like a lot. At any given time, there are multiple

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  ’s starting to settle down a bit now, but the initial jump from IAP to “SURPRISE ... Hello, everyone! It’s been a while since I last posted. Here are two ... -students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  . Renaldo Webb, a Marrero, La., native who plans to study subatomic physics, is the first person in his family to attend college. A graduate of MIT ... . It is a remarkable group who will bring a vibrant energy to this campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  just to have you leave a few years later. I know how important it is for ... she speaks with aspires to be a lawyer and almost all plan to stop ... their kids start going to school. Many of them believe that a woman must

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  order pizza, but then ask for a bag of those famous pizza dough rolls to ... junior year’s Engineering Leadership Lab (ELL) wanted to have a reunion ... students in GEL program, and I love the opportunity to meet students from a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  ~24 hours to a little over 25 hours. To express this mutation ... to produce a generation of offspring with random point mutations ... just "not to live in a cardboard box after graduation") would be to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  is to provide a late-night, work-free food experience to desperate ... be quite good, and cheap. I clicked on it and was taken to the ever-important ... 10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  the FIRST robotics competition. There are two elements to the program: a ... solution to a real world problem. Each year there is a theme to the robot ... overlaid with a third, arguably more important, element: the FLL Core Values

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  from mit. even when you're not on leave. i went to a documentary play ... square.   i volunteered in a door-to-door get ... talking to strangers. i also ate lots of granola bars.   i spent a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started ... microfabricated fuel cell that could be used to power a cell phone. We filled Ruth ... hard drive crashed. I'm a Mac user now. I need to find a way to acquire

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  to be included I have created a very simple equation: LΔ or Learning ... ) Learning = to acquire knowledge or skills and (Δ) Delta = a change in some ... factors that help to give a clear understanding of what you have learned

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  for fun. I am a nerd. I don't think I became a nerd UNTIL I came to MIT ... grabbed a program to read while waiting for the lecture to begin. That ... year's Killian Award and the person scheduled to teach us "What is a gene

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  years of MIT? It is strange to walk into a building and find out that it ... innovation and the future. Certainly it isn't a bad thing to have respect for ... , so unlike at MIT, there isn't a constant pressure to work on psets. I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011