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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  taunting and the teasing came to a head. Sara misspoke one day, and Yuki ... across the hall. Sara '12 is also a resident of Conner 2. You may remember ... be the first to tell you that the day he saw me cooking corned beef

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  . MIT Hackers did a little to welcome the Dome back to the world of sight: (All Hack Photo Credit to Eric Schmiedl) Yup, that's a bandaid. Our beloved dome is all fixed up. But the hackers didn't stop there! Early last

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  second-year GEL student (hereafter referred to as a “GEL 2”) is that the ... say that the GEL 2s devote at least ten hours a week to help plan each ... calls upon the GEL 2s to conceive and operate a unique ELL. We started

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  is that? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, of course! One ... to a showing of the new movie!" This is actually what he said. I take ... of work to do. I maintained that the awesomeness of a sneak preview

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  , which is about this class and discusses the notion that science fiction is ... program, I spend a lot of time there. It's a research facility that ... , looking at every project I can find. But today, I was there to attend the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  feel that it helps to reduce stress and anxiety in the applicant pool when students get to know us a bit and understand that their applications ... as potential MIT '11s gear up to begin the admissions process. Below is

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  come up with 179 results, and I've since filtered that list down to just a couple. My approach to selecting a HASS class is that I want to take a class on material that sounds interesting. Some students like to

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  that make film and video more accessible to more people and easier to ... solar energy and described his efforts to devise a personal editing ... justice to the many projects that were presented by some twenty alumni

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  , but there are exceptions to every rule, and mine is not being bothered ... flops. That, and maybe knowing that all the hair in the drain is yours ... Program), and the adjustment back to home life has been, as usual, greater

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  aids and passionate faculty work hard to ensure that we graduate with the ... Program MIT ESP is a student group that organizes two of the most beloved ... Campaign for a Better World, and the Laboratory representatives came to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Alone some thoughts on spending winter break in mit

  

  and reading random articles. Waking up in the morning is a struggle, so ... were going home for the holidays, and that I only knew six people who ... to people. It’s gotten to me. It’s not that there aren’t people around

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  all that I could -- and wanted -- to manage on an eventful month ... impactful experiences of my life, a testament to our shared values and ... and the ideas we shared and developed back to my home chapter.  

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  myself to my clubs and obtain a high position; however, the one thing I ... Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... students that went to prestigious high schools with award winning math and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  comfortable there? The answer to that is usually no, especially when your home is a college campus where events and famous people will often come to ... than intended before coming back to campus, I forget that there’s a world

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  fear that I would take a terrible picture and then post it on the ... So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a ... vegetarianism. Anyway, we took the wraps (and nutella milkshakes) down to the park

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  —it’s like I’m claiming there’s something about me or what I have that is so spectacular that others might want it, and isn’t that a boastful claim to make ... , to be clear, is a vanity metric and not indicative of much, but it

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  interest us and apply those things to the creation of a short film. We just ... opposed to invisible force-field-looking boundaries. And DDA is a line-drawing algorithm that is used to accelerate the detection of particles. This approach

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  the lo-fi hip hop beats to study/relax to playlist, and that is usually ... that...i made it! i made it into the game industry and got to work at a ... is such a good song and i cannot wait to make an emo cover of it The

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  mailboxes and the piano. There's a small square table with some couches. It ... so tickets are only $25, and it really just is a breathtaking way to ... to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  , the water is quiet, clean, and relaxing. I wanted to express that kind ... , there are “better things to do with my time”. I’m proud of the fact that ... appointment to a work meeting and mentally distracted from work stress. The

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025