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• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  at a restaurant here in Cambridge! This might not be a big deal for ... -and-greet in April, and I compared that tiny get-together to “seeing color for ... I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  ’t looking? For a blissful moment, I breathed in peace. Then I reached my ... I was ecstatic. An educational video I had made for my IAP class was ... for an escape maneuver up the toilet seat as I waited for the creature

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  career to the Air Force in exchange for tuition. As for med school itself ... started at MIT. Medicine is an exercise in delayed gratification."]fellow[/annotation] in Washington DC. I love asking questions to move an entire field

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  in true MIT fashion, I leave the proof as an exercise to the reader ... in 45-degree increments, which was completely unexpected for me. To ... “@Andi you know how with ultra hand you can rotate objects in 45

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  : To come up with Medieval puzzles and challenges for an upcoming ... decided they wanted to add some glowing gems for an added effect. On the ... word for an intern who works off campus for IAP

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  in emailing the CEO to ask for an internship, but can I have one?" The ... INTRO First things first, I have to post this, as promised in an ... , during IAP in January, I did an unpaid externship at 5W!TS Productions

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350 ... too :-) It's three in the morning and MIT's campus is, for once ... 's never been a TA for a class; he's not in the MIT directory. He comes back

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from ... for any mice expressing an extended circadian period but otherwise ... -and-dirty method of looking for a mutation, the most obvious one being the sheer

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  constellations,” he told us, “we have been looking for our companions in the ... . Leonard Nimoy is famous for his role as Mr. Spock in the original 1960’s ... , “for music that is particularly meaningful to me.” He put his hands in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me ... little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a blink of the eye really in the scheme of things, back across the years

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  [Guest Post] How to get paid to be funny by Abby S. '26

  

  Fund for Humor is to "impress students with the importance of humor in ... ideas. For weeks, kazooing could be heard down the Infinite corridor, in ... practically leaped off the table and were gone in a matter of hours. As for me

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 31, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  an externship, which is the term for an internship that happens over ... .6721 Negotiation Analysis, which meets for 8.30-4.30 for three days in a row towards ... dollars in prizes, and an opportunity to work on software-related projects

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  brownie from a mug (an activity I highly suggest) in my apartment in Boston ... environmentally friendly materials for ITO replacement in touch screens ... -ready for the group meeting in the Batman (sic!) Conference Room of Center for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  Mediterranean for a birthday lunch at Vlora, right over in Copley Square. As it ... membranes invisible for in vivo imaging. Thing is, we've gotten close to ... that was ostensibly going on somewhere in Iowa. The instructions for my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  a host for you, and they'll be in touch soon. There's no one standard ... see during CPW. For example, you probably won't see much in the way of ... opportunities to see labs. In part, this is because labs are not designed for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  . Now for the good news: MIT has in place its own, pretty generous system ... runs the course and for the most part approximate a final exam in that class. If you take the ASE, the grade you get on the test stands in for a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  're looking to see if 6-2/6-3 is for you. 4. I'm making an effort to be more ... I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I ... this makes up for the fact I haven't blogged in a bit! I really do miss

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  fit in. For the first time in my life I didn't enjoy school anymore. And ... research assistant for a few professors in my area of interest, and basically ... 'm talking about, then you haven't felt it yet. I know I never looked for this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome

  

  entry when I find free wireless, but right now it's costing 3 euros an hour and I have a lot of emails to respond to. (Thanks for all the emails - keep sending) But for now, I'll just leave you with a few photos. Monday

  • by Bryan
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  an angle in an attempt to take a picture of all of us without looking ... sleeping space for everyone in the loft, a few members of the group decided ... facebook group you all know and love) helps me make signs for the dorm. Go

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007