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• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  22 to 28 will pass in the blink of an eye, and so on. thank you for ... together and passing faster and faster, like sand in an hourglass falling, a ... same job in the same city for twenty years when there are so many roles

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  need, exactly where you want to look in the sky, what frequency you want ... observing semester the telescope will look at your object(s) for the length of ... : writing grant proposals, etc. So, for all you scientists-in-training who

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  . Polenske - China * Amy B. Smith - Energy in developing areas 4:00-4:30pm ... global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the ... agenda for today is as follows: -------------------- 9:00-9:20am OPENING

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2025 and taking part in tradition

  

  an entire year straight! (I was about to Google "minutes in a year" but ...  (though, in his defense, he doesn't only use Spotify for his listening; more on ... had them on repeat while i was traveling in china but i love them so it

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 1, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  “control” group. For those in the treatment group, [annotation note ... . And that probably isn't true: we might be in an economic boom, the ... there's no way to verify this claim by looking at data; like in the

  • by Phi A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  . Jinshinjiko Ôºà‰∫∫Ë∫´‰∫ãÊïÖ„ÄÅ„Åò„Çì„Åó„Çì„Åò„ÅìÔºâ - if you stay in Tokyo for ... the Japanese equivalent of McDonald's). Look for "oomori"„ÄÄÔºà ... another ramen! 63. Best part? Look for restaurants that offer free oomori or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some ... countless times, I feel in a unique position to evaluate a movie about an ... 's mother deserves an Academy Award just for her bizarre facial tics and for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  checking your spam inbox for an interview request is NOT one of them.  So ... too well. If you get in, here's a virtual mug of my favorite [annotation ... honey[/caption] Here’s my deferral story. It's pretty angsty. I was an

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  for a reason. In my case, after I exited off College Confidential and ... incomplete, so that decision turned out to be a blessing in disguise for me. In ... . In closing, good luck in these coming weeks, for I imagine the next

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  begin to assemble a design portfolio for use in job ... few days later, I found myself in an office with Hardi Meybaum, co ... meeting later, and I was offered an internship for January. If you can

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  blinding goal, a safety net for things that I wasn’t satisfied with in high ... look like. In a year, I would be in college. I would be exposed to more ... exploring? What jobs should I be looking at? Do I even want an employer, or

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  , particularly in an expanded, technically enhanced framework; tools and systems ... , particularly for young people, in formal and informal educational settings ... , fortunately for MIT, Glorianna Davenport will be back. In the spring semester

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  years later, I’d learn that that hallway was actually a ‘corridor’—an ... in Texas. It had snowed before. Anyway.  The first time I walked down ... was in Kentucky. Nonetheless… I’ve been surrounded by travel all my life

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  most interested in (or they may be an expert!!), so prepare for both ... posted here.  I was an interviewer myself for many years before leading ... my own interview like it was yesterday. I’ve been an EC for six years

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  , authorities have set up a row of big-screen projectors in Berlin spanning an ... all ready to write an entry last night on how some cities in Germany are ... in all the train stations make up a personal itinerary for you listing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  role of a private university in an era of well-funded public universities ... special talents, and to provide an environment in which these may flourish ... recognize and provide opportunities for unusual interests and aptitudes; in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  undergraduate education in the case of an undergraduate student or by the dean for ... advised me to ask for an “OX” in the class if I wasn’t feeling better by the ... weeks of the term. Like an F grade, an O grade carries no credit for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  community - In both 6.034 and 6.803, he would either start the class with an ... had picked up from the author of the paper we read.   He was an ... Excellence in Mentoring award given to a professor who serves as an advisor

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... 's against the wall, which at EC is a signal of being in authority: Schuyler ... that you can decide for sure which one you want to live in - I know you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  get in before I graduate and the ultimate success, FIRST AUTHOR. As for ... in lab watching the hours go by until I get an interesting data point ... , and for me, I find that in science and engineering. Inventing my own

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006