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• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  's, and studying in the Student Center all day. There's nothing like looking ... sitting in the storage room, waiting for me to find in the fall. I gave ... Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... admissions, I tell them, not inaccurately, that, as someone with an degree in ... placed in what we called the "forced-triple" -- a cubicle designed for two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  Noah and said construction in not an ark. Good Luck! P.S. A prize will ... -time mathematician. John is my neighbor, and for the last few weeks he has been constructing this "structure" in his front yard. I know that many of you are

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  't fit for print. ;) Last weekend, we had an impromptu steel "ring ... It's been business as usual for me here at MIT, following the routine of classes, work, and free time. We got a four-day weekend for Columbus

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  some extra raps for inspiration, particularly looking at female rappers ... this content for this class, but I still do the readings just so I'm in ... "the Internet" as an entity in general. This class has some really great

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  with infinite wisdom, I realize that it’s nearly five p.m. I mumble an ... lose a life for each such word. I’m supposed to meet up with my advisor ... things where MIT tries to compensate for beating the crap out of everyone

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  it is an algorithms class, I would enjoy it more than 6.009.  In the ... for first time teaching assistants in ESG(the Experimental Study Group ... one of the first classes in algebra so it is a prerequisite for a lot of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Before You Graduate", which varies a slightly by academic year (for example ... Simmons (I just moved, again), I noticed something floating in the air ... ? Woooo Sochi 2014! If you're interested in previous hacks, MIT hacks

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an ... . Basically, it’s training to become an officer in the U.S. Military. ROTC gives ... what ROTC is unless you’re in it or you’re familiar with the military. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  ... "Things I Discovered About Myself as it Relates to the Artsy Stuff I Have in My Life...". But "Life as an Artist" has a better ring to it, don't you think?? lol As usual, my thoughts come out as bullet points so in the

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  's relatively well known that, in addition to MIT's fervent love for STEM and ... just kind of barged into their home and asked for an unplanned tour ... with an interest in energy, sustainability, and mechanical engineering

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  buildings."), stood in front of it for half an hour taking pictures, bought ... islands in the Adriatic? But, then again, as an MIT student, bad ideas are ... -taking fee. As we sat on the roof for about an hour, a sound crew set up for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  the comments thread in this post to leave your best wishes for Ben as he ... fantastic new job (Vice President for Communications!) at Oberlin College. If ... in at least some small way. He created this community and made it what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  conversational in French before leaving MIT. Externships If you’re looking for an ... -name places—but there are also companies abroad looking for externs. In fact, I ... in another country? And what if you’ve got other plans for the summer

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ’re using a CRT display for whatever reason, the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physics ... Moungi Bawendi won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in ... happy for him :)[/caption] In my opinion, this year’s prize was one of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  is, unless you aren't looking for flexibility), then you're in luck. If ... serious), an MIT junior (majoring in math, of course), and a participant ... , octagenarian professor on paper, but in real life, he's a fun-loving guy with an

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  , 1 Megapixel." The plan is to initially roll out the computers in a little over a year to six large nations. Negroponte has identified China ... skeptics. People peppered Negroponte with questions in both English and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  thing to my mom for even longer, as she is one of maybe three people in ... and was immediately confronted by a colossal display for the Twilight ... as an insight into the overall quality of teen-girl-oriented novels

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the ... undoubtedly heading to the library to cram for finals - people who in any other ... bombing of a Birmingham, AL church in 1963. Newtown, for what it's worth

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  Hockfield recently wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled A Model For ... future. In other words, we're looking to you -- wherever you go for college ... -efficient cars, as well as a look at MIT's Friday-after-Thanksgiving tradition of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006