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• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  on some kind of maturation pedestal - and it is worthy of the hype I ... unjaded by the responsibilities and consequences of adult life. As much as ... the top of my list. Expectations of parents. What a struggle. Given MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  Like many of you, I stayed up quite late watching the election ... , including the Tremulant concert at TT the Bear's Place (one of the many, many awesome live music venues within a short walk of MIT), the Kerry goings on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  for some things to improve and change as time goes on. One of the most ... 't come easily, and for much of the semester, I was running on adrenaline ... school turned out to be the dagger in my side as I trudged on to the end of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  lack of blogging.) This blog was not initiated for such reasons. The ... , seeing everyone and feeling the ENERGY here. But before I get too ahead of myself, I want to say that this summer was one of the most meaningful and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  fish. But a conventional fish finder examines only a small slice of the ... square miles of the ocean and find millions of fish. Rather than being used ... conservationists to study the behavior of large populations, what marine biologists

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  .01 exam. So on the back of my index card, after writing in all the last ... before the exam. (Despite the fact that I was always sort of afraid that a ... time of my famously long to-do list) I must have re-inked the fading

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  We’re Linux! "Aha, Linux beats paper!"

  

  Congratulations to the future class of 2013! I'm looking forward to meeting you over the coming weeks through the blogs and, of course, CPW ... video, Challenges at the Office, was produced by a alum friend of mine

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  I have nothing but analysis left to do for the last Junior Lab experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go ... 'm in the second group stunt and the partner stunt and the top of the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20 ... 't so obviously useful - but is probably one of the most special classes I ... signed up for the latter along with half of MIT, because how could anyone

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  readership of each entry decays pretty rapidly. The ten most recent posts have ... main page, you can find it two places: the personal archive of the ... colorful navigation bar at the top of this page. That's one of the great

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  . Despite the American reputation of not being a soccer-friendly country, thousands of fans showed up at Boston's City Hall to watch the Final ... greater excitement in the streets of Palermo. For France, though, all they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can transfer applicants submit supplemental materials?

  the required application. If there are other pieces of information that ... them as noted below. We'll accept a maximum of two additional letters of ... materials can be mailed to: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  've forgotten so much of what I learned in the EMT class I took over IAP, and I haven't had a whole lot of experience on shift. The latter, though, might ... isn't all that useful. Channeling the spirit of "practice makes perfect

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  , Death from Above is doing a live webcast of the wrap-up events that happen ... (that's being awake 57 of the last 60 hours). For those of you who come ... developments, communication with the coordinators, and a general feeling of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  /her life" doesn't work. Of course, if you have the right amount of ... 'd share with you some pictures of the waterpark I work at. I mean, I know ... , Runaway Rapids Waterpark: This is the kiddie section. It's full of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  The blizzard helped me and Liz run out of things to do incredibly quickly. On Friday we watched the first half hour of half a dozen movies ... into a snowbank while taking pictures under the yellow cast of the street

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  On the topic of free benefits for MIT students... Tonight (Wednesday ... of the film I Heart Huckabees, and also listed some other sneaks that ... on programs such as 20/20. Mezrich's previous work is the basis of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  lived. The grad students had inhabited this dorm at the corner of Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive since the beginning of time (i.e. 1938 when MIT bought the Riverbank Court Hotel from the City of Cambridge). There

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  ;marquee> tags, but I'm afraid that if I did, my boss would laugh me out of the ... me, I'm excited. Before I could reap the joys of summer, though, I had ... was also one of the more surreal mornings I've ever had in recent memory

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  would be reluctant to go seek out the company of others since the ... of people since even though the question pool is the same, the ... you're equipped with the insight/perspectives of friends from previous

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020