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• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  "Braveheart" is "rated R for brutal medieval warfare." By the time you read this entry, Mitra and I'll probably be in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, preparing ... Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  ’t help but think about how much I’ll miss these constants when I’m lost in ... , my first response is to say Missouri with a somewhat sheepish ... realize how strange this phenomenon is because it’s just oddly important to

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  free lunch after accidentally walking into a Joi Ito (Director of the MIT ... professor gave had free coffee and biscuits for us in class. Love Course 15 ... coffee break in between psets.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  collapsed — that is, their catch has declined by 90 percent. It is a very ... : Daniel Pauly and Jay Maclean, In a Perfect Ocean, 2003. --- What happened ... otherwise known in the course catalog as 12.000 - Solving Complex Problems, is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  maximum comfort is checking in as soon as humanly possible. This is actually ... , or FR) This is the seat you'll probably get if you check in late and it ... either have an easy exit in the aisle seat or a beautiful view from the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  process out there, but it is still useful to learn how other places do ... manages what is essentially a small army of a few hundred volunteers. These ... students who work in 10-100 and help welcome people; McGreggor (and a few

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  a blog is, and 2) how blogs can be used to demystify the admissions ... once a year they gather for a conference. This year's conference was in ... are reading this, I hope you'll say a quick "hi" in the comments section

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  are all about. Maybe all you need is a 10-15 minute story to get you ... TIMtalks, and was instantly hooked. Public speaking is a big passion of mine ... be a great event and that she was already so amazed with how the event

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too busy to blog much lately. If you get through it all in one sitting, you're a ... announced that the hawks had returned. There were a few hundred people in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  fact is that a hot cup of masala tea laced with as much honey as I deem ... to think, to really process things, to take a breather and, in the ... company I’m interning at put us up at a very posh apartment-style hotel in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  the same day as the dreaded first 8.01 exam in addition to a 3.091 quiz ... -3. I have a three-hour time frame in which I can grab and eat lunch ... upperclassmen. "OF COURSE IT IS! GO FOR THE FREE SWAG," they all encourage me. So

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  to Miami, Florida when we were 10. We started 5th grade in Miami at a public elementary school, lets call it school A. In school A, we made ... spoke up in math class.  A couple weeks of speaking out in class, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  declared Course 6-3 on Friday! And there's also a new Minor in Design that is ... share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great ... notes I sketched out during the talk.   I'm very much

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  ourselves in, as an institution and as a country. MIT is profoundly American ... refugees? Religious liberty is a founding American value; how can our ... welcome new talent? In a nation of laws, how can we reject students and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  , but he didn't have much in common with them. Then he got a little ... 're being ridiculous and is in general a breath of fresh air. I wonder if he ... alums, and that's from a hall that has a lot of them. I hear, in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  -academic matters in an informal atmosphere, often communicating on a first-name basis ... YAY November!!! First off, a huge WELCOME to the EA applicants! You ... until December. A girnomous WELCOME also to the RA applicants! Your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  Bill - arrived to take us to Darbonne, where we sat in on a meeting with ... and is the third of its kind. Its main focus is to see how children ... software - and how these programs can be improved in the future. After the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year ... this year Kevin, a friend from my high school, is like many of you -- e ... college essay is a lot of work, but the work should not be bad; the reason

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  like Orlando in Korea... Where there is a Teddy Bear Museum! And ... First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are ... assistants for a banquet reception. Here is my friend Maggie'12 and I. Don

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  supernova can emit as much light as a whole galaxy. All in all, the two ... Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1902. Adam Riess as a freshman at ... addition to his major in Physics, Riess also picked up a minor in History

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011