Search

Search Results

• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  . Here's a snippet from a conversation I had with a friend while at ... lines increases exponentially. For a 6 oz Iced Coffee from Dunkin' Donuts ... I think FUN would be a good way to describe this weekend. THURSDAY

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  of the most interesting and fun lectures I've ever had at MIT. As a ... best quotes from lecture. Shout out the 9.00 group chat for all of these ... dangle a string for their cat to play with, Thorndike flexed his cats

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  , understandably, disappeared for a little while) are doing (updates all are from ... ." Chris S: "My finals and I can write a bad romance." Hamsika: "Finals ... classes. For the last class, I have to write a thesis proposal.. which is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  matter where you enroll next fall, please make it a better place. I know ... MIT. They hail from all 50 states, 58 countries, and nearly a thousand ... effectively for the betterment of humankind. We can’t wait to welcome them to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  's a 20-ish minute walk away from MIT"]Yamato's[/annotation] thrice. I ... were as a member of my living community, the Burton Third Bombers. I had ... note="we meet 3 times a week for 2 hours during the semester and like 20

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  ’m trying to figure out if I can be a grownup and still like comic books. Life ... class is a prerequisite for almost everything else I want to take. Hopefully it’s the first step to becoming a better programmer, so I can

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  't understand myself. I can say how it’s affected me though. I got a bruised ego, for one. hahahaha On a lighter note, I’ve also become more sure about ... I was a high achiever since a young age just because I thought school

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... the MIT ROTC cadets, but I couldn't see them from where I was sitting ... world. To paraphrase what I took away from her speech: once we become a

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  ’ve also found that I like switching up where I work, sometimes a corner desk ... the fridge felt like I was a guest in my own home. Even more than that, I feel like a different person than I was in high school, which is a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  works for tons of people; I'm partial to the setup of frat rush, where you ... stereotypes were for the most part nowhere to be found. And when I received a ... I've never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  /January deadlines. Aside from simping over MIT a bit too intensely, I wanted to get in ... .  # of times I've asked Mr. K for essay feedback. Mr. K was a math teacher ... ” — I asked 5 unique teachers + 1 friend a total of 9 times for feedback

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

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  assignment, most dorms have an In-House Rush where you choose a hall or entry ... you can't live in an FSILG until you're a sophomore. Unfortunately, in ... , for that matter) of Dorm Rush. As a result, they aren't quite sure what

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  kids he admitted, and I think he had a really good time! Unfortunately ... This past Friday was the nth annual Tetazoo faculty dinner -  a great ... from across MIT, including our very own Chris Peterson! We decorated the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  Yesterday I took photos from the top of the Green Building. MIT ... recognizable for once as the Hacker's Map. Even Stata finally made visual ... metropolises, bent on wreaking destruction. By which I mean fireworks

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  Sense, a wearable for firefighters that can detect if a room is unsafe to ... Last week, I posted the webcast of the final presentations for 2 ... (MechE). As promised, I wanted to follow up with a recap blog post this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  design for a little over a month. Rising 8th graders. Did I even know what ... in Boston for the summer is a very, very good idea. I got to get to ... I have a billion things to say about this semester already and I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  are they more about class placement? I can't say for sure, but I'd say ... period, about 2-3 years? I can vouch for the fact that Chemical Engineering ... five hours a day, every day, for one month, and I had a fairly rigorous

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  for food as a creative catharsis came from the unabashedly sugar ... extrapolation, I conclude that 8.07 will give me a new car before October.) -Film ... , my interest in comparing mediums had evaporated to the point where I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  place one week at a time. For me, each week is like a round in a boxing match. And this week, I went down hard. MIT landed a good right hook and I ... that you're a stronger person for it. Ok, enough of that. This post is

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  environment at TIFR was very professional yet warm. I learned a great deal from ... ) is also providing a fresh challenge. If you want I can write up some ... culture from a US student's perspective, etc. I have also considered the

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012