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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a ... Happy Thanksgiving! My friend Jennifer (MIT '01) is an artist/baker extraordinaire. This week I got her annual Thanksgiving comic in my inbox: Dear

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid ... food establishment? Is there a logical reason for this throw ... much for the rainbow smelt population in the river, but it did make for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  example is in fact non-interactive so, putting all of that together, a zk ... in terms of basic arithmetic operations, it is possible to create a zk ... one of the things i’m working on outside of class this semester is a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  very same Walker Memorial in which I have endured many a painful midterm ... desperately to curl up in a hole and wait for time to just pass me by. When Camp ... people around me here at MIT, the people who pull me up, give me a hug, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post ... Gatsby as a video game?? So cool. After doing a little digging around, I found out that 2 MIT alums created this set of video games based on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  England Aquarium, which is in Boston, just a few subway stops away from MIT ... Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My friend Rose '05 came to visit, and we took a mini-trip to Santa Cruz, Capitola, Monterey, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  notes I take in a typical week of classes.  2.086- Numerical Computation ... .P.S: these notes are from nearly a month ago, which is approximately how long ago i ... Not too long ago, my desk was covered in every variety of stationary

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... other MIT students who had gone abroad made me really interested in the ... MIT experience in a new framework. I appreciate that. I'll never take

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  hour? A friend asks me if I’m going to [annotation note="8.01 is ... lives halfway across the country. Every moment we get to talk is a treat ... my meeting is in the Stud, so five minutes is enough time to print and

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  is somewhat... lacking in substance (what is Spotify Wrapped if I can ... . For reference, there are 525,600 minutes in a year. Congratulations to ... top three. (Surprisingly, No. 1 Party Anthem is not a song by The Smiths

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  “TIMtalks”, in which MIT students who have invented, implemented, succeeded ... 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

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

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  our community. And – as I have – a great many stay in this country for ... students to study at MIT, including the many Chinese students who found a ... In January, President Trump signed Executive Order 13769, or "travel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  Hockfield joined U.S. President Barack Obama in calling for a "truly historic ... energy and the environment." Today, that responsibility is embodied in the ... opportunities for students interested in making a difference - so if you're at all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  want. So in a very literal way, engineering is my life, and with ... 'm averaging 12hrs a day in lab with at least another 4 spent on work for that ... 's literally nothing I can't turn into a formula):     Where S is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  Hey, cool, my column's in the Tech! See? My column was a response ... just heard Kim '04 in the hallway saying that Clayton '08 was chasing a ... anyone else ever run into the situation where people know who you are but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to ... We read applications from students interested in everything from
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Caine is a 9 year old boy from East LA. His dad, George, runs a used ... Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla ... does a disservice to the small miracle of beauty that is this movie and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  " with MIT! ;) 14. Sometime soon, Matt will post a blog about Admission ... be coming soon to a postbox near you. :) 5,897. Let any of us know if ... receive a very mysterious phone call. 84,626. Check. it. out! boo-yah! 433

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  yourself?” The contrast in the title is a catchy way to describe the ... bullet points in my Substacks, most regularly on Ode, a newsletter about ... ="1000"] Once a blogger, always a blogger! The Seoul sweater in the middle

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  say is that I've never really been able to take a break yet this ... in the differential equation, the system that is my life, and I am oh ... classes, have a schedule: 6.01 (Intro to EECS via Robot Sensing) is an

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017