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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  for fun. I am a nerd. I don't think I became a nerd UNTIL I came to MIT ... was there for. There had been signs up all over campus for a week or two ... review for those seniors who are struggling with the concept in the 7.01x

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  for me was something that I looked forward to and feared at the same ... would be away from home for at least 3 months until Thanksgiving. The ... temporary dorm in Baker House, and I walk into my quad. And now for an

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  on some level, which feels a bit strange. I guess, for most of my life ... important. This is obvious when simply writing it, but at least for me, it ... balance. I wish to conduct myself in a mature manner at my workplace, for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  't scary. But, as we grow older, we learn how good it feels to be the best at ... , being a beginner is scary. For many students (myself included!) the ... campus. My friend Priscilla L. '20 and I wrote code for the software side

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  saw my name on the list of recipients for a carnation, from the sorority ... Oudenaarden, my 8.03 professor. (Thanks for that, Sam.) On Wednesday, I had a ... -lifter (seriously. chocolate chip cookies. BEST DESSERT.) Half of 18.06 got done that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for ... quote, Advice: "MIT has your best interests at heart. If you are ... . For somebody who doesn't live on campus, like you prefrosh, it's very

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  find the best student representatives. (For example, the US begins ... Trivia: Which MIT Professor was the top scorer for the first US ... scorer for Singapore at one of the international science olympiads. I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  . Despite a demanding academic schedule, he still finds time for a social life ... would open up for me, going to the different functions and all the people ... ." For example, computers can analyze thousands of samples at a time, he

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  really big challenge for me. This would best be explained by describing to ... get the idea. So it's hard for me to often answer the question about how ... find that here. There are a lot of cultural affinity groups not only for

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my ... ", which was unveiled at the official opening ceremony for the Picower Center for Learning and Memory's new home, building 46. The launch was quite a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip ... . I feel like such a nerd for taking a picture of the engine, but it was ... to examine for a long time, and photograph. Hong Kong After

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  Hall. For the last few weeks, large boxes have been sitting in the lobby ... ). My dad tells all of us to take a turn doing something cool for the ... one of my best moments.    The Simmons trampoline is a great

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  for all the dorm bathrooms (which I'll leave to blog readers to describe ... the other dorms and have heard some stories, so I'll just do the best I ... here! That goes for you too ladies, naked guys standing just 6 inches

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  consisted of my brother, my best friend, and me doing independent work for a ... 're going to do great things, and I'm happy I get to be there for the first ... graduation would be a time for goodbyes and reflections. "Just four years ago

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  . Theory of computation - 18.404 The basic setup for this class, at the ... for any instance of the problem? We need something concrete acts as an ... property. For example: L = {(a, b, c) | a + b = c} is a language of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  playing at 4 am on Dorm Row and people screaming as they bolted down the ... panic about our living situations for the next few months. My perspective ... days so that I’d have no regrets. For context, I live in Burton

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  Wait. Why am I here?  For those of you who don’t know, I actually don’t work at MIT anymore. I actually haven’t worked at MIT for a whole week ... starts.  Seriously, for better or worse, I’ve spent basically every waking

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  . Whether that's for the best or for the worst, I guess we won't really know ... question: What is my best and worst trait? He admittedly didn't answer with my best trait and instead replied with my worst, saying that it was my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  for those of our international students and scholars who are directly ... best options to help and respond. If you have specific questions, please ... for the next 7 days. The seven affected countries are: Iran, Iraq

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  a News Editor for our campus newspaper, The Tech. For me, that means ... for themselves, but remember, that even though we may feel stressed out ... you can be the best you can be during your time here. In the end, it

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012