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• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Congressman heads to the podium. I miss his first few sentences, because I ... scientist's role in advocacy is in the first place. Eventually, Dan has to go ... people haven’t noticed. To be fair, he’s a name rather than a face for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  another one tomorrow morning. Since I'd actually like to write something ... term will just have to wait. It's not like I'm leaving you out in the cold with nothing to read about, though. (Speaking of, why is it so

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the ... burnout and exhaustion from all the things I was trying to accomplish on not nearly enough sleep. I could go into the reasons for this – wanting to do

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  Is it already the seventh week of the semester? To be honest, I ... 't noticed the time go by, which isn't entirely true: I guess what I mean to say is that I've never really been able to take a break yet this

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  Hard to believe but my time at the institute is starting to wrap up ... 's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all ... learning initiative, MITx, 6.002x is actually open to the world for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  of advice:  smile :) I wrote this entry a few weeks ago, but wanted to ... not to take life too seriously. As a senior, I’ve been on the prowl for post-graduation opportunities. This means talking to the career

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  in time management.  You've got tons of things to do, as well as even more things that you want to do (and learn!), and seemingly not enough ... to do a UROP involving research that's tangential to my major

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  I wanted to post this a couple days before decisions came out but ... reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Kelly Clarkson is the first artist to have five top ten ... comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  I'm going to do things backwards today, and start with... Responses to comments: Daniel: Hey, the EMT class sounds cool! I had no idea how to pronounce that medical device you were describing, so I checked m

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  simple example, which might at first seem counterintuitive, is to suppose ... , paradoxically, become a rather depressing pastime of mine. Sometimes, it's fun to vanish into a world somewhat tangential to reality, somewhat well

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  first snow of the year? I'm from Florida and am looking forward to ... Christina wasn't serious, because she goes to MIT and is one hot piece, but other people in the world are shallow in what I editorially find to be a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  're writing about at first, leaving it up to the admissions officers to read ... you don't see your question or if you have another one, feel free to email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  . And since I can't really pick which one I most want to tell you about, I decided to blog about all of them. *** Part the First: Riddles As you may ... for me to join the official Simmons Hall team, which has played the Hunt

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  structured in that way. We wanted to have the tools come first, in terms of ... narrative. So it'll be much messier, but hopefully provide some insight as to ... an MIT history question, I had to look into it. I started with the MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  , sometimes people will support you. I first tried to get funding through a ... view, we were alone. The only people crazy enough to camp on the mountaintop were those who would travel to Brazil to study insects

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  IAP for short. It's an excellent chance to do whatever you want! If you want your time to have formal structure, MIT provides opportunities to ... ") at a variety of companies with MIT alumni. I chose to do an externship

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  ? i am scared to. i tell myself that if i finish all my other work first ... to skim, if you're into that). Location: East Campus Although ... thursday, and damn am i ready to be home"]my flight home

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop staring at the sidewalk ... that’s all you need.' — paraphrased from the instructor on the first day ... waitlist and did not make it beyond the first class, so I do not remember his

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025