Search

Search Results

• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  Massachusetts, many of them aimed at women. Harley Davidson had a stall ... addressed me, both of us engineers at MIT. It caught me by surprise when some ... ’ve gotten better at interrupting explanations of mechanisms that I already

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  out of college, who had formerly been a bit of a track star at MIT, and I had finished watching Chariots of Fire one night at 2 a.m. I told ... soon I found myself right outside my house at the end of a cool-down walk

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  wonderful end-of-week meal at the appropriately named TGIFriday's. Friday's is ... course offerings. In the meantime, feel free to poke around the websites of ... I don't know about you, but I had a pretty awesome weekend. First of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  half subdivisions of very large houses - Gone out to eat at an expensive ... think "Finding heritage at MIT" is one of my best-written entries. ... prefers 9 or 9.5. Ah, the mysteries of life. Also, during term, my body is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  students at MIT?" The bulk of the reading is done by the professional full ... Today is Registration Day at MIT, and tomorrow (Tuesday) is the first day of Spring Term! I'm a little behind on the questions, so here goes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  , a professor I've heard a lot of great things about at MIT! I almost ... out of bed at 9:30 to get washed up. Morning stretching; Recently I ... 'll admit I wasn't a fan of this lecture at all. The professor opened us

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  creating pulses of electricity for the right amount of time at the right ... a lot of it is learning how to learn. At one point a TA asked me ... five hours of staring at square pulses lasting fractions of a microsecond

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Do Welsh Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? teaching kids robotics through GTL Wales!

  

  at the World Cup. The Welsh are indeed proud of their Welshness. It ... talking about my “college” experience at MIT.  Preservation of the Welsh ... "] fun fact my beloved pair of red pliers got confiscated at the Heathrow

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  this year -- a number of suicides at "famous" schools made the news; thousands of other suicides at colleges went mostly unmentioned.) These deaths ... Victor Schwartz and Jerald Kay The recent suicides of college students at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  be occupying many of your minds, and so I'd like to offer some brief ... miserable here. If it's not for you, it doesn't make you any less of a person ... much promise you that. Those who aren't offered admission won't be upset

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  for different parts of the world, at least for the beginning of the ... MIT’s newest foreign language offered: Korean) I’ve covered most of ... . The sounds of humans are rare. Perhaps because it was my last day at

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  , having never taken advantage of the "hey kids, look at my schedule!" post ... so much) So, let's take a look at the schedule of a first ... of the instructor. I worked with Beth Coleman at WMBR for over a year

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  . After that there are three planned projects of unknown length, at least ... and work, which I guess is the point).     At the top left is a view of ... succumbed to. At the top right is a cool mobile hanging from the ceiling of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  before). There are plenty of events for parents at CPW, and lots of them do ... see, very concretely, the huge range of opportunities that are on offer ... all of campus puts on a bazillion fun events for them!) I wanted to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that was towards the beginning of the project. I could work at my own speed ... learned in class to the “mini-quizzes” at the end of some lectures; Tuesday

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  really, really important part of your undergraduate education -- at MIT or ... interrelatedness of these challenges and work at their intersection: the ... of what we have at stake in common. As some of you may have read, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... and cook at least 7 meals outside of that. If your parents are worried ... variety of diets. They all offer cheaper options and discounts for first

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  that i was bad at taking videos of myself with my phone. 10:55. 6.UAT ... ten cm of snow for around ten meters. at least it's pretty outside ... going to keep at most one of these classes. in any case, i felt deep

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  of the piece, I offer extra thoughts. I’ve awakened a deep fascination ... We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  -campus dining options; there's a huge cooking culture in many of the dorms, as ... it comes to quick food at minimal investment and effort to yourself, I still think MIT's the place that can't be beat; the majority of my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011