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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... human-powered plane) and Decavitator (a human-powered boat), which were both powered to world records (Daedalus and Decavitator) by MIT aero

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  sunshine - and that was it. Part of me is still wondering when my next problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of ... 'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  taking three classes this term, and the grade in all of them is based almost entirely on tests... so basically I have three tests, a pset, and possibly a paper between me and graduation. Not to mention that my grad

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  class I took last semester. Reading the literature and interviewing people ... people’s lives but about which I knew almost nothing when I started, and maybe even more about myself as a writer and a person. I thought you might

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  At 9:50 last night, Lucas ‘14 and I were walking through Building 14 ... strong!” Building 14 is shaped like a square and has a square courtyard ... windows, and one of the windows was flapping around on its hinge. The woman

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  over a week ago, and the last time I blogged was last year, but I never ... so many awesome entries planned, and I have to write them, because then I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  cuz we really like the animation style and multiple universes would let ... do! Angela ‘24, Karthik ‘22, Emily ‘22, and I spent who knows how many hours working on it starting from last fall, throughout IAP, and all the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  lot of different cues I know about myself that indicate a bad state, and ... different and typically more positive way,” which I think perfectly captures ... what’s next. It’s literally “a” and “new”. A new… what? You may be

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  case, universities) subsidize something that they are offering for free ... the good, and a proportion lower than the social optimum will get the ... is no help, and I am not compensating others for this. If I had to pay

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  . :) Class 1: All about glassblowing, safety, and collecting the glass. The very first class was safety day. Why? Because glass is super hot, and ... your mind and body. We’re actually recommended to wear long sleeve shirts

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  separate according to density and the initial degree of intermixing**. Voila ... Amidst a Dali-esque landscape of finals-related drudgery and holiday ... end-of-semester jitteriness, and observe the stress-killing antics that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  comment and I'll let you know. DID YOU KNOW? The entry title comes from ... around on a dock with a Vietnamese children's choir and singing "even ... sing things like "1776!" and he replies "When did Columbus sail the ocean

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  state, wandering through life like a ghost and trying to find different ... , even if I'm in a disoriented state. And I'm grateful to the people that ... edgy, I've spent the past month and a half feeling as though I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a ... . Who: 9 students from MIT and UC Berkeley What: Biking across the ... Plants” and “Eyewire: A Game to Map the Brain”) Images from the Spokes

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  women at the Institute (MITRA NOTE: I have pictures of this, and will ... Janet '06 and Neera '06 worked with the Student Activities Office, other MIT offices, and various corporations to organize and fund this year

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  deep knowledge and his language translation research at Oxford University ... I took a test early last week for my Japanese language and culture ... and heavy eyelids. I cracked open my textbook and traced out kanji

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  universe and did the impossible and fell in and out of love in a million ...   With her nails painted black and the whole of the world Turning ... got shorter, the angst got angstier, and those headphones got stitched

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  post.) I was born in America, but my parents and grandparents were born ... MIT and traveled to Japan." "That's good! But... why did you go to Japan ... thought] led me to study Japanese, in order to learn about its history and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  emails, and even your random Facebook pokes, I genuinely became attached to you guys; and I think it's safe to say the other bloggers feel the same ... you guys - mentally and emotionally, if not physically. I remember

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  first week of orientation, you get to go around and visit all the dorms ... all your stuff and move to a different dorm. The day after REX ends ... which room, which bed, which pillow, and so on... until you've decided

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005