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• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  surprised by how quickly my students caught on to code. These were students ... because of the stronger emphasis on competitive individualism.   Final dinner with my students and another MIT GTL'er   Day 21: On a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  post on the early history of international students at MIT, particularly ... time away from reading applications to remind everyone on our homepage

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The project will involve a lot of ... she blacked out and (in her words based on eyewitness accounts): “I ... Jake told me it had been on one of the 5.111 lecture slides and i had

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  enrichment programs as the coasts. I like Bebras' focus on accessibility, both ... students can participate on any day from November 6 – 17. If you have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and ... an airport and i was in the second-to-last row window seat on a redeye

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  and just kind of doing nothing but chillin. However, on the other end I ... also on pass no record so it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. I just knew ... increase in social life and decrease in hard focuses on studies my first

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even ... , 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants. And that was just on ... slept sitting on a chair by a coffee table. It was so uncomfortable and I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  on the seal playfully arguing about the merits of theory vs. practice ... ; Here's another view of the spotlights on Lobby 10: ...and of course

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to-take-on ... -and-a-half room apartment on the northern tip of Cambridge, not too far from MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  I wanted to give everyone an update on our campaign to feed the homeless that I started with my friends last month. On November 11, 2015, Veteran's Day and the last day of our campaign, we set up at one of our MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  'm working on getting a better camera so apologies  ahed of time)"   I ... perfectly describe how I felt when I first put foot on campus, but sadly I don ... Heaven on Earth.   Now let me be completely honest with you guys for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  needed to be shot on actual campus with actual drones and actual tubes. So, last October 5th, Loren and I met up on campus with my uncle Andy and my ... :   Noah was going to be on campus for MIT's SAT test prep

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  The streets are paved with slush, everything is cold, and my pajamas have penguins on them. It is decidedly winter. But at pika, it's spring ... ? a relic: see #3 on this list of weird toys.)   flour toasting

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  making plans to build an igloo tomorrow. I've been working on a few ... API, (2) make a robot on Twitter, (3) have it do a bunch of things ... it to make a program that did things on the Internet. In fact, I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  easily. On my first full day here, I jumped onto a trapeze, despite the ... bustling, 24/7 lifestyle. No longer could I afford to spend hours on a single ... , things would improve. Even sooner than that, I would catch up on sleep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  skiing. When you're on the slope, it's just you and the mountain. You point your skis down the hill and let gravity help you on your way. As you turn

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  . She: plays games (as with Emma S. '16) keeps a tight grip on her ... Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  other MIT students on the site. There was no MIT prefrosh group on ... didn't need to be "sold" on MIT any longer. Compared to the penetration ... things we'd talk about until the wee hours of the night ... yes, even on a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  ME BE ARTSY/WORK ON COMMUNICATION SKILLS WHILE ENJOYING MYSELF. To be ... regular feedback from the instructors and peers on the design and redesigns ... videos to edX courses to game-type simulations. We read articles on good

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  had a giant crush on MIT. I signed up for a million classes (five and a ... Building: 69 Chestnut Street, or pika from MIT CoLab on Vimeo. Video by ... the half-semester class I took on multimedia and place

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014