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• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  Chinese and international universities. Our conversation seems to suggest ... Parker (Executive Director of the MIT Global Education and Career Development) and Sean Gilbert (MISTI-China coordinator) to Beijing. Sean makes a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  of things I planned to accomplish this IAP. And now, I’m going to practice saying goodbye to Pass-No Record and start embracing real grades ... ’s see – 3 F’s and 2 C’s? What!!! Second-semester can’t be like this! Okay

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  Boston university, the Berklee College of Music, plays tenor and soprano ... over our footsteps and shouting in an otherwise silent and uneventful night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  hotel. A skating mom offers to drive me back to my hotel, and then I ... , he’s staying near my hotel, and offers to drive me back after his ... -January. Wednesday I’m done with my last class at 3pm, and return back to my dorm to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  anticipated) I had a list of names and numbers of people who had offered to help ... Last month, tragedy hit MIT. That week was chaotic and emotional. Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  /herself) having gone to the Institute. After several study and work abroad ... since leaving MIT. And it's a constant reminder to me (and others) of my ... moved west to Palo Alto for my master's and decided to stay when I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and stare at the clock, and I'd count down the time left in the class period ... halfway there." And I'd repeat this throughout the class. It became almost a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  -time applicants to MIT, this application is newer than most, and we're [annotation ... technical backend and applicant interface to make it more robust and user ... note="including the Self-reported Coursework, Test Scores, and Activities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  of our core economic and social institutions. He believes it’s time the ... winner receives $100,000 and two years of support from Thiel's network in Silicon Valley and beyond. The MIT students (or should I say former MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  very least an appreciation, of science and technology. One Institute ... to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... name is Gordon and I’m from sunny Santa Monica, California. Most would

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  Drug discovery is a difficult and expensive process. The approximate ... . Pharmaceutical companies are facing enormous pressure to cut cost and increase ... Engineering and Biology majors, along with his Biomedical Engineering minor, to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  at the Institute. The pomp and circumstance of an MIT graduation was a ... So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of sun and fun. The class of 2005 graduated, and it was really awesome to

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  screenings of movies and projects them in 26-100. I've gone to a couple of screenings and events in the past in an effort to see more movies (I watched Fresh with Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones a couple weeks ago and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  burning out were a universal Mocha exec experience, and part of the argument ... seven hours with Kinematix and 1-2 with Mocha, so I'm dancing more than I ... -time instead of Mocha was difficult and took quite a long time to make; I started

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  This blog post is by my brilliant Randomite, computer scientist, and ... be clicked for larger versions. You can read more blog posts by and ... —tomorrow they would be mounting their saddles and pedalling off into the deserts

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• 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

  

  CEO of University Beyond, helping brands find and manage campus brand ... , 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants. And that was just on ... (Thursday), my friend Sathya called me and said, "Yo Erick, I just heard about

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

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  GC's, the parents, the colleges and universities, the high ... Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a ... ' forum, I'll try to respond both as an MIT adcom and also as a parent. This

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  were awesome, and the designers worked super hard all semester, and the lighting was super cool, and I’m really glad it all came together so well ... -four designers from MIT, Harvard, and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. One

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  passed my EMT class during IAP, and then the state practical exam last week ... This semester has been quite quiet so far - just how I like it.  And ... couple weeks.  Wish me luck!  I have been studying a lot and I really hope

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  outside and had said all my goodbyes and everything. You know how there's no ... near campus, and we talked about the past three years (after working ... school, and about careers in science. He gave me a lot of good advice about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006