Search

Search Results

• 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 / 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 / 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 / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  between the semesters to relax, recharge, recoup, and reflect*. But somehow ... , which, despite the excitement and adventures, has wrought havoc on my ... the last two; I just started with ‘relax’ and ‘recharge’ and then felt

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• 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 / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  this fine afternoon, heading to the Laboratory for Energy and the ... noticed that the taxi was actually offering free rides to anybody who joined a certain group on thefacebook. And then I realized that thefacebook

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  lost' question, which offers a choice between two public-health programs ... and a 2/3 chance of saving none. In this version, people prefer the ... and a 1/3 chance of no deaths. In this formulation most people prefer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• 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

  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 / 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 / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  practiced wakesurfing and (poorly) performed in a triathlon. 2) Sports! As you may know, I'm a football fanatic, and since there is no lockout ... Celtics…well… I'll miss you, Ray.   and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  applications makes me extremely optimistic about the state of our schools. And ... Tooling, to come out and join their fellow slugs for a hot mug of cocoa (bring your own mug and spoons, we provide the rest) for a few minutes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  ended at 11 on Friday after my last class and I had only 28 hours to do laundry, change currency, buy travel books, and sleep. After a pizza lunch ... way. Saturday was the big day. However, I slept in and still hadn

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• 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