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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  office, going to info sessions, and wading through the internet’s many offerings of chemical engineering industry opportunities. Recently, I came ... ) staff about this, and they said some interesting things in defense of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  new goodies. The first, and most notable, is the glasses-free 3D top screen. Using some fancy hardware and focal length magic, the top screen ... raid with some kitty cat warriors and as many Miis as I can find, so I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  of other classes. For that reason, 21F.702 (Spanish II) and 14 ... evaluate projects and determine whether they are worthwhile and feasible (from environmental, social, and financial standpoints). Over the past

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  New.com that offered $20,000 worth of design, engineering, marketing, and ... . I am officially the Conner 2 authority on anything colorful and ... it before, here, and I'll probably blog about it again sometime in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  the time. We will offer UROP tours (sign up at CPW headquarters), and ... big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  visit labs, classes, and get exposed to everything that MIT has to offer ... For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that ... , faculty, and anyone else you manage to meet. Rule #1: If you're paying for

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  As promised, I offered the chance to write a guest blog to prefrosh ... ! If you have any comments or questions, post/email them and I'll be sure ... times), and instead of whipping out my map, I took that as a chance to ask

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  break. As my wife so ably put it, "Back away slowly from your job, and no ... insight, wisdom, humor, patience and dedication. Much to my surprise this ... believe that I've only been at MIT since July of 2005 and this blog has only

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  I often hear students say that colleges control their destinies and that the admissions process is all about whom the colleges admit and not ... and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  state of human existence--and that's fine. I don't feel the same ... “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired ... and opportunities I've been given, and am very grateful for, by

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  that quantum phenomena, as absurd as they seem, are real. And for once, I ... quantum particles and using those properties to engineer sensors that exceed ... quantum optics – think lasers, mirrors, and whatnot. Except instead of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  . [annotation note="short for Public Universal Feline"]PUF[/annotation] usually ... to get bullied by the other cat on the floor, and thus end up spending ... living with me on 5w in EC, and got to freely wander around the Wood

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  graduated high school a year early, and had a few friends at MIT who came in ... of early- and mid-teenagers, those who, even though young, would truly ... coming from areas where there are not enough resources, and they have just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  round trip to do in a single day"]down and back[/annotation] when I first started college, 17 and still their innocent, perhaps helpless, teenaged ... catch it cheap enough, and any other bus when I was desperate and needed a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  look through a rather long list of names, degrees, and job titles ... finals in the past two days (6.0001, 20.110, and 5.13) and the looming ... pencil down and saying goodbye to genetics, at least for the time being, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  in my life right now, other than finals week and Celeste. Celeste is ... game bundles and started playing two weeks ago or something. It's a great game, and I'm glad that I played it, and now I'm going to shower praise

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  77 Mass Ave, wearing baggy sweatpants and a baggy long-sleeved shirt ... ) and together we ran across the street, to pick up another junior named Bruce. The three of us speedwalked down the Infinite Corridor, and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  you a dollar for each body pillow purchase. Hypotheticals and economics ... semester. Here’s how that happened. 1. Mangos and Oranges Last summer, three of my friends and I rented an apartment in Central Square, Cambridge

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  sets and no commitments other than my UROP - which gives me quite a bit of free time to socialize, relax, and simply enjoy everything that ... crazy, fun, and/or ridiculous things I've been up to this past week. To

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  glasses cleaner and wax for my braces. While other kids did their fifth ... Talent Development Institute, or TDI. TDI was supposed to be a camp for "talented and gifted children." Other than being REAL GOOD at reading, I didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011