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• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  Life is busy at MIT. Most of the time, our schedules and motivation ... . And amidst all of this constant work and running around, we see people ... through student organizations and extracurriculars. We see TAs that save our

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  and see their values and priorities manifest into their inventions. So ... , like finishing up my IAP class assignments and moving rooms in my ... and sent me a reminder when I opened my browser.   I looked at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  inventions left and right. The builder community at MIT is one of the strongest in the world and being in an environment where people are always ... graduates Benjamin Harvatine '12 and Seth Berg '14 who recently built a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  Lab, is small, demanding and moves incredibly quickly. Each semester the class works with a different client to learn and apply ideas about ... disciplines, so a unique mixture of architecture, computer science, design and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more ... ! tell me about your research.") and asked Neil deGrasse Tyson a question. On January 10, I packed all my fancy conference clothes and my laptop

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  people's dreams to life. They made it possible for people like you and me ... , you could be a spy and infiltrate an evil corporation or discover ... 't remember what the 5 wits were. Fantasy, who loved to dream of castles and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  Good day! One of the many unique and altogether unavoidable aspects ... in dorms, classes, councils, and recitations all have unique mailing ... year or more, and still others that are used for four or more years. Many

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  I almost missed the Curiosity landing. My friend Daniel and I were ... LCDs on Wikipedia. Suddenly, Daniel grabbed the computer, and pulled the NASA homepage open; I glanced at the clock, and realized that it was 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  active in.  (I learned to fly pre-MIT and probably won't have much time to ... , I am on their mailing list, because they are awesome and frequently do ... ):     It was an F-35 simulator, and I was SUPER STOKED upon

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  Ahoy, prospective students and parents* - and, well, anyone else who ... ! ^^; I'm Piper, an MIT student and College Confidential bum turned ... adventures and exciting things to show you. Starting now. As my first

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  guest-blog about it, and I figured, hey, science is awesome, MIT is ... *fully punny title and all! Here's Iris: WARNING: There will be shameless ... again—holidays, finals, and high school science competitions! *thumbs up

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  recitation for the semester - since we don't have class next Friday, and the following week consists of an orgo exam, and the week after is dead week, and ... , and I'm still not done with work. - I went to get an eye exam at a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Having endured various planes, trains, buses, and customs officers who don't believe me when I say I'm 19 and instead ask to see parent ... and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  the earthquake hit in January, and is structured around weekly guest lectures about Haitian culture and sustainable development. At the same time ... nonprofit and check out the e. coli levels in these water sources, as well as

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like ... He looked the devil in the eye, and said "You're looking well" The devil looked right back at him, and said "Why visit me - You've been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  , elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of the MIT community (and sometimes the world), while also providing interesting physical and logistical challenges for their perpetrators. As you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  ! Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh! Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin!), I ... different sports and have won 4 medals including 2 Gold Medals Perhaps unsurprisingly, more than half of the competitors, and all but one of the medals

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  Committee. It's one of the larger student groups at MIT bringing films and ... movies that were in theaters recently and charge four dollars, but every now and then there will be a free showing of a movie that is either in

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  (in MechE!) from MIT in 1984 and the book is about his educational ... long bike rides to clear your mind and “ah-ha” moments while chatting ... known for being the breeding ground of the next big idea in science and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  IAP, and then maybe I can make it as far back as last semester. Fortunately for me (and those of you who want to hear about 6.111 and my other ... this out and move on. Last IAP I spent almost all of the month working on

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008