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• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... spelled “nightmere”). Luckily, I have a bike (thrifty me bought it for $45 ... , but that Ziploc bag is big enough for a person). :) Anyways, I was only

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  readiness to dream, this made for a working environment one could only dream about. Especially for a car guy. Espresso at 8 am: I'm awake. Sounds of ... as then, I was a little nervous, but this time for a different reason

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  I had worked hard, very hard, for a long time. Both of these things ... for it to grow and flourish. This kind of luck doesn't strike like a ... for it to do so. In a few days, the Class of 2012 will graduate from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  competitions for middle- and high-schoolers, culminating in a NASA ... player, and waited anxiously for a little over a week for the competition ... ).  Eventually, we, the UROPs, said goodbye to our schools, and gathered up for a

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  Human Genome Research Institute? Thanks a lot for your help." This is an ... complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my ... Program (SIP) application (which includes 2 recommendations, an essay, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  to learn for the test. For an AP. For a final. The singular goal was to ... friends and a great support system, but academically I'm unsuited for MIT. I ... 've been trying to write out into words for a long time. I'm really scared

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  themselves. Little do my campers suspect that they may actually be in for a ... in the Center for Ultracold Atoms (a part of MIT's RLE). The CUA is ... if he'd be interested in a UROP student for the summer, and a few days

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  can have food I made meatloaf and Kristen made a fritata for ... night I wrote this post and forgot to click publish so I'm going to add a ... making 2 cakes, cupcakes, and a giant cookie. Everything is vegan and he

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  forces you to build for a real customer; when you have deadlines every few ... right off the bat.  For example, take Tesla and its goal of creating a ... A photo posted by Michael Cheung (@m_cheung_) on Apr 13, 2016 at 4

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  , and ridiculous amounts of confetti, this event is a must-see for any MIT ... . It’s a capstone class for Mechanical Engineering seniors, where the ... slate and with a definition for what would actually constitute an

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  that I ride around for a bit before paying for it. A bike thief trying to ... incident individually. I know for a fact that the sum of my experiences can ... [annotation note="a free, four week summer program at MIT for rising high school

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  . After an introduction that included a thank-you to Rafael Reif for ... Late in February, my friend Ashley '12 forwarded me a notice titled ... with her. Scrolling through the original message, I saw a comment that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  . :-) ------------------------------------- Amalchi wrote: "I have a few questions regarding the TOEFL. For some reason ... explaining what happened. I expected to get a good score for the TOEFL... I ... cookie?" Yes. Grrrrrrrr. It's a good lesson for him to learn though, before

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  games for fun - and now there's a non-trivial chance that I might make video games for a living. Direct correlation! Teach us something you ... early and took a gap semester in Japan my senior year. I also studied for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  around. Team 58 gets a special shoutout for handing out saftey glasses, as does team 97 for letting me act like an idiot (while wearing a Team 97 ... was pretty sad for me- I got to watch people doing a lot of stuff that I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  and a circular saw. I found it fun enough that I signed up for MakerLodge, a training program for first-years on how to use various tools. I answered this safety quiz online, signed up for a training slot (which was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  ’s the perfect size for my A5 notebook, and that one’s big enough to hold ... I don’t know how it started exactly–a nice lug of canvas here, a ... something sturdy enough for my laptop and all of its accessories–and something

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC Presents: Black Panther 2

  

  on, it turned out that MIT was also in talks with Disney for a general ... popcorn and waters for all invited, courtesy of Disney's sponsorship. As a ... On November 20th in [annotation note="a lecture hall"]26

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  Last year, about this time, I was typing a blog entry much like this one, under similar circumstances. There are a few key differences ... 'm actually getting a paycheck and have health insurance. Difference 2 - I am

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  ? Don’t ask for the definition of a word; just smile, nod, and Google it ... How To Avoid Sounding Stupid* *All advice should be taken with a grain of salt/pepper/Adobo and a pinch of parsley. Don’t ask questions

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015