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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  away, I stayed away for a long time. It was a slow reintroduction. My ... everyday conversation. For example, if you were raising a flag with someone ... I raised my young self on a steady diet of self-help literature. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  literature classes and insists that spring is a time for regeneration and renewal and other synonyms for “change” that I don't have time to look up in ... hemisphere like a pool of microwaved butter. Spring, wrapped in connotations of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a ... twenty miles tip-to-tail. We’d speed through the middle for a few minutes ... of a machine learning conference, there are a couple of days for

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  probably took a year off our lives — story for another time?— it gave us time ... love for a few square feet that I'll have to pack up in about six months ... down a pinterest-boarding, wishlist-making, room-blue-printing spiral. By

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  , making friends you see for but a few months. that's what summer camp is ... that'd be the last time we'd see each other in-person, for a long time. i ... in imperial college london. i spent a few days thinking about the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  . At the same time, I care about what’s happening back at home. Just a ... House of Representatives, and they went through the readings like it was a farce. It basically allows a government-appointed council to detain a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  actually not required for the computer science major, and I was a comp sci ... credit for 6.0001, by taking an advanced standing exam, didn't go so well ... ahead of my peers, so this came as a disappointment. I resolved to take 6

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection: The weather on campus turned beauuuutiful this week (just in time for ... the dome decoration is here.) It must have taken a lot of work and it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  has given rise to a new universe of possibilities for uses of the ... I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers ... a way to 3D print glass. I'd actually seen some objects on display at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  in Maryland for about two weeks now, all by myself, working this NASA internship, and I must say it's been quite an adventure. I've settled into a schedule here, working a nine-to-five job, and learning a lot--I definitely

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  ’ perceptions about letting their kids go far from the roost for college. It is a ... you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... , for college. I have also known many students, for fear of leaving their

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  , asking me to take a moment to vote for the idea that she and Divya '13 came ... thing for the idea that she and her team came up with. Since (a) both ... , anyway) sort of like a Facebook for NGOs. Except instead of stalking the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  next to the shattered fragments. We also took a few mementos. (For these ... Council for the Arts), it was 9:15pm, and I decided that, after a day of ... over to Baker House to hear the wonderful sounds a piano can make on a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  hosted a luncheon for the cadets where we heard an incredible war story ... Darlington, Ernst and Fuhrmann traversed the nation to a gathering of ... Commander Colonel William R. Kunzweiler. We also witnessed a fantastic

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would ... It all started on Monday night. I had a big French III essay due Tuesday morning, and Sam '07 also had quite a bit of work to do, but since

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  . First, we had a pun in our title. (Also, note the colon. Do we get +20 for ... See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... journey through 14.33: Economic Research and Communication, my CI-M for the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  this entry on those questions (a formal Questions Omnibus will follow in a few days). Sendie asked, "Hrm... how many apps do you usually ... fully evaluate and summarize a folder. We're expected to read applications

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  that the interview is not only a way for us to get to know you better, but also a way for you to get to know us better. Show up on time ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few nights ago, we went on a skinny-dipping expedition to the famous Walden ... weird and special and will let you forget about life for a while, whether

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  (for which I still owe you the summary, I know) we had a group discussion ... . First, an applicant should never assume something to be true about a school unless he or she has verified it with a primary source. Serving as

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005