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• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  ]: In this class, we meditate and write pretty Chinese characters for ... It was the morning of the second or third day of classes and I had ... group!"]pika[/annotation] kitchen counter and was sipping it while

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  Herd," who constantly competed for the top GPA and class rank whenever ... for the prestige), and would often belittle me and make me feel dumb in ... group pointed and laughed at him for having to work with me. Needless to

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  campus can be difficult to navigate for first-time visitors; and parking is ... than 50 colleges and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to ... are on subway lines, so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  This is partially a plug for a friend of mine, but it's also a really cool system that I think some of you might like. Ksplice is system for ... developed this as his master's thesis, and today released the system to the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  competitive for another wonderful opportunity: the Davidson Fellows scholarship program. Sponsored by the good folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent ... permanent resident, live in the US, and not have your 18th birthday before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  -stem classes — there’s an entire department of folklore, for example, and another ... Harvard. This semester, I took advantage of that for the first time, and ... 's word for 'major'"]concentration,[/annotation] and dorm. I could not tell

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  had visited, thanking them for their time, and I got a couple friendly ... , rejected, and accepted. Overall, this organization worked really well for me, and I'm probably going to continue to use this spreadsheet for the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  her hall has its own wiki Web site and an Internet Relay for real ... , and post comments. Luka, one of dozens responding to Ms. Chinea, for ... freshmen applied for four new spots, and, Mr. McOwen said, it was hard to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  for snowball fights, snowmen, snow angels, and writing giant messages ... , which requires that you find a faculty sponsor for your project -- and ... hours, and I'm feeling a little guilty. See, it's the MIT biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern ... Times was not at all what I expected, but everything I could've hoped for ... or puzzles), and very quick and witty. The only people in suits were

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  First of all, apologies for the radio silence. I've been sequestered in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday ... animation for decades. Disney Animation Studios pioneered animation tools such

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  and Science grad student who works on Grassroots Mapping, and Oliver Yeh ... bags, a commercial point-and-shoot camera, and some helium. Each rig costs less than $100, and will help monitor the oil spill's impact at a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Since I Been Gone Running and nice weather -- and no school

  

  ), it has rained for 25 of the past 31 days. (And apparently it is a good ... Snapple, cheered for the runners, and not-so-jokingly announced I would run ... ; the latter is to raise money for leukemia research, and was started by

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 3, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  ankles, and all of us getting oddly competitive, it was time for me to grab ... place home for a bit :) While I appreciated the heated toilet seats and ... bars, culture spanning thousands of years, and heated toilet seats. This

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  plant, a pepper plant, and an english ivy for company a Cricut, sans mat ... ways for us to collectively Be More Sustainable, and Michelle makes ... putting away groceries after our biweekly Costco order, and I’m grateful for

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  handle than training. When training for something, I can set and focus on a ... might go sit for awhile at Sean's memorial and just think. Maybe a bit of ... . I'll be thinking of, and cheering for, you.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  (like I did for most of last year) and I feel like I've found an amazing ... Astro department canceled classes on Thursday and Friday for the AeroAstro Centennial ... strives for. Engineers, astronauts, scientists of the present, past, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  cancelled and rescheduled for a full 2 days later. Arriving late to my job ... it took for my plane to arrive, board, depart, and probably get to ... -out to Flavia, Nereo, Elia, Filippo, and Nonna for welcoming me into their

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  alive for…That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the ... : designing and building prototypes for an enormous space telescope. Why was ... hours in class analyzing those poems, and written 5000 words on a few

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  take a gap year, how the first week went, and what my plans are for the ... for internships. I got lucky and managed to quickly get a few offers for ... as I had gone through the application and interview processes for

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020