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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  pages]. 9:15am: I arrive at the President's Welcome just in time to see ... 't know if MIT has a wind tunnel, but if they do, I want to put bikes in ... to win races, they can use technology. Well, I guess that's just a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  9:30am: I'm not blogging about admissions today, because at noon the 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  ! Q. Can you tell us about an undergraduate course that you teach? A. I ... come to MIT? A. I chose to come to MIT twice - in 1983 as a student, and again in 1992 as a Professor. In both cases I came here because it was so

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in ... there, and I realized that if I actually pursued a career in this ... nobody in 18.032. Due to a mandatory recitation for another class, I would

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  received his PhD from MIT in 1983, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for co ... amazing ability to turn genes on and off at their whim. I used RNAi during ... his grad school days at MIT. Random fact: Andrew Fire began his PhD in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  up for some reason. I'll look into this when I'm back in the office ... can do, so try to have some fun in these next few weeks. Hang in there ... I apologize for the confusion surrounding the removal of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  college counseling position in Providence, RI.  While I am no longer an ... me to fully articulate how I can feel inexplicably connected to and ... probably continue to check in periodically (as long as I am permitted to do

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  in mind. It was magical. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the technical classes. I do, but in moderation. In fact, I’m a huge fan of my one ... about having my technical focus being on this one class is that I can

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to ... MIT students here in rainy Harrisburg, PA), so I'm going to hold off on ... the basis that "It won the PULITZER PRIZE." I really hope that I am in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on ... and I did together was paint our door. When we moved in, the door was ... personality in whatever form you choose to.” - Erik P. ‘21   “I LOVE

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  ’t understand how anything involving my snot can elicit positive emotions in ... I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read ... is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  This is my fourth year in Cambridge. But earlier this week I learned ... grocery run. It was wine and cheese night in my suite, so I was preparing an ... , sheepishly thinking about all the other times I'd left Trader Joe's in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  crab. Since I’m smiling in the picture, I can only presume that I was ... exist as a digital copy in some stranger’s pocket. I can’t tell if this is ... I can’t remember the last time I dressed up for Halloween. Last year

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  in lockdown so i never saw any dentists. my gums became weaker and ... moving quickly, but it was only after meeting more people in person that i ... require effort in the moment, while i was in the act of brushing. but the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  applied to solve real problems and I hope I can go back to India to start my ... to work in their chosen field. In 2010 & 2011, we sent 66 Management students to 9 different countries to intern in companies such as

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  are few latrines in the village, but before more can be built, all the ... used (location? design? stigma?). In a community in India (I think ... Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  when I look back over the stuff I wrote in Oct., I really like a lot of ... year round, but I will try to write a bit more in the future, I think ... tranquility I have ever felt is here, in the eye of the hurricane.   10

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  う一度　いつまでも - though I don't think it will show up on the URL =p] Can't believe it's already the Class of 2013! In honor of what I'm going to do during IAP ... . Similar to Spain last year, I'll be living with a host family in Japan while

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  US competition in Lincoln, NE each June. I’ve worked on five of our ... always something you can do better next year. In Europe, where the electric ... in different countries. While I could wax poetic for days about all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear ... heard about Anne in a conversation that I had with a friend early this ... It was about three weeks ago that I found myself standing outside the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007