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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  -below temperatures seeps into your bones. I can still recall the breath of the cows and ... that I am at MIT, I have found that winter in Boston may be the same ... can differ so drastically between rural America and city life. I have

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... here. Unfortunately I can only mention in passing that the president of ... songs in the traditional language of Senegal, such as [translated] "I went

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  things yourself. i've learned that even when i'm in a "leadership position ... folders. i've learned many wording tricks to use in emails to get points ... keep a meeting going. i've learned that meetings can get filled with a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  coming to MIT, I had never cooked before in my life.  Nada.  Zip.  (okay ... ?  but calculus?).  Being the knowledge junkie that I am, you can bet that ... Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  'm Snively, I graduated in 2011 (MechE) and have just completed my first year ... whether you'd like to contribute.  I make an appearance in the video at 3 ... Wits is an awesome example of a place you can work after you graduate, I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  topic of affirmative action in college admissions; however, I'll say right now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an ... I fit in ethnically at MIT. I've never really felt out of place, or

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  i posted the following message in the MIT class of 2021 admits ... understand the world, and now i'm doing a senior project in that field. or the random conversations i've had with neighbors, in the kitchen or in the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  begins: Can the United States remain competitive in the changing global environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology ... My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  publication in a peer-reviewed journal? Or at least a patent? I know MIT kids ... current lab for the past two semesters. In the fall, I fabricated magnetic ... emerged in the dozens of experiments I tried over the semester. And it feels

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  to ask how you're doing. I certainly can't speak for all of them since ... ), was a particularly important figure in my freshman year. I, at the time ... and I wanted to hit the throttle. In the off-chance that Stephen finds

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  Weekend. You might ask, so selection is over, why can't I have my decision ... On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with ... of my friends, all on their way to Doctorates in AI. He also wrote the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  hesitant about seeing good old Clay in concert. I mean, look at this: Now ... on Google image search. I hope nobody walking by can see the computer ... Doves Cry.. I'd heard this like a dozen times in the car driving up to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ONE PSET. I don't blog about how overbearing things can feel (a test and ... having fun I'm working my butt off and am probably in various states of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  point. My name is Anna Ho, and I am a constituent living in Cambridge. I am a student at MIT majoring in physics. Ugh, I sound like a robot ... ’m a constituent living in Cambridge. I’m a senior at MIT majoring in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  in and walk up to them and say, “Hey, can I talk to you about this book ... peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on ... written. I couldn’t say why, but it just had to be, and in the absence of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  that I haven't blogged in "forever." (The earlier back you look, the ... entries I planned but never wrote. Looking back in the archives, it seems ... her precedent I have some time yet. Let's see if I can get you up to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  I'm blogging this from a Starbucks in Phoenix. I'm sweating ... . More on that later. I'm in Phoenix for the 2016 Intel International ... as I can tell is mostly a convenience for organizing judging; plenty of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  calling new students and chatting with them about MIT. I've participated in ... call all yalls. Especially, since, I can chat with you here. So, here ... is just too much of a deterrent, it's so nice and warm inside that I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  haven’t actually given an admissions tour in a long time. I ended up ... minutes long, and I won’t take offense if you skip around or watch it in ... Behold. I attempted to vlog. https://www

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006