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  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy guys in the control room screaming with joy. I had just finished up an ... aerospace. From the start, I knew that MIT had a strong culture of computer

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old, and I figure if it's appropriate for him to wear it, it's okay for me to blog it. On Saturday, I went with some friends to Franklin Park, in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  week in all of its hardcoreness. I hope that you were impressed (I know ... much work they have to do. I guarantee you that one day will not go by in ... something therapeutic about complaining. So in keeping with MIT tradition I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  all of the "leadership positions" that I had held in high school. After ... and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it ... 't expecting to gain much in the program other than a commission. Now I am a year

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn't first tune into the ... went in front of the camera to nerd-fight SciShow creator Hank Green as part of a science quiz series. I watched it and found equal parts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 ... July 4th fireworks. Some of my friends have gone the extra mile. In 1876 ... ). For an inspiring and entertaining read, I highly recommend the in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  . I recently read an article on Slashdot about the power of accidental ... maybe I need to start looking at the glass of science as half full. And ... response for me when I claim I made a mistake: We don't make mistakes; we

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  , and I'll post another entry so you can have any missing materials ... year. Your updates: We've been getting email updates from some of ... would instead include these updates in your Midyear Report. The MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  I grew up in Elgin, IL and I'm a huge White Sox fan (sorry Astro fans ... surprisingly, then, my brother and I became White Sox fans too. Of course, I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  One of the many things I love about my community, by which I mean 5th ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I ... lots of stars in the sky. We swam lazily through what must be the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  ! Nice to meet you! I'm Keri Garel, class of 2010, and in the blogger world ... post on dyslexia!). As a student, I lived in Senior Haus. Matt once said that I was Senior Haus; I was president in 2008, ran Steer Roast in 2009

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  , but MG and I are somehow also at the far right? it's the sheer amount of ... hundreds of playlists, and I'm very diligent about listening to music ... diversity :) I can attest to my constant switching between psychedelic rock

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  rest of this worse. Before I get fired for writing a blog post ... awesome time to be in, at, and around MIT. There's all kinds of art ... in the blogs... stay tuned! *edit: while I was writing this post, a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  , adding that the big company would pay the expensive costs of horse care. "I ... ,100, which included a 790 out of 800 in math. Patty Pounds, Molly's mother ... influential in society," she said. "I want to do something for the world. I want

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  My ML model finished training right after I finished this post technically i *am* doing work right now

  

  exciting! If I time-travelled back to sixth grade and told myself that I would be doing this kind of stuff in college, she would be excited and ... where I actually got to work with machine learning models. I just got some

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  outside of what I'd watched in movies, and I didn't really plan on joining ... a period of little sleep. I've slept maybe 20 hours in the past 5 days. At the close of rush, I will be vacationing in an undisclosed location

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  family in Ohio; I am of the firm belief that summer is not summer until one ... my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is ... . We ended up riding every one of the water slides, except for me -- I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  up in our room on the fourth floor of the Student Center. The freshman ... art! p.s. if you think one of the counselors is photoshopped in, you are ... We started our ju n i  o    r -- wait wait wait ... there must be

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... home. In my next few entries leading up to the Mystery Hunt, I'll link to a few more of my favorite puzzles of yore. But now, I must get back to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  What do Chancellor Grimson, The Salvation Army, and I have in common? This: (video credit: Tony Eng) The official description of Leader ... within a diverse community while developing skills in areas of problem

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012