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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  I had gotten used to it and can now say that I have a basic idea of ... . In the beginning of the month, I was struggling to figure out how to ... ^12 cookies in one day, I hosted a Cutthroat Kitchen contest with some of my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  . since moving in to simmons, i went on a subway trip with alan, which was ... changed about the situation i was living in, i felt my bedroom grow a little ... , exciting!) the rhythm of life in simmons is, like i said, much like my life

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... MIT students can get in for free any day with a student ID). Looks like ... straightening and aligning and buttoning that can be awkward for someone in a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  cross-cast in the IAP musical. To be honest, the only reason why I started ... me for falling in love with theater at MIT? And the more I got involved, the more I learned about every aspect of theater. In high school, I was

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  /received for 2017 aren’t in yet, but if I’ve managed to send/receive 4,122 emails in the first half of the first semester, then I imagine that this graph ... your emails. Guess I’m just a sucker for Cool Data Things. In general

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  . PhD Comics Can't believe I originally forgot this gem! Called to my ... in less than twenty four hours... Doesn't it just make you wish you could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  "]REX[/annotation] events in my Google Calendar. I actually went to 4 of these; the rest were ... until I was nauseous at [annotation note="all you can eat sushi place that ... , which was held in the last week before we were all kicked out. I took six

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  weeks. I find that it really comes and goes in cycles, and this year it ... mostly incoherent emails. I will have been in several meetings, broken a ... by the Glasgow Coma Scale, in which I make no such promises. I have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  in my last post was misinformed, because when I wrote it, I was relaxed ... without waking them up. It happens sometimes. I just threw in the last ... transitioning from high school to college. So, you know, I want to bask in the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• 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