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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  (a devout math major who watches Jeopardy, not that this is relevant ... temperature in Kelvin (on accident), took a partial derivative, tossed up a pan ... starlight. Lately I've been tracing a trajectory through the last week of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  entry, Mitra and I'll probably be in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, preparing ... Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to take a cab, and a jar of vaseline to prevent chafing. That seems like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  it is occasionally a problem. One guy is drilling holes in a glass ... a couple of construction projects in front of my door, which happens ... the Media Lab), and the other is building a tricycle thing (allowing for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  given that today, Friday, is Earth Day, I thought I'd take the opportunity ... program in which the Earth System is used as a context for the first-year core subjects in math, physics, chemistry and biology. It is a small

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  a lot of our prospective students will be as excited as I am that this is a thing, I asked Christina to write up a brief history of how this ... made MIT TurboVote a reality, in part because the small team that’s

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  available for most students, we do not expect that most students have sent in ... have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a ... . What happens if the tracking system is missing something? First, do not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  something engraved at danger!awesome is insanely simple. I walked in and told this dude Matt that I wanted some engravings done on a wooden box. I ... Earlier this week I purchased a present for a friend. This friend

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  intimate setting. How intimate? Questions I ask in ESG classes on a daily ... that; can you explain it again?"; and "wait, WHAT?!" Questions I asked in ... miss, because Dr. Berkwoski is hilarious), but attend a recitation in ESG

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  I think she did a great job! All in all, this has been a really ... super safe and awesome. Here are some videos and pictures that I took from the party, enjoy! I even got to go on a ride

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  some frequent readers of the blogs might know, I have a UROP at the Media Lab that I adore and pour a lot of my time and energy into. Recently, a website that I've been working on a lot since school got cancelled just

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  stuff :-) You may have read elsewhere and on other blogs that there is a ... activities were made available by each hall to aid in that purpose. A few ... 's arrival in Boston. Christina, the girlfriend of a Fifth East resident, is a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  ’m sorry to say that I took a more conventional route, as I stayed in lab ... from The Matrix. For the record, I was a Matrix fanatic in 8th grade. I ... hour. But, not everyone is as enthusiastic as I am… apparently

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  neither one can hide that I usually live my life lost in abstract ... hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old ... have never made before. (Gershenfeld is also credited in Minority Report

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  note="Disclaimer: i'm not sponsored, I just think that TGTG is a great ... useful.  If you’re planning to forgo a mealplan, I’d recommend that you ... day we’re working on making that a reality. Our app is the most direct

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  jokes aside, I am actually sick, and I haven't been this sick in a while ... advised that 9.12 is a limited enrollment class and the class was full on 7 ... some reason the idea of spending five hours in lecture sent me into a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  , joining in for a cooperative effort. Also, The Coop is based off of a ... we have a bookstore that doesn't have the word "book" or "store" in its ... always a luxury students get to enjoy). I've been known to spend an hour in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  matter in the entire month…until Friday," to which I say, "weak sauce"']a ... , snowflakes drift down to the ground. I think part of it is that these memories ... atypically late—May 21st)[/caption] Boston is nothing like that. I remember

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I'm really enjoying this year's applications; I know that we have a lot of ... How long has it been since I last blogged? So long that it took me 9

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  that earned him a 3rd Award at ISEF this year. The vast majority I didn ... ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public ... million in prizes. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  Since Ben already spilled the beans, I'll confirm that, yes, Adam and I are engaged, and we're planning to be married in September or ... ! And my ring is unbelievably sparkly and gorgeous! I'm going to write

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006