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  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  the person in front of me, who decides to turn around and give me a ... As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  “result” of each group reported to a manager. For any given group of 3, the ... for the 9 subsequent managers, and so on, until we get to level K for ... shared value for 2J-3 on level J-3,..., and so on, until we get to the end

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  you don't think they'll go, unless you want them to come As for the ... through Thursday for the MATCH school, so I planned to leave Thursday ... there's almost no place to go for food late at night, and certainly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  Waffle House. They bought groceries for me, too. Not knowing what to ask ... ’d spotted on the map. I decided to shoot for it, telling myself not to get my ... my jacket not long after, for it began to rain. And rain. And rain. But

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  For the past week, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do ... lot about what the future holds for me, if I'll get to pursue all these ... job I hate. But I know that's a lot to ask for. And I know this is so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  probably will be for a while. It’s easy to interpret that as lazy. And maybe ... myself - I was too old for this, too grown, too capable to be hurt over a ... opening plays memorized, but to be entirely clear, I’m not one of them. My

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  super excited to start practice for real this year. Once or twice a week ... all over again how much I like these things. For lunch, we went to, wait ... course I had to say, "Now I'm definitely writing a blog post about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  you can make your own for much cheaper. Toons Prior to MIT, I have never ... audition for Toons, one of the many acapella groups on campus. (To be honest ... have your own things that you do for fun that also helps you to destress

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  athletics facilities for a while now, so I think this is the perfect time to ... sure to train on Field D so we're prepared for any condition that can be ... and grass fields available for us to use.  [carousel image1

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and ... ?). I escaped for a brief stint out to dinner with Alan and CJ, and we ... truly, to accommodate early trips to Costco and Market Basket for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  time!!) to make starter holes for the constellation lines. That brought ... in person, or just how much "mathematical maturity" I need to take it ... that at MIT, unlike some other schools, you're required to meet with your

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  one could be a coder and someone interesting for me to talk to at the ... presentations) and quiz I need to prepare for before my last class tomorrow ... I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to ... kiddie kid stuff for little kids. He went to the informative events, but ... to know people from so many backgrounds, all with different ideas for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  returned to Finland and set a new 10K world record that stood for 13 years ... bed for hours, playing games, watching sports, etc. But one not-quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  effort for nothing. we spent all that time preparing to run away, we got a ... likely to fail the second. cj: … dan: just stay with your parents for the ... just your first year of blogging, it took until last month for you to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  dormitory phone and asked me if I would like to go to service for Rosh ... to all the hype I have heard from every other person on the face of the ... with extra cheese for cohesiveness, and then grills to a perfect golden

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  YouTube for me to learn, so I started mirroring and slowing videos so I ... very different person without it. Now, let me be straight, loving to ... answer I have for you guys is… the first time I heard a song I started to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  support for transgender students, particularly those who may wish to ... Insitute, "in addition to other objects set forth, shall provide for ... commitment to national service, and our commitment to strive for fairness and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the ... and conditioned to view the US in a specific way for so long that ... could be close to opportunities for work, and so the disparity presented

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  foundation for the confidence you carry. And your low points remind you to take ... full of finals studying to do. I’ve been one of those 1800 kids for the ... insides. No longer having to prepare for the next level of science fair, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018