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• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  host a summit for all the recipients. In May, I got an e-mail from one of ... asked if any of us (some other alums and I) would be interested. Um. Yes ... to give me a helicopter ride if I ever find myself in San Diego. We did

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  transition. And in one sentence, I've completely ruined your hope of being ... total - so I took as many as I could, as if the only way to succeed in ... for majors, in terms of FOOD - but it's still happening for me; I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  or so. Inside Johnson, I was struck by how many people in the Class of ... anything in particular) it was 8:45am and I decided to make one last break for the bathroom. I was in the last group allowed to use the facilities

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  ever get more interested in wine I’ll try them out. [caption id ... into the fumet. I wasn’t sure what to expect. In retrospect, since ... but in brothy fish form, maybe I should have known that I’d love it (it

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  for me in a way that I haven’t done since college applications ... [/annotation] how much writing I’ve done in just the past month for classes ... way) was the most joy I’ve had while writing in a long time. 2113

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  So, as I mentioned in my previous entry, my GEL classes don't have p ... time just stops. I've been in this mile for hours. But here and there, I ... I didn't say there wasn't any homework. Every week, several GEL

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  finishing the new paint job in my room, which I'm happy with. It's nice and ... * Then, it was mattress dominoes time. I mentioned this in my last entry ... borderline uncomfortable in terms of workload. We'll see how well I can keep it

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  questions you have in the comments section below, and I will do my best to ... alone as a prefrosh, and my agreement with my mother was that I would check in with her via text or phone each day.  I also gave her the number

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  : … cj: this is my blog post. i'm the interviewer. i'm the one in charge ... . alan: and i'm alan. i'm cj's anxiety. cj: glad to have everyone in the ... back. and i thought that life would get better after that. cj: well, it

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

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  so I wanted to fill it in with a different class. "Ok", I thought, "I ... Hello. It's everyone's favorite angery boi... KING CRIMSON!! I don't really know why I introduced my post like this, but this dude

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  three best restaurants in the Cambridge/Boston area but I love them all ... Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy last few work heavy months, think Dilbert meets the Drew Carey show (I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  Times makes for a great gift. Even in this Age of the Internet, I do enjoy ... , this time a long and insightful article in the Sunday Magazine. Take some time and read it, you won't regret it: The Prodigy Puzzle I'm glad the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  currently in print.) "I just think it's not very empowering, you know? It ... I walked through the front door of my local Barnes and Noble today ... , it was halfway through that book when I finally couldn't take any more

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  Creating Video Games I used to play video games in middle school, but kind of lost interest in them when I got to high school. So, I never really ... was also a bit scared of these classes because I felt that I would feel

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Senior Week On The Blogs!!! oh no, we’re all so old

  

  Well would you look at that, it’s finals week at MIT.  Which means ... one last hurrah. So in spirit of the normal, sky-diving filled senior ... said. In the next few days, we’ll be filling the blogs up with our last

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  in the snow in Killian Court. This year, it was a completely different story. If President Hockfield and Casey were playing in Killian today, there would have been no need for the winter jackets, or any jacket

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  world would come to a screeching halt. I think of all this tonight ... film for numerous uses in the typical laboratory including the typical ... time, no possibility for the making of the product in any other thickness

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  claimed just 30 minutes in -22 degree weather would be sufficient for ... . Hooray for living in Maseeh! Katherine ’17, Cathy ’17 and I managed to ... . Classes are in full swing, though I’m just getting acclimated to how much

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MITblogs: The Next Generation Look ma, a hack!

  

  Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to ... : mymit.info And, of course, where would be without a little help from our friend Randall Munroe. I like the last panel, personally.

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 11, 2009