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• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  or a few at a time. I specifically sought out a summer internship in ... last two weeks I was in Seattle, the whole city was covered by a pungent ... until halfway through August, I could picture myself living in the city

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  concentration in Computing and Society that I am stupidly geeked about and want to ... and depth in a single field. As I mentioned in my blog post about the ... concentration, I have seen just tremendous, insatiable intellectual hunger in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and ... , in my graduation speech, with strangers I met at conferences. After I ... -wrapped dates, while various professors trickled in; I recognized a Medievalist, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  , where I'm giving a talk about maker portfolios in our admissions process ... similar talk those I've given at Maker Faires in the past, but new to the ... I blog a lot of retrospective trip reports (see, e.g., ISEF 2016, IOI

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading ... opportunity to take a graduate-level course in education (I had many graduate ... against cross registration. I think many more people come in thinking they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  -Germany Global Teaching Labs Program As I write this post, I am sitting in the teacher ... ones about police officers in the States) 11. I will miss the exchanges ... experienced them. I am so thankful to be in Gymnasium Untergriesbach, and this

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I ... detailed synopsis and cast list). I got involved in the process a couple weeks ago thanks to the technical Theater Arts faculty in Rinaldi, whom I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  in Cambodia, Zambia, India, Ghana, Honduras, and Brazil. Luke Plummer ... -credit basis to drivers until they’ve paid off and own their own vehicle. In ... and I are working on measuring the power it takes to pedal a rickshaw

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  vigorous vacations. In fact, I'm nominally on vacation right this minute, but ... few days back in Boston, I flew to San Francisco to present about maker ... in the Bay Area, including Danny, Jess, and Rachel, who I got BBQ with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  was walking in the basement below the Infinite Corridor and I briefly ... however many times I've tried to burn it in my muscle memory, I'll still ... dragged to watching matches I wasn't interested in, and I'd get stern talks

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• 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 ... the department in charge of student groups, sole, describes their

  • 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 ... Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get ... friends back home to make them jealous.  Here's a quick recap of what I

  • 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 ... Greetings and salutations! If I'm a good judge of time, and I like to

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  . The last time I played this was in fifth grade, I remember, because it ... want to skillet so I can get some searing action on. In a beautiful bit ... DID YOU KNOW? Milk-producing glands in mammals actually evolved from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  and walking, I traveled through God-knows-where in Cambridge and Boston ... . More leaves spotted in a park along the river. I'd already seen some ... pictures from this era because I cold and lost somewhere in downtown Allston

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  Bloggers...just wait until you see me in the Infinite in the Fall. I can ... there was more of a story than that. So this semester I had just one ninety minute final, open book, open note final exam in cell biology. It

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  i was going to write a post about Thanksgiving and Drop Date and not dropping 18.02, but it was boring. So I deleted it. Don't complain; I ... to read. I will, however, grace you with this: It takes up more

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the ... across the main island. In my typical fashion I arrived at the train ... working in and around Tokyo (express trains are awesome), or I’ll stay

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  down, but not overwhelmed with work. Having been in both situations, I ... Last week was one of those weeks where I had either a test or ... .311 is the continuous version). In this class, the tests are deliberately

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  prospect. “Uuuuuuuuggghhhh!” I grunt out in frustration – I think of the ... homework I could have finished in that hour, but I quickly realize how much ... excuse for me to revel in the fact that I miss my little brother a ton

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010