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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  I did something today that I had previously sworn I would never do ... 'm writing this from a computer in EPFL's Brain Mind Institute, where I work. I ... my laptop so that I can actually use it in Europe. Work is challenging

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  by one. I don’t buy from those stores, even in Boston.  I run by the ... gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... windows to keep out the heat. I mean — obviously. In Arizona it’s hostile

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... listening in health class. Your advisor? Rightttt! I think most people really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  it would have been more effective if it had been, I don't know, funny ... slight rivalry between Harvard and MIT. Whenever I'm talking to prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  much better. (In fact, I liked the idea so much that I ordered a custom ... -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not ... , I thought that was the coolest thing that you could do with 3D

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  my druthers I would just use the Share button. But we seem to be in a ... Facebook presence, or is it A-OK? In any case, I would recommend that ... yours visit our website, they would not see your profile picture. However

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  in a dorm with a dining hall requires that you buy into the House ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I figured I would make the best out of it. i introduced myself to the head

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  decisions before I gave my speech. I would go in and talk about Imelda Marcos' conviction in the Philippines and then I would walk out and accept my fate ... , disappointment rapidly setting in. I refreshed the website a couple times to make

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  feel like I'm learning a lot. I mean, I'm sure I learned a lot in 2 ... a pair of daunting circuit problems which I probably would have breezed through back in the Stone Age when I was taking 8.02 (seriously, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  b.s. or exercises in covering your tracks after messing up. But then I ... first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science and ... I’m perched on the top step of the super-architected Stata

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  upstairs. In some ways this is exactly what I predicted a startup would be; in other ways, it’s better.  I’ve been just over a week in this city ... ="alignnone" width="225"] some ducks I would encounter[/caption] June 3rd. Tucson

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  decision. Everything is A LOT. I just wish there would be more minutes in ... . Now I’m just thinking how in the world the SAT – which has nearly 200 ... decided to start something. This one’s about how jaded I am about buying

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  pioneering the latest advances in party technology, I'm slowly becoming a ... you.) Last Saturday, I woke up in a not-very-exciting fashion, so I ... place where I would live were I the type of person who writes novels, or

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  company past the program. Exhibit D: So proud of them :') While in Peru, I ... the dogs i am so behind in everything i’m dropping chinese because i ... because we took many photos and where else would I share them but with you

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  -booting shortly after buying the computer, so that just in case I messed up again I ... . I bought my computer off eBay in 2015, right before going off to ... RAM (those are solid specs, in case you're not a computer person) and I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  swiped into the subway and in June, I saved a whopping $4 by buying the ... to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I ... Cambridge and Boston, so keep an eye out for it. Also keep in mind that I am

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  festival in Davis Square with an array of arts and crafts vendors. I’ve been ... in the eyes of the vendors and I become invisible. They talk to the ... -looking female. I can’t buy a $68 cup of awareness. I wish to be conspicuous and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  better. I think one of the most important things I've learned in my time ... Last week, I spoke a little about Camp Kesem, one of the many student ... together a free summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer. As I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  If you had asked me what I thought college life would be like back when I was in high school, I would have said something like “prolly ... . Fortunately, I now know how to make a website, something that I never actually

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start ... insights into patterns in raw data. The idea excited me so much I took my ... play tic-tac-toe. I entered it in a science fair and won a prize. That

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006