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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  earlier this year. (And, for the record, I think in the picture at right she ... if I ever tried to touch anything more than an off/on switch I would be ... easily. "Every time there was a new subject or a quiz I would be very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  for High School students. I won't describe the program itself in too ... shavings in my hair and sawdust on my jeans. I had grand plans for our team ... team captain, in my junior year, as well as coach for our drive team. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  18.02 exams. Sitting in front of my desk at 4:57pm, I realized that ... disconcerting in its unfamiliarity. Upon closer introspection, I concluded, with ... spending a leisurely afternoon in the humanities library. As I was leaving, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  tutoring services (see #2 in that post – yes, I’m that Elizabeth), or any of ... requirement for this program, and I landed in Milan’s Linate airport on January ... to the GTL programs, which place MIT students in host families, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  saying Orange County, California. I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but I ... reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my ... where I spent my days eating Steak n’ Shake and fishing in the lake by our

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  while I was growing up. All I remember is a guy in a paisley suit dancing ... chemical engineer would do?" I've always been meaning to do the "how does a ... discussion of shear stress. This week in 10.302: Transport Processes, I have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  Caltech, which I was also applying to EA. I was completely in love with MIT ... because there weren’t enough interviewers available. But in the moment I ... /January deadlines. Aside from simping over MIT a bit too intensely, I wanted to get in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  replaced the definition of 'home' in my subconcious. i'm in a completely different mindset compared to three weeks ago. then, i was still in MIT mode ... nothing due. i wanted to spend a day in nyc from sheer boredom, but it

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  semester, and the first one I ever participated in. A lot of time I spent ... the diagrams digitally, so I draw the diagrams in by hand. In bad ... would do, but I still did really well. Here’s some scrap paper. On the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  since I started blogging. A year since robots in the FPOP and the free ... ’ve taken thus far. I spend four-and-half hours every week in the lab (7 ... spot in the class would mean a lot. She wrote back rather quickly

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  was the ceiling. Then it hit me. I realized that this would make a good ... My Mondays are horrible. I'm thinking about bringing a camera with me ... :00 - 11:00 AM: The last two thirds of cell biology lecture (I miss the first

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  than I had ever seen in my life! Seriously, I think most of them may have ... captain planet symbol. Why is she wearing . . . ooooooohhhh! She's in AXO, I ... people in the lounge that I may be a complete lost cause on the internet

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  ’d be gone. And I would be sad. Rinse, repeat. About a week ago, that “30 ... changed out of pajamas as quickly as I could, terrified that it would stop ... last.  In fact, I’m really just amazed that we were all awake to witness

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  entirely man-made. I had originally called this entry "Dirty old river, must you keep rolling?" but I figured that nobody else would get that either ... " became an important EPA goal. While this promise was not reached in time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  share this so I guess I'll stick it in here—Joey Googled ARIEL because ... phone, I suffered through five minutes trying not to burst out laughing in ... their poster is about. I was intimidated at first to be in a room full of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  microcommunities at MIT, that together will paint a better picture than I would do in ... , but I was wondering. What's the policy on non-MIT-students being in ... my 10th in ICSE with 90.4%.but my 12th was not upto the mark.(i have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I’ve hit that milestone this semester and would like to share 21 thoughts I ... mishaps. In my time here, I’ve missed flights or had them cancelled, been

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  , Sheesha: And this is proof positive why I would rather have a cat than a ... for the record that this is the first time in my four years I’ve been ... didn’t get their farecards in advance. Meanwhile, my sister and I, with

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  would sleep more!) Other than hang out on my blog, I am pleased that you ... process. I could go through it step by step with you, but Ben's already ... ; The quality of the essays. I was constantly floored by the way so many

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  . Last fall, I saw it would actually be offered in the spring and taught by ... world around me and see things in a perspective I've never really ... I first saw the class in the course catalog during my freshman year. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021