Search

Search Results

• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  the 2 hours of sleep. I had wanted to take a break from work for a while ... ="92681" /] We stopped at a park three miles from the border, where the students ... steal any food. A friend from the forge texted me asking how the Walk was

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  first week, I confided in Arystanbek, a teacher who taught math from grade ... American from Florida who had spent a lot of time working in Russia and ... letter with a bunch of other documents from the embassy. While the other

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  east campus, presumably from a friend who didn't know my new address yet ... part of a year away from me now. i don't miss east campus, i miss the ... . since moving in to simmons, i went on a subway trip with alan, which was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  CPW begins a week from today, and I'm really psyched. The weather is ... a talk by Eric Lander (awesome). From 2:00PM - 4:00PM, I'll be ... obvious below). Thursday, April 6 From 8:30AM - 6:00PM, I'll be at the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  scary, a smile in a different context from what we are used to can really ... Uncanny valley is a phenomenon where an eerie and unsettling feeling ... feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a sketch on paper to a real life product. This course is a FANTASTIC opportunity to get to ... 't think many classes let you build and race an elephant... make a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

  keep a postcard from home in my pocket it has sunshine and a picture of a ...   a musical by Erick '17 sung to the tune of "Summertime" by ... ;   ♫Feels something like summertime Classe are over in a matter of time

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  year. I'm not making any of this up. It probably stems from a talk I had with a double 18/6-3 yesterday, rather than some unconscious, lurking ... source: http://xkcd.com/863/ Last night, I had a convincing

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  from a friend a few weeks ago during a different contamination: Hey, how ... A week and a day ago, roughly 7:30 pm: Me: Hi Mom! Sorry I haven’t called in a week. I’ve been kind of hosed. Mom: Are you sick again? You

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Period, is a special four-week mini-term full of interesting, fun and ... Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking, Experiencing Health Policy: A Week in ... activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  's taught me to think from a technical perspective, and it's much easier to ... My old Baker House dormmate, Ed Miller '00 (a.k.a. "Ed Miller, Noted ... episode is being advertised with the tag line, "Turn a Poker Dud Into a Five

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  posters from the walls of my rooms, so I e-mailed the '07 with a description ... -out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a senior, so she doesn't have finals. Today, Mitra awoke me with a knock at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  , this time a long and insightful article in the Sunday Magazine. Take some ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my ... article. There was a nice section towards the end of the piece with some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  Name the song I stole the lyrics from and win a cookie. So this week ... chemoattractants in a microfluidic device - 2 problem sets 2.005 - Thermal ... " Needless to say with all those tests and psets, I'm having a math overload

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  program to the next IAP, accompanied with a sincere apology from S^3 stating ... recommendations: order the Negroni Sbagliato from the bar On the Rox, wander to a ... day early from Rome to spend a night in Florence. It was on the way

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  attendees and found out that a lot of them came all the way from the West ... After attending many entrepreneurship networking events as a college ... either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  from my own, was an adjustment in itself. Being in India presented a ... . As a black person, especially being from a continent that is ... deflect as much attention away from me, like wearing a baseball cap while

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  . Normally, I use my weekend as a joyous respite from the demands of the ... , I get to haul a soggy pile of clothes from the washer to a dryer on ... It's Sunday. I've had a particularly draining week. For the sake of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  redundant, apparently). When school starts back up it's like a whirlwind of activity happening all around you. There's seemingly a quintillion things to be done, and walking around campus is not unlike walking around a 3

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  members of the former convene together to celebrate a 10M concentration of ... , food, a showcase of student organizations, food, sample lectures, food ... show off their unique cultures, get to know you, and help you get a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011