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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  , but for a spate of fireworks, making January 1 just another day. For me ... . I take a five-minute break to check Facebook for messages, and spend ... , 2017 I’m writing a short story for my final writing class at MIT, a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  do this. Two important factors he stressed when evaluating a field are ... forces you to build for a real customer; when you have deadlines every few ... right off the bat.  For example, take Tesla and its goal of creating a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  and getting good at it, as if I was holding out for a better goal. In ... construct that dataset? How do you account for—a big problem in ecology ... to a new domain? In group meetings for this salmon project we get even

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  do so likewise this year for you all EA'ers! *[ also = „ÇÇ ... (included at the bottom), I'm going to post a Japanese song this year. This is the theme from Dragon Zakura, a famous Japanese drama from 2005. The

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  slides -- when you shake up a water/protein solution (for example, by ... , and a million other things. Of course, if that's not cool enough for you (but really, who doesn't want to work for this guy?), you can always be a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  . ANGELA MONSTER: Sure, I'll come wake you up at 11. this morning, leaving ... Ave VARIOUS FRAT BOYS: (thinking) I wonder if that kid is a freshman ... should probably quit holding these blinds like a shotgun.. at Economy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  ’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two ... ago, [annotation note = "It feels like we did this a year ago..."]that's when I sat down[/annotation] with two chemical engineering students and a

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  happened for sure. Yet, it was mixed with a variety of other complicated and ... . For my classes with synchronous lectures, I never missed a single one. I ... interactions (outside of my home) for a year, I'm not sure I know how to talk to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  emoji. I was a 🅱️elevator 🅱️itch last year until it broke down for a ... viewed from below: 11. Its… unique architecture A perk of living in such ... event, here are 20 things that I’m grateful for in my dorm. 1. I live

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  and on. Poi has become a sort of meditation for me, where I can just let ... not too much: I bought a pair of LED poi off Amazon for around $20, but ... . If you feel the same way, don't hesistate for a second to shoot me an

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  ended up here. And, also, I think it's important for me not to inflate my position. I am just a small blogger for some random school. I am no Elliot ... pseudo-influencer without any real importance. I recently saw a Tik

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  ! And—more importantly—celebrate with your community and loved ones. It ... or at CPW, and we’ll have some additional, cylindrical information for you soon. I know somewhere in the future there's adventure waits for me

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  ". Although your host is probably a fairly awesome person, they'll be around for ... ). CPW is a chance for you to meet people in your grade and go to once-in-a-CPWtime events and have once-in-a-CPWtime experiences! If you like your host, maybe

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members ... (maybe a bit more, accounting for multiple bids to the same person and ... inflatable penguin is wearing a race for the cure shirt, a life-sized paper

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  ’ve been a fan of Hank (and his brother John) for basically my entire ... writing for a bunch of publications (including my own blog), mostly about ... accessible for all.” Akshay A. '25 “I originally found Hank through Sci

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  Pepsi, then yes, 2003 would be really recent for a logo update. [caption ... 't Pepsi. MIT's a university, so maybe the concept of a graphic identity for ... . There was an informal Caltech icon for a brief time, but recent guidelines

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m., but the doors ... line at about 10:40 a.m., there were about 20 people ahead of me. Ten

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  missed an important memo. Amazingly, one glue stick was enough for ... . Hopefully next up is a charcoal sketching kit and book my mom gave me for ... hamburger. Cut out and glue a heart sticker as a balloon for the top left cow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  FPOP. We caught up for a bit, reminisced about how quickly time has flown ... leaving MIT for a semester would make it harder for us to adjust back to the ... mulling on that for a night, letting all that existential angst marinate and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  navigate whether that community is the right one for you. A great line I ... all things you can get a feel for by just looking around during your ... COLLEGES DO! At a previous institution I worked for, we would provide notes

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019