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  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  I'm back in Boston and absurdly jetlagged. I promised, though, that I ... promising future in screamtech. I'm also very proud to show off Danny and ... annual conference in the field. I'm going to present on research I've been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  -controlled user interface. To everyone else, it looks like I'm just standing there waving my hands around in the air. But from my point of view, I'm moving ... the same object. I'm really excited thinking about the way this could be

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  . (P.S. Even if you’re not legally an adult, you cannot use “LOL I’m not ... at least one meal. (Maybe I’m only saying this because I can’t really ... they say. Be nice. (YEah I’m actually saying this). Hug your dog

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  very few undergrads (Now I'm excited a lot more of my undergrad friends ... about the MIT startup community. One of the projects I'm co-leading is ... I'm looking forward to the next year. Our first meeting since our fall

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  which is later today, but instead I'm blogging. [insert pass/no record ... time or anything else. Maybe I'm just rambling. Here are some classes ... Programming with Python Basically this is the class I'm just getting through by

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  like I'm being harsh, but I wasn't the only one thinking those questions ... . Companies and universities are getting in on the game. I’m glad to know that ... . But as I’m sure she’d agree, science alone can’t solve this problem. We

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  mentors, because I think I'm still a bit too young and foolish to be ... like this – maybe I'm finicky and my dreams shift and evolve too often, or maybe I'm more apathetic than the average person in the face of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  to make food. Which is why I’m really really glad that MIT doesn’t make ... : Breakfast: mainly cereal and sometimes granola/overnight oats if I’m feeling ... , given myself food poisoning, or forced evacuation of the building, so I’m

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  room as a last resort to putting off psets, I buy groceries whenever I’m ... moment, I’m supposed to be preparing for a 6.01 exam on circuits tomorrow, but instead - you guessed it - I’m going to blog. This is also a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen ... music and a breeze of spring from the courtyard. i’m talking to a ... . think of fit, not merit. i’m not an expert, but i think that matters more

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  catch a break. I'm getting a little tired of the "studying harder than I ... thinking "I'm stupid. MIT made a mistake in accepting me." But I often overlook that I'm not a unique case. Nearly everyone else at MIT feels hosed

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  Science. I’m glad I’ve learned so many things, and I’m glad MIT gave us all ... . I feel it was all so valuable. I’m just so grateful for everything. I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  video. I think I'm more drawn to the views across the river than on campus ... time at MIT when I'm doing things completely unrelated to classes. I ... abundance of classes teaching me exactly what I'm interested in learning. But

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  for me.. well, I guess I’m lazy. Or busy. Or a bit of both, because the fact is that my walls are disappointingly bare. I'm a failure, I know ... LOT of paints, and I’m hoping to start painting something awesome in the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  . Wow. I’m already half way done. I only have two more years to make the ... relies on resources - time and people - as fuel for information. I’m always ... thing I’m slowly learning is: Don’t judge a good decision by how the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  prototyping. This is what I worked on over the summer (as much of it as I'm ... missing it, and I'm stoked about my classes this semester.  The class I'm

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  Guten Tag from Deutschland! I’m writing this from my dorm room at the ... June. I’m currently on a one-year Fulbright Scholarship in Germany. After ... lighthouses. Here in Germany, I’m switching wavelengths and subject matter: I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I’m Mollie! I’m one of the five or six(?) original bloggers, and I was the ... fellowship last July at Children’s Hospital Boston. I’m still studying brain

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I ... ): I'm not sure I had ever seen a horse when I was that age. The final ... blobs on either side of its body. So he drew the rings on like ears. I'm

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  , earn a bit of money, and begin exploring some random careers. I’m ... and learning and not knowing what I’m doing. In fact, I usually end up ... to Jonathan Sachs: I’m so grateful that this summer has given

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014