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• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  document. Looking back at my journal, it’s filled with all kinds of notes ... . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inhale. Count to three. I stand, staring at my feet as a blend of laughter ... . May Mashego, the former First Lady of KZN. The women at fresh. Nurses

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  odds of being seated at that dinner next to that Salomon Brothers lady ... by a professor of art history at Princeton? Of having been let into ... classes at MIT. Here's a piece of advice for you: don't work too hard. Don

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  each of the developers at some point during the summer. I learned so much ... I spent this summer interning at PlayStation. The office was in San Francisco. Aside from one of those double-decker tour buses, I’d never spent

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  while I was sleeping. One night, I dreamed that one of the performances at ... matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host

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

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  they don't have to. -Starting classes. By the way, getting up at 8:30 twice a week (for 24.900 - Intro to Linguistics - which is at 9:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays) after a term of never having to get up before ten is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  Laureate Frank Wilczek. Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 at the age of 53 for work he did at the age of 21, while a graduate student at ... of "tickets" to be able to do the thing you want to do, you have to

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  school, for more than 30 years MIT has helped shape the field of cancer research, from the isolation of the first human cancer genes to the development of a technique for delivering chemotherapy directly to a tumor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  of Phillip and Gina Smith. His father is an electrical engineer at BAE ... Hollis teen is a Presidential Scholar with a summer job at Google Published: Monday, May. 22, 2006 By DAVID BROOKS / Nashua Telegraph At right

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  water.) I’m stuck in a bit of a situation where I’m weirdly better at the ... the style of several people I’ve met at East Campus (and West campus as ... a fire with friends at the end of the day. immaculate vibes

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my dorm [annotation note = "I am actually ... postcards picked up at a writing conference many states away. I moved the lamp ... of American ensemble, and the light is softer now. I like it. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  Over the past couple years at MIT, I've had to write a lot of papers ... ://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/citation-formats/ for guidance) and include a complete bibliography at the end of the ... and Culture class: Each paper must be an original written piece of work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  predictions of the event. And so, on November 10th 2012 at 04:19:53 PM EST, a ... best not written about on the blogs. Some of these phenomena can be written about on the blogs, though, and this is one of them. The central

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  A few weeks ago, I had the best weekend in recent history. Of course ... the Eastern edge of the campus) hosts a legendary Loading Dock Sale where several rooms are lined wall to wall with moderately new books at

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the ... National Science Foundation released a ton of statistics as part of their "Science and Engineering Indicators" report for 2010. They compiled a lot of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  breezy to frigid and raining at the drop of a hat; you have to be prepared ... ). This fall will be the start of my senior year at the Institute (!!!!). I ... I first thought of giving this blog the fitting title of “My First

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  certificate from up close. At the end of class, everyone swarmed to the front of ... Because my roommate is in a sorority, she receives a whole slew of ... things through her. Things like hacks :) It was a matter of some dismay to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  timelines of multiple people's photos at once. Over 120 people have ... pictures of my friends. (Hi, Sam.) What made this different from all the ... of my friends and everything around me is that hundreds of other people

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  Tonight was the kickoff event for the Class of 2007 Senior Gift campaign Our class's theme is the "5.0 Challenge" -- to achieve at least 50 ... as the theme for the Class of 2000 through the Class of 2005: The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  at the end of the report, but I'll mention them, at least by first name ... Orientation 2006 and the status and future of Orientation. It's finally in its final draft pending approval by the UA Senate. I'm proud of having

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  headed out at 3 and laughed joyously at the thought of what was to come ... I've always been a big eater. Part of this may be because my dad is ... of you who are out of the loop, fire fighters cook enough food for an

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008