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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that ... ! YOUR SUMMER ASSIGMENT IS SO THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY UNTIL YOU ... 'm writing this from a computer in EPFL's Brain Mind Institute, where I work. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... shortcut truly is. (There were actually lines in my notes that reference how ... language that introductory computer science is taught in at MIT), so I have

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  had a problem.   In my head, work is an escape. Working is how I ... this, which is a step in the right direction.   There’s the end of ... wrote about.    In moderation, this is probably a good trait

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  in how a few greats, such as Lincoln, Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie, ran the country and their businesses. This is a must read for anyone who ... we sat there and patiently watched all 40+ minutes in a trance. The

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  , and send in the form to be run in the housing lottery. The form is ... runs. Freshmen are assigned a temporary room The room is almost always ... temporary room. Don't unpack. (A good strategy is to pack a suitcase with a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  become master jugglers in a circus where each ball is a different color, a ... - easy access to the Undergraduate Math Office in 2-108. Why is the ... me is because they have a stapler, and also because they have a bowl of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  A year back I developed a deep interest in understanding what made me ... get disproportionately disappointed when a friend is eating near me and ... -flopper. No opinion I held was ever set in stone. All it took was a conflicting

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I went to a World Cup Game!!!!⚽⚽ and why I think it's just like Pokemon

  

  The world cup is happening!! Richie's delusions aside, it's been a ... boring. A 90 minute game that can end in 0-0 final score?? What??  But ... travel in their immediate area on their journey which is more realistic

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 2, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  (referenced to the floor). Woot! Anyway, here it is; the picture was taken in a ... I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn ... living in the city, you'd have a bike stolen at least once -- if you were

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  - Hot plate. This thing is amazing - it goes from like 25 C to 200 C in a ... weeks in a nutshell. :) ----- ps. All jokes aside, working in a lab is ... by working in lab). I have yet to see a university that is so

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in ... significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  . Reading the Sunday paper is a favorite part of my week. During less busy ... these students' names on a website. This is not ethical (also, the ... who thought this was a good idea, I'm very disappointed in you.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  spirtuality, and lives in his head. My mom is a former bartender and studied at ... a lot of the gap is still left unexplained in the econometric sense ... from two very different ways-of-thinking. My dad is a nerdy engineer with

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still ... stations in the Cambridge-Boston area, is subsidized by MIT, a perk available ... Pike. In a world where attention seems split and starved, the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  I haven't posted in a long time. This is largely because I have been swamped with work. This term is a crash course in time management. I ... . I'm in it for two major reasons. The first is that I'm a systems geek

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  involved in an MTG production every single semester at MIT. She is also a ... me write this blogpost. I love you and miss you a lot! My name is ... I’m officially 2A, planning to minor in Energy Studies and Theatre

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  in style since then. In any case, you can see that there is a huge list ... department. Within IS&T there are people in charge of running Athena (the ... web space (anything with mit.edu in it), plus tons more stuff. Within IS

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  Being a blogger is a bit of a weird job. Your only task is to write ... to blog next. Sometimes it's just a quick update and everyone is like ... complicated post. In between meetings, we have a pretty active Slack! The Slack

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  place in Geneva with the particle accelerator that might create a black ... bar variety, but it is the thought that counts!) of course the crowd in ... who, like me, has had to drop a child at a large state university in a

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  may seem like a skill that is impossible to acquire in fact came from ... backstory is that in EC, the singles are big and the doubles are small. (I ... had seen so many other people do. I don't know if this is common in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018