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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  Fellowships have a competitive advantage in the selection process sample issues ... country programs in China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and ... MIT interns have worked in the past: a) U.S. Congress (e.g. House

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  , where the Great Hunger is a deeper search for meaning and understanding in ... privileges is a sense of duty, a mandate to do good in the world, one which I ... machine learning) and a course in ethics and ML (that is heavy on the ethics

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  ’s a Friday night, but campus is quiet in the summer. My door is open. It’s pretty hot in here, but I’m pretty used to it. There are a few ... hadn’t been working on my UROP. I say this in a sort of half

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  'll need for your dorm and you may even have a meal plan, which is paid in ... know when they walk in "Yep, this is definitely Erick's room". It could ... You need a surge protector. In fact, you probably need two, so buy three

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Seven Years of Good Luck MISTI paid for all the MIT Japan interns to meet up this weekend in Kyoto.…

  

  things, then all get in a giant tub together. The water is scaldingly hot ... cramped. The temple is built out in the open air, next to a tree ... up in Kyoto for a whirlwind tour of the temples, food, and more temples

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  coming out on things like being a black person in China, language learning ... completely honest a big reason for that decline is in fact my time at MIT. Now ... am a course 20 (biological engineering), and I am in my 3rd year at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  into office hours. I am 35th in the queue. To be fair, 6.009 is a hard ... prove log 2 base 3 is irrational and whatnot. I took discrete in high ... into annoyance and dread. This is basically what happened with 18.01A and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  words there are in a given text, and if this happens, well, trust MyMIT. You can always check how your essays look in the PDF preview, which is ... spooky formatting ghosts. I recommend drafting your posts in a free plain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  'actual' authors never would. The practical result is that you get tweets ... actually did. Here's how: First, I wrote a crude but effective scraper in ... line to a text file. Then, I cobbled together a tweet generator in Ruby

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  , repositions itself, and eventually comes to rest in a place far enough away from ... alarm sounds a second time. A built-in microprocessor randomly programs ... Terrafugia, led by Carl Dietrich '99, is building a flying car (or, more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  enough. four years is a lot of time to change a person; reading my entries ... is crazy. being honest with yourself, too. i’d say i’m a very self ... whatever, but if i don’t take any steps to change that, even in a small way

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  campus as a freshman. While reading these blogs is a great alternative, it ... Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours ... SLUSH. Now I was in the State of Massachusetts for the first time. A inch

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  fields with MIT; our co-identification with STEM is a core strength of the institutional brand and our role in the popular imaginary. But, as a graduate of ... transforming our economy and society. Ethnography gives the people a voice in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  I am not your typical MIT student. In high school, I never built a ... MIT student. Truth is, I’m still a theater geek/runner/newspaper junkie ... you told me I’d be a varsity athlete in college. Now, I run the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same ... destiny forward one step at a time. But in a way, the past eight months have ... to be viewed as a successful scholar, you first must prove you can

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  it felt elitist to speak in a code no one outside MIT could understand ... . Reuse is a mailing list for giving things away. People email out ... have also seen some much stranger things in there.) There are a few

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  the Show-Me State, Columbia is a lively college town, except for the ... . Here’s what’s been going on in my life: I had a conversation with a ... . Now is this one over-achieving blog post or whaht?! (Not quite back in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  abusive relationship with her awful husband Earl, she is stuck in a cycle of ... . Here is a snippet:. Jenna, her doctor, and the nurse are in the office ... (like to get into a school or to get that job offer or, in our case, to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  The Introduction This is only part of a comprehensive guide I hope ... ” award – Walking around is, in my opinion, the most enjoyable method of transportation. Every day, after finishing up a long afternoon in my UROP lab, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  , while I've been making things in my spare time, we've also been getting a ... ) There is a Maker Portfolio option? Really? A1) YES! Check out the ... website.   Q2) What is a Maker Portfolio? A2) We want to see how you

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013