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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  another timezone, or someone not in my team, so they're harder to reach. CJ ... 've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how ... … Xian: I used to worry about being the oldest intern in our cohort, since

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  We begin with certain trivialities. *Resolution: A firm decision to do or not to do something; *New Year’s Resolution: On Jan 1, it means ... ’t quite sure how to start up the New Year. Should I eat till I was blue in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  the time and effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love ... admission from our wait list (and, if you were, whether or not you decide to ... . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... , one of the MIT students who in September launched a $150 camera balloon into near space, will be photographing the spreading oil slick in

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  depression. One is “anhedonia”, or the inability to feel anything, unable to ... is, or how to go about acquiring it. The other type of depression is psychotic or clinical depression (at least in the ‘90s, when “anhedonia” was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  . (Manchester photos to come soon, I promise!) I'll travel home on Sunday in time ... goes to this retreat at a Catholic college in NJ, and they make a banner ... of time with my good friend Sarah, visit cool places in NJ, and go to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  bag cut off or whatever and there's no guarantee my bag will get to the ... flight time has been changed to 2:24pm. In retrospect, this could have ... smoothly, sat down in front of my gate, and pulled out my phone to listen to

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  from autonomous drones to what I am currently working on in Biomaterials ... three new things each time I go to research before or after class. I am actively participating in discussions on how to alter the experiment that

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  proceeded to scream into an iPhone in a bathroom in the Mission so loudly that ... promising future in screamtech. I'm also very proud to show off Danny and ... in the commons     I also definitely made a trip back to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  to a building across the river in search of a Boston frat, in the dark ... related to the myth at hand, and in which line did Agamemnon’s ... prefrosh in our room, Lyla, came back after a mighty good time in 3 or 4

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  engaging in a behavior to get an external reward or to avoid punishment, and ... used Coursera a lot in high school to take various Data Science ... "rewirements," or wellness activities designed to help you build more healthy

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  . Throughout my entire time in high school, I used to complain to my math teacher ... due to that class in particular. Going into 18.100, I saw the material ... in my schedule. I saw that it was much more rewarding to take a course

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this ... questions with answers that can be found easily on the website or that require ... begin next Wednesday.  The Red Sox are in first place.  And MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  scary, a smile in a different context from what we are used to can really ... feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction/repulsion, uncanny valley refers to the sharp dip. There are several theories about why

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  degrees, in every career field, with the obvious exception of the five or ... feeling whenever you push or publish something, is terribly valueless to you ... theoretical applications, or at least will take decades to trickle down into

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  were ferried in to Hacienda la Verbena by the advanced food recon team of ... corner). Video: The ride terminated (as most rides ought to) in a hot tub ... like we needed to maintain threshold power to simply stay upright in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  of our number decided to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in a uniquely ... . Hackers even made some mischief in the Student Center. Some alterations to ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles ... the first person in their families to go to college, their university ... One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  travel somewhere in the physical world to obtain information. Information!  Fortunately, you live in more civilized times. Nowadays, when you want to know ... subsequently find an online article, blog, or forum dedicated to the subject that

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  proceeded to crash, because seriously, who wakes up before 10? In any case ... (Answers to your questions are coming next entry; keep on sending them in!) ALL MY EMAILS YESTERDAY (interspersed throughout random times

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007