Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  Agent: So you teach people how to swim? Me: Oh, no. You get to teach ... you could teach people to swim if you wanted to. TSA Agent: Oh. Huh. and ... : Yep! TSA Agent: Wow, physics. Great time to be a physicist, with all the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  you will need to be able to pick your seat. I warn you that all of the ... Weighing the Pros/Cons I'm going to use a couple of initialisms here so that ... Row SSS- Super Special Seat (To be explained later, there is only 1 on

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  Hola! I’m delighted to introduce the newest page to the MIT ... excited to now launch the MIT Admissions page en Español. On this page, we ... . And we want everyone to gain a deeper understanding of the friendly and

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... . During that interview Hersh - who I think it is fair to say is somewhat

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  is where they wanted to be, others were less certain. Some may even ... . That is of course, until they had the opportunity to experience all ... as CPW. As for CPW, I don't think it goes according to plan for most

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  Like a great three-toed sloth awakening from a millennial hibernation, it is now I make my triumphant return to these blogs.The timing is ... holiday cheer, goodwill toward men, and all that; I'm referring to rooms

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  second-year GEL student (hereafter referred to as a “GEL 2”) is that the ... ; Urgency to Deliver, Initiative, and Decision Making   It’s safe to say that the GEL 2s devote at least ten hours a week to help plan each

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... for my brain to remember things, as I'll tend to ramble on and on like old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  a writing class and wanted to share his experiences and insights with ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears ... experience it more synthetically, be it the pressure to earn a living, or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  If you're returning to our site today, you may have noticed that we ... (appropriately) to the MIT Movies Emeritus page. In its place, you can find "What ... Nikita Khlystov Lili Sun Zach Tomlinson I also want to give a special

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  go to other colleges or are friends of MIT members. Most of them are ... Hebrew, so it is definitely helpful to speak Hebrew, but it’s not at ... some connection to Judaism; they auditioned for Techiya because they

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You On the eve of Decision Day (D-Day), I bring you three things that adds to…

  

  singer to come to campus and give a concert), and guess who came! :D (no ... speak for himself: "You wanna go to Harvard? I wanna go to MIT. You ... ." Just watch the video - it speaks for itself. A big thank you to all the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 30, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  and listening to one of my favorite programs on public radio and the ... Self. I was engrossed listening to Ms. Turkle as she described the need for all of us in this technological age to occasionally turn off our

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  here at MIT. AROTC allows you to be pretty flexible in how involved you ... training), one military class, and one leadership lab. But I'm not here to ... , and I want to show you how awesome that can be. Once a semester we go

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake ... case. That morning, I woke up to the hotel room phone ringing. Me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emma Subject: BEST DESK CALL EVER To: bmf me ... : can you connect me to the science department? me: this is a dorm, I don

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  In my continuing quest to obtain a teaching certificate through MIT ... , 11.125 is more likely to talk about whether the tests you write for students are formative or summative, and 11.129 is more likely to talk about

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  Do you know what it's like to only have two classes left to graduate ... in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me. Then there's the feeling of relief. Whew - I don't need to cram 6 classes

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about ... of the Institute, so you might want to check out the MIT Blogroll

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  student-type things (going to classes, sleeping very little, forgetting to wipe the crusted drool off my face before going to classes) and doing me ... missing out, but I'm really not interesting enough for anyone to miss out on

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010