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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that memo. In all…

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  I have a billion things to say about this semester already and I'm not even done writing about this summer! WHY?                                               Before I go back to this summer, my life thus far has been a conglomoration

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you’re looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you’re in the wrong place. You see, I’m a…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After slamming my laptop lid shut, running around the house screaming, and generally alarming everyone within a half-mile…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  I almost missed the Curiosity landing. My friend Daniel and I were looking at a presidential election quiz; a long discussion about the questions it raised sent us deep into…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted a blog… but I’m back with some exciting stories! As you may or may not recall, I mentioned that I…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1.013 (Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, for those not yet versed in MIT speak). There…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  MIT has this uncanny way of making you learn life lessons extremely quickly. Case in point: in the past two and a half years, I've learned the ... hometowns. Find the fun in life! PS - I've seen Quinton 4 out of the 6 times

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation Research Board meeting, and then a conference on sustainable transportation called Transforming Transportation. Flying down was a bit nerve…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  Hello Internet! It’s been a while. I last blogged on EA Decision Day, 12/17/2011. But I actually wrote that post on the 16th, because on the morning of the 17th,…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  projects to improve life in impoverished communities at Tecnologico de ... , eventually leading to a better SG understanding and life expectancy. The host

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  As some of you may know I am a big Patriots fan. Yesterday the Patriots lost to the Giants. It was pretty painful. But the midst of it all –…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  [By Doug Sanchez '14] After taking 2.97 (Design for People) I changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was immediately hooked after watching the…

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  Influenza A, subtype H1N1 is the most famous swine flu virus. It is endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a pandemic from June 2009 to…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  have so much more life experience than my kids have and I can envision ... this is that scientific exploration and life in general are often

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  My oldest son graduated from high school this summer and is now pursuing a career as a filmmaker. It was a proud moment for him, and for me his mom,…

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT IreneCam tracking the storm - here and on the web.

  

  I’ve decamped from the Boston area northwards to New Hampshire for the weekend. My house in the suburbs of Cambridge, while high enough to avoid flooding in nonapocalyptic scenarios, is…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  Life after college is scary.  I can't believe the time has come when I have to think about the real world.  Things like where to live, what to eat and most importantly, what to do with my life.  I've had a taste

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  'm practically living the Bruno Mars life right now, only I'm working toward a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  I’ve been crossing things off my master to-do list (nerd alert) and there’s one item I’ve been staring at guiltily for far too long: blogging. As it turns out, this…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011