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• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  dad and two brothers for a few days of skiing at Breckenridge. It was ... is known by local fire rangers for his 512 cubic foot brush pile blaze ... weeks to assemble the cannon, test it for safety and reliability, and

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

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  campus for the first time as an actual student - when I said that final goodbye to my parents. I remember my first days here: building robots for ... for the first time, and filling out that neat little form listing all of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  Barracudas anyone? So I got to go to Tomb last Friday for a friend ... responsible for the first appearance of Smurfs. The Foreign Languages and ... for this small country! Willem De Graeve will discuss the history of

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  , video game designer...you get the gist. And then in 6th grade at the ... man reading the words, but then, in retrospect the prize for first place ... never really forgave myself for that day back in 1996, and it's probably a

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  comes into play -- if you don't adjust for inflation, these amounts sum to ... Tonight was the kickoff event for the Class of 2007 Senior Gift ... as the theme for the Class of 2000 through the Class of 2005: The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  Muhammad Yunus speak. Dr. Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize last year for ... – for example, “SP.721: D-Lab” and “21A.338J ... get involved as one of the Directors for the Academic Relations Team

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in ... can have a regional competition here in the UK for the first time. In ... have to say "hey! you have to raise the money to send all your team

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  Ensemble concerts, MIT Symphony Orchestra concerts, the Video Game Orchestra ... , [annotation note="to be honest the story seems a little too convenient for me ... project was quickly scrapped, for hopefully obvious reasons. This project

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  The other day I tried to hard-boil eggs for the first time. The first ... Wikipedia blacked out, my friends and I celebrated by playing several rounds of Wikipedia golf. I don't know what rules people normally play by

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  watching The Office and playing Minesweeper. (I can finish the Expert level ... Thursday night paying attention to #7 on Ben's list of 50 things and playing ... into a sprinkler while making an impossible dive for a Frisbee.) (I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  I'm in Washington, D.C. today for a work trip, so I write this blog ... is for sleeping and one is for jumping.) Being an intern and feeling bad about asking my company to spend a lot of money on me, I decided to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  weeks before spreak due to the pandemic, and i've had no opportunities for ... incredible. this year, there were a few locations in consideration for my ... /Portugal, and San Diego. my passport had expired, so Europe was off the table for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... undergraduates and alumni for miniature, month-long internships. Externships are

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  money I think they did a pretty decent job but if they renew for more ... imagine that they must have had my info from when I was a finalist for the ... food restrictions that people had (for instance, Hendrik was a vegetarian

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  phone and carrier intended for incoming '09s and even for prospective students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this ... to start charging $17 per month for any non-MIT calls (I believe this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  season at Emerson College on Wednesday night. Preparation for the game was ... It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to ... to wrap up.  At least when you take an exam you know that, for better

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  kiddie kid stuff for little kids. He went to the informative events, but ... kiddie things for fun but he didn't share those interests. Even though I ... fun time was playing Super Smash Bros until 5 am while stuffing my face

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  downtime (besides playing with Legos) is watching the Colbert Report, which ... complex concepts may be difficult for him to grasp (after all, truthiness

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

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  , funny? YesIThink). Have a great week playing Brawl (I know I will be) and waiting for decisions (I won't be, but I anxiously await hearing about who

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Spy vs. Spy The former directors of the US and Saudi intelligence agencies speak at MIT.

  

  Center for International Studies. What makes the talk particularly intriguing is the roles previously played by the two speakers. Prince Turki

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006