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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  presented some of the most recent highlights of exoplanet science. We then ... the center of the universe. With that context under our belts, we returned to exoplanet science. I talked about the first discovery of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  the beginning of the universe (read:Big Bang). In doing so they hope to ... bills, don’t make weekend plans, don’t even finish applying to MIT, there ... . Yes boys and girls, the doomsday device built under the guise of solving

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  This year the city of Boston turns 375 years old (that makes Boston how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th ... when I hit 20). To kick off part of the festivities, free hot air

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  a great degree of compassion and commitment, and I greatly look ... all of this will be going up on the blogs quite soon, but first, a brief taste of what to expect from me over the coming weeks: Famous

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  the annual conference of the New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC), hosted by Boston's Northeastern University. Hundreds of guidance counselors and admissions officers from across the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  -deserved diploma. https://youtu.be/AdwPeNsMmGM I helped select the Class of 2018 ... Today, the Class of 2018 graduates from MIT.       ... exceptional. The admitted Class of 2018 includes mathematicians and marksmen and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  As a freshman you will probably be taking two sciences, a math, and a humanities class. The sciences and maths are pretty standard fare; you'll have a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  of bloggerdom, crowding my blogspace with its inconvenient, road ... amazed, out of my suite kitchen one night, the sound of a cadre of people ... émon approximation of Tim the Beaver. WRONG.However, I digress. What I really meant to

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  was stored on top of a tall cabinet out of harm's way. The very first ... . I've always been a Mac guy. I don't fall into the stereotype of the ... of this was because I grew up on Macs, and so I've always thought in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  began. Our hunt was set in ⊥IW, the perpendicular universe version of MIT ... disturbance caused by the presence of matter from our universe. As we solved ... someone had the idea of applying a similar mechanism to the Next meta and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  too holds true for hundreds of other colleges/universities around the ... sessions[/annotation] by saying some form of “I believe in my heart that MIT ... by any means, but if there was list of everything that goes into making

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  learning community that offers all of the core classes in smaller classes. It ... promise I haven't fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though, is taking a little bit of adjustment. Speaking of adjustment.. This

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  -orientation program (FPOP) known as FUP, where I got to do all sorts of cool community service projects.  However, this year I decided to apply to be a mentor for the Materials Science FPOP known as DMSE, as well as continue to help

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of ... ’s the elephants. Specifically, the walking of the elephants from the train tracks behind Simmons down Massachusetts Avenue, straight in front of MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  from some degree of "regression." there's something about going back to ... these days, feel as if they've lost a lot of time to the pandemic. the ... juniors experienced less than a year of it. that's why being on campus this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  which make up each level of dancing, which you then apply throughout the ... 's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in charge of the physical education (PE) requirement that MIT students have

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  about doing a ton of "science-oriented" extracurricular activites just to ... relationship between three floors--Conner 2, Conner 3, and Conner 5. I think of ... 's degree but still lives nearby, so she bakes you fresh cookies every once in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even know it was coming. Two of my best friends from high school were visiting me and another one of my best friends who goes to MIT. We were walking

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  research on the expanding universe, and is only offered once every two years ... past At the beginning of the semester, upon looking at my overloaded ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  the computer science minor. 8. Having regrets. At the end of the day ... be interesting to explore some of the less-than-optimal decisions I’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017