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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  those sort of passions can be applied and reapplied to future ideas and ... One of the coolest things at MIT is how easily undergrads can join ... Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  , because of the bend in the road, I hit it at about a 45 degree angle.   ... vehicle at a 45 degree relative to the forward motion of that vehicle, at ... As regular readers of this blog know I love to bike. It's my primary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of study abroad programs are available?

  spending a summer in China or heading to Spain during the month of January ... Italy, France, or Hong Kong? MIT International Science and Technology
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  When I got my first guitar at age 3, I immediately began dreaming of ... to college - I played solo in coffeehouses, as half of an acoustic duo in auditoriums, as part of a band in various bars & clubs. I sang

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  be overcome if you’d “give me a month.” We’d offer consolations of “you ... ="Undergraduate Research Opportunity."]"UROP[/annotation]-ing” instead of “studying,” and going to my [annotation note="it was a bit of a shock going home for

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  , and those of the few remaining students who had applied for summer ... a certain buoyancy into my steps which match my momentary lightness of ... expect them, but when they do occur, they do feel motivated. Of course I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  The Class of 2015 list of 101 things to do before you graduate has challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in ... --participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  compeition. What kind of competition, you ask? A robotics competition, of ... event. The challenge is actually a game- two alliances of three robots ... goals on the ground as well as goals high in the air (hence the name of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  , which runs throughout the month of January"]IAP.[/annotation] I also got hit with a case of writer's block, so I went through at least five ... the wall collect a whole box-full of water bottles so we could make a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  film for [annotation note='The film was announced in December of 2012, and I found out about Wicked in November of 2014.']LITERALLY 10 YEARS.[/annotation]    I HAVE BEEN SIMMERING. BUZZING. WAITING ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  great school for math, one of the best." "Ok, I'll go there." *laughter ... of my head for the next 4 years, slowly growing into more than just a ... that you could get D's in most of your classes and it wouldn't affect

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  Engineering and Computer Science, the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy ... chatted with us students about literature, science, and our summer plans. I talked with Teesa '08 (Course 8: Physics) about Kiss of the Spider Woman

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  (See Bryan's entry for more pictures of and information about the ... 's Habitat for Humanity group Like Elyse, Christi is busy busy; one of her ... this is a picture of you, but I'm not sure.) Some of my suitemates

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  discussion of one of the puzzles. In about a month all of the puzzles will be ... sorts of time consuming stuff). So, without further delay -- Puzzle ... for us to solve. When a new puzzle was uploaded, a group of people

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  So, today is the day! CPW has finally arrived! As many of you make ... I got out at Logan airport, and I immediately entered a state of utter ... found a cluster of people wearing maroon, and I immediately fell into a

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  matriculate as a full student for a year at Cambridge University in Cambridge ... is placed on long-term retention of learning, has been a good ... , being at an academic institution with over 800 years of tradition gives

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  earning a master's in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of ... : Science Across the Borders: US News & World Report Co-founder of i ... Today does a cool piece on Helen Greiner '89 SM '90, founder of i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  some of you need to decide whether or not to come to MIT and the rest of ... semester senior at MIT, majoring in computer science and molecular biology (6 ... starting my MEng in computer science and molecular biology and TAing 6

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Can you recommend some academic competitions?

  It's great that you're searching for programs to challenge yourself academically. We have info on science olympiads, science fairs, robotics competitions, and maker opportunities on our STEM programs page.
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  EA Blogger Application Decisions The results are in.

  

  avid readers of her blog long before she applied for this position. Her ... I just want to say on behalf of the committee that we are truly impressed with all of the applications (and there are MANY). Your collective

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 8, 2006