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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  , next to the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (with the enviable name ... introduced as a senior at MIT. Yikes. Of course, all the actual seniors are ... forward to waking up at 6:30am on friday. I'm stationed left of the stage

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  followed with immediate mention of “troubling data” and “important decisions ... the body of the announcement. Here’s a screencap of the message: There is a good chance you’ve heard about this already, since a lot of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  way to the Kendall T-station. Let me give you an idea of exactly how ... Gregor, BC, Baker, McCormick, and Maseeh, the broad avenue of dorm row was ... Infinite in the middle of night, it struck me that this was my school. Long

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  One of the many things I love about MIT's dining halls is that they ... stopping you from getting food from several of them at once. When I'm not in a rush, I find it helpful to do a quick scan of the entire dining hall

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  Kazakhstan, and we thought the weather would be very pleasant at this time of ... for summer tourists"][/annotation] In addition, Qatar Airways offers a ... bookings in Doha. Here's a recount of my adventure! Hopefully, this will be

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  was programming. I guess that sounds odd; after all, isn't the point of ... there was left to learn. I didn't have a good idea of what separates a junior from a senior developer. Part of that was pride, and the other part

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  monitor your inbox and respond promptly. If we are unable to offer you an
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  , often compared to a baby duck. Here I am on my first day of school some day in middle school. Most of the time, my mom would take me to ... (especially because I never bothered to comb it). But it felt sort of goofy and

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  first name of disputed etymology, like most Roman first names, but thought ... nourished by the university."]Aulus.[/annotation] (Me: "Mom, if you were my ... should be bubbles. And I have bubbles. But after one whole week of no

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  obvious dangers of “doing science while drunk” and “alcohol poisoning”, lab ... media is, in fact, drinkable. It comes in a whole range of pink colors! It ... anecdotal evidence. I haven’t tried many of these, and you should try none of

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  MIT is not about the challenges of problem sets. It’s about a ... clubs, jobs, and, most importantly, around people. The fog of existence ... ideal college, and now I get to grow here. The speed of the transition

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at ... things to love about the MIT student community, and one of them is that we ... tutoring services (see #2 in that post – yes, I’m that Elizabeth), or any of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  ' pastime here at MIT.So if you were never a big fan of science before, you ... crowd of people filing through a set of double doors. You are flanked by people ushering you inside; the person nearest you hands you a pair of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  Tools) during the day, helping to teach the new class of EMT students during the afternoons, taking The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans on ... more and more of my life. =) There's only a week left in IAP, which is a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  major from Bombay who dreams of one day studying at a prestigious advertising school in the United States. Because of that, I'm thinking of ... think? Could the bunny hat use a bit of an update? Anyway, over the past

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  to celebrate the wedding of one of my floormates. She met her husband during Class of 2005 Orientation in August 2001, and they've been inseparable since. (They are both Course 3: Materials Science & Engineering

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our friends

  

  When you think of people at MIT, maybe you think of Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, or perhaps you think of President Susan Hockfield. You probably think of the Nobel winners, such as Prof. Wolfgang

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never saw the light of day (mostly because I forgot about it until last semester), but now I have a brand new batch of internship origami for your

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but this time I read them imagining myself as one of the students here. I ... special kind of courage. I know some of y'all may be in my shoes in this

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  about how I wanted more of the proof and verification for all these ... was based on one-variable calculus. Now, I knew the focus of the class ... got assigned the first of 7 biweekly problem sets, and I completed it

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018