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• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get ... his freshman year. This gave him a lot of perspective on the world, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  of building 2?" "I don't know, I dont think milk vending machines are that uncommon." "No, parents are going to read this and be all, 'Oh good ... -mail from Maxine, president of MIT's chapter of the American Institute of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It Lives. can i be nostalgic yet?

  

  There's always this hum on campus, some whisper of a noise either ... mathematical concept that goes way above any of our heads. But if you listen ... find myself once again back on the MIT grounds. I'm unsure of when the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  . It's good to see all of you :) So what's up. It's senior year. This is ... and a source of information as the internment period dragged on. By the ... work on my bio and history research...>_____>) At the end of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It includes a nice piece on MIT athletics as well as a Thanksgiving story ... watch the episode, click here or on the video image below. Enjoy!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  title of this entry. If you haven't thrown up yet, hang on. My friends ... bajillion new pieces of art have sprung up. One of them looks like a giant ... hand: the circus! My way of saying that ceremonial robes look silly

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• 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

  

  : There is a good chance you’ve heard about this already, since a lot of ... ) have the lowest. On top of this, the House houses a disproportionately ... socially and academically. But I do think that this interpretation of data on

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

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  argue, which turned into something of a good-natured brawl before workers ... Cuisine" "India offers so many new and exciting things, one of the most ... technologies. This January, teams comprising a total of 35 students are working

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  systems integrator on the next iPhone. A common perception of MIT students ... deliver on both of the labs I led that day. But slowly, I am seeing myself ... new ELL (Engineering Leadership Lab) team in a Diverse Connections

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all ... ) One of MITs pilot online courses for their new high-quality online ... .744 elaborates on that design part. We talk about what constitutes good design, and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  the parts that I answered- including the ones I sort of blundered my way ... time goes on- so even though there's plenty of room for improvement, I ... him to go out of this way to hand out these evaluations and then

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  a new laptop around the end of July, following the advice in the ... picked Manjaro, a distro based on Arch. I wanted the glory of the AUR, but ... learning a lot of things along the way. But I actually appreciate getting a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  pictures of the places that were memorable to me in some way. Eighteen months ... tunnels of building 66 had a big influence on my decision to come to MIT. I ... the crosswalk on Mass Ave whereas the end of my day would be lobby 7

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  earning it is time-consuming. 16. On less than about four hours of sleep ... This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading room of Hayden Library... one of a very short list of places where I am

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  in the back of the room who asked good questions. There are so many new ... This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... Body of the State    Thursday afternoon, Thomas DeFrantz, a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  the money stopped. I was working on psets, studying, figuring out my way ... up a lot of your time. Here are my top ten ways to earn money at MIT ... 's another quick, relatively low time commitment (depending on the class) way

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  ways too. Some were expected--I reached new levels of independence and ... write a peppy post about personalities (which is still on the way for a ... , I was reading some articles from “The Cut”, a section of New York

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  like the sky. No matter how fast the train was whizzing by the trees of ... the first half of my college experience by focusing on the trees and ... romanticize the life of an artist; your livelihood depending on a constant

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  environmentally sustainable way. Check out their site to learn about all of the good things going on at J-WAFS!  
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20 ... 't get anything out of it. On the other hand, The Hobbit is pretty ... .284 Modern Astrophysics On the first day of class, Paul Schechter (the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013