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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  derived, do a couple sample problems, maybe see a real life application, and ... In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot about physical principles and how other people have applied them. A

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  somewhat unrefined, and I plan to do a bulk of my research over the holidays ... do not admit students to a specific major; we admit students to the ... : "btw do you know how many international applicants (who created a mymit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  become the antidote to my homesickness. I’ve always been a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals—it was practically a requirement to live in the small town ... that I started following the team as closely as I do today. It’s no

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  take a break. I shouldn’t have scared myself out of opportunities to meet ... 't like me. It only left me feeling lonelier. A small part of me still says ... try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  is the furthest north I have ever lived. Here is a list of almost ten ... Jordan’s Furniture. I recently found out about this place from a couple of coworkers, but “Beantown” is a replica of downtown Boston entirely out of

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  my week to do artsy things. There might be a few charcoal stains on my ... with a silent click of a submit button on my 20.330 (Fields, Forces and ... ’s a compilation of thoughts/feelings/things I’ve done over the past (oh

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  ever take a class that inspires one of these lists? things I could be doing instead of this class: reading The New Yorker talking ... [annotation note="when I was twelve years old, I wrote a 60,000 word Shugo Chara

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  . Yet Thresher’s words do not promote a particular issue or ideology ... of Admissions at MIT, wrote a short book called College Admissions and the Public Interest. It's a longstanding handbook of the admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  do a varsity sport, deciding where to live, where to eat, how to manage ... Overheard at MIT (from sometime Spring 2012 - I've been keeping a collection of these for a while, and will start leaking them out) MIT Student

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  that the most important thing for a fourth grader to do, is to be a ... a good sense of this.  There are some things that are intentional ... to grandma, and a certain jolly old elf that lives at the North Pole

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a ... blocked from memory. Any sleep I lost was never found; TGIF took on a whole new meaning. So this week, I decided to shape up a little. By this, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  .Information from the UAAP.Information about housing and the housing lottery.A to-do ... a few more people joining the MIT Class of 2013 as we do plan to use ... as the "A60" for historical reasons we can no longer remember, the NBM

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  the last problem sets I will ever do as a freshman, which is a pretty ... choosing your Athena names. Basically, do your best to pick a name you ... novel) and, of course, finals. Easier said than done? Yeah, just a little

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  limit! I MUST DO EVERYTHING!" This is never a good idea. Sooner or later ... I've never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I ... was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  (I have a lot more unfinished posts on their way - as well as answers ... here's a brief message brought to you by my junk mail.) I have a first name for a last name - essentially, my name consists of three first names

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  to maintain a balance between new students and upperclassmen. That said ... is awesome!). To be considered for a blogger position, you should email me (benjones at you-know-the-rest) by August 31st, 2007 and: Provide a

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  about it than you do… Following the poster session was a panel about ... ; not only do you get free goodies like food and a tote bag, but you meet ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  have a new battery, and their robot is fine, so they should be good to go tomorrow. I hear from a friend who knows that team very well that they ... , leading to a lot of frosh from warm climates making exclamations like "OMG

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  how you guys are doing by calling all 390 of the early admits (sometimes ... perspective of a current student.. yes, there are girls here..") So I was ... time to prepare a list of questions either. So just in case you'd like to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  'm doing a bad job at this regular updating thing. I promise that within the ... of cool optical illusions. I get to remember how to do convolutions, a ... such as amino acids, proteins, and related compounds. Takes chemistry, a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006