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• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  clueless is normal. We are beginners in everything we do, from reading, to ... subject area that they excelled in during high school was the subject they intended to major in here at MIT. [annotation note="Of course, it makes sense

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  participate in at least one UROP during their undergraduate years!” Coming into MIT, we knew we wanted to UROP at least once in our time here, because ... UROP in a field [annotation note="Many people use UROP as a way to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to Transgender Anti-Discrimination”. In essence, the bill says that you can’t be discriminated against in public areas based on gender identity. One of the most

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  development) backend is awful and really gets in the way we needed some better ... better use of our incredible wealth of content in old blog posts Here's a ... _O3iwGo&feature=youtu.be As you can see, it's in some respects a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  this club! Queer West started about 5 years ago in response to the ... club that is for LGBTQ+ folk in fraternities and Sororities! They host super cool events, but I’m not involved because I’m not affiliated in any

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  undergraduates, whom we admitted, in the main, four years ago. In the intervening ... guides, and, in my case, the students who took my classes. We have had the ... ; about MIT) on my own graduation day in 2013, but how much, in hindsight, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  in two days, you celebrate by declaring the night off from work, and ... in the differential equation, the system that is my life, and I am oh so critically damped, in danger of tilting towards instability at any

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  Boston entrepreneurs. Each one is held in a different place, with this one ... Summer Street, one of the many tall buildings in Boston with its own ... tables. In the "Student Startup Spotlight" were entrepreneurs from Bentley

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  always having baked goods to offer. She studies Course 6-3 at MIT, but in ... -to-make recipes with the rest of the world. If you're interested in learning to cook ... started another in the Atrium (between 100 and 200 Technology Square

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  Cyberspace. I am also thinking about this week's topic in CMS.701, echo ... result of a personalized search in which a website algorithm selectively ... with their viewpoints, effectively isolating them in their own cultural

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  cost and cycle time.  If the costs in a field have come down recently, or ... start up in that field (see: genome sequencing). Aim for small wins first ... reactor startup targeting goals 7 years in the future, what can you deliver

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  emails. For all of you trying to get your Regular Action application in by ... minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline ... ) come in after the January 1 deadline. We are much more understanding of

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  are coming out in a couple hours. Yuliya K. '18 made a lovely post ... overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that ... this EA decision. It may not feel like it if you get in, and you're not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  Wednesday, I squeezed in some final study time from 10am to 12:30pm before ... thought were acceptable answers. I barely finished on time and handed in my exam, semi-confident in my answers, overhearing everyone around me

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  you trying to get your Regular Action application in by the January 1 ... minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline ... ) come in after the January 1 deadline. We are much more understanding of

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super ... students affiliated with it) also offers free classes in water sports like ... attempting to sail around the Charles in some light wind. We didn’t take any

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake ... in my head, as I type this. It's soothing to step through a routine ... breaks loose, an alter-ego PANIC MODE version of my brain steps in. "Don

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  amazing mother repeated this to me almost every night as she tucked me in. I must have heard her whisper “the sky is the limit” in my ear thousands of ... night out in Tallinn, Estonia (where Hardi founded the company, and where

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  . You may even recognize The Goober from his appearances in some of my ... 's "Can I play in the Simmons ball pit????" (Yes, my dorm has a ball pit. Yes, I play in it during the year.) b) Ry and Dad are fans of Diners

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  just like good noms. There's a few eateries in the Cambridge/Boston that ... , I was fixing for a crepe late last week and strolled in to Sebastians ...  Breakfast Tour in Boston this week, if I have the time - but I think I missed out

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012