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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  exams as well. Check out The First Year At MIT for details. There are ... get a copy of the detailed syllabus for the GIRs so I can start ... classes. Keep in mind that this is only current for the Class of '10, so the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... tools for characterizing materials. What if I just used one of those tools ... ago so that undergrads like me can use these tools for this exact

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  : Introductory math classes at MIT don't always work for me. I had a wonderful ... semester! For real! Okay, sadly, it's a remote program, because *gestures wildly at the state of the world*. Last semester, I took a non

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  in the sun for the last two days, and when I got on it to ride to work ... -off for the summer months. I just got back from Alaska. More on that (with ... apply. As per usual, we will primarily be looking for incoming freshman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  was amazed at how helpful this tactic was for raising my GPA. Learn from ... Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  upon and then see I didn't post for months or read at all etc. etc. But ... sophomore year is the worst, but it's also kinda the year class-wise, at least for 10B. You're done with the GIRs and starting classes specifically for

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  !!), is also my most recent sketchbook because I've hardly drawn for myself since starting college. I've made a ton of art for my clubs at MIT and for ... ! “Love is being willing to ruin your good painting for the chance at a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  deadline came and went. For those that submitted EA applications, good job ... -ish. :) Before the weather turned cold, Allen and I went sailing for the last time ... officially closed for the year. Every student that graduates from MIT is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  Slay the Spire Bundle for Palestinian Aid I'm the kind of person who ... play the same games over and over, so I get through games at a slower ... overwhelming enough to require a guide. (Looking at you, The Prestige Tree.) My

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  Darth Vaders up on the stage at 26-100, so there was a pretty sizable ... , I give you HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN AT MIT IN 15 MINUTES! (and pictures.) LSC GUY: Hello, and on behalf of LSC, thank you for coming to this free

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  heart, ... When you're at the school for you, you'll know it." 3. Daniel ... Well, tomorrow is May 1st, the postmark deadline for reply forms. The ... hand for help. 2. Read Melis' most recent entry on how she made her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  interviewing at MIT this weekend. They were all really concerned about the ... snowed at all. And now all these southern California kids are in Boston ... leave at all. It's snowing so hard right now that I can't see across the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  as a reasonably meritocratic mission, at least for an online university ... . The answer is that it is probably not. I stand by my analysis at the ... intended to "tap into the demand for an elite American education from the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  for people to talk to and summer programs to investigate. At 4pm, the ... ’s an outline, with more detailed stories below. Peruse at your leisure ... sitting in the kitchen at 6am, one hand writing an equation to show that the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  which begin with my eternal apologies for their lateness, and the fact ... to-do list." This time, I haven't written for a week an a half, because I've been doing nothing at all and it's been utterly fantastic. But

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  ! time really flies - i'm still getting over the fact that i'm already at ... , and the brief time they shared together. I first met Steve at FLP ... still balked at the size and the fact that I had to share the space with

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  suitcase and sell it at places like Target for $49.99 or so. Three hours and ... endorsement of Firefox still holds, though.] For the first time since August, my inner conscience begs pardon for the prolific plastering of my face

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  ended up going across the river for terrible greasy pizza at 1 AM. I saw ... the professor for that class with the flag of Italy and swearing at him ... DID YOU KNOW? In Guam, Hawaii, and Saipan, you can get SPAM at Mc

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  make a meme generator for like an hour, and then bailed to play pool at ... !"]UROPing[/annotation] at for 2 years, and he's the main feature of the study that I'm running ... At MIT, one inevitably collects a lot of shirts. Like...a lot. There

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  works for me - I successfully merged into a band of '14s at a party and ... actually a pretty traumatizing experience. A few weeks ago, I realized at Activities Midway - (by the way, check out Dancetroupe's performance at the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010