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• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  . The focus was looking at how other people personalized their social ... and tweet at least five times a day to project some kind of image. I ... at work on our adaptive projects. Those will post throughout March and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  students. We spent hours at the restaurant, talking and laughing about ... ;lt;br /> He's also a pro at erasing the boards. Sure some of the ... . The homework at MIT taps into this mindset and the professors encourage

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  Beethoven to Mahler Last semester, I took my first music class at MIT ... ~1800 Vienna you had to excel at writing symphonies, string quartets, AND ... . Also a disaster, at least initially, was Beethoven's one and only opera

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  plowing makes it easier for me to get to my class which starts at three

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  have their own lengthy Wikipedia page, in addition to a chronology at

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  All Hallow’s Eve You're never too old to trick-or-treat...

  

  a half-unfinished PSET due at 11:45am tomorrow and should probably go

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  , because we like them. At the beginning of the year, we decorate the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  system! In the meantime, you can watch me talking at Maker Faire last May

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  spending my year at Trinity Hall (not to be mistaken with Trinity College

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  It’s summertime @ MIT! I'm relaxing at home after graduating last ... country from San Francisco to Washington D.C., stopping at high schools to ... the kids? Too few of them were looking directly at the students using

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  we look at things like that but we're not strict about it. So, if a ... , and if so, how many students they need to admit. At this point, colleges ... offer will "unenroll" at the first college and enroll at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  undergrads and grads coming together to pelt snow at each other - and the fact

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  . :( We even asked the guy at the counter if there were any secretly stashed ... Breakfast At Tiffany's (a WEIRD MOVIE. Any excuse to look at Audrey Hepburn ... yet; I'm open to suggestions. They're growing at an alarming rate (maybe

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  anymore because I'm not at my laptop enough. Isn't that astonishing? Here is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  and talking and pointing all at the same time... I can't say it's been

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  their own. As a pre-med student at MIT and predominantly a life sciences

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  chins at topics posed, wondering curiosity being, without doubt, the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  For now, we are back in the boathouse at MIT, erging, lifting and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  , since it doesn't have my laptop in it at that pictured moment (Yes, I am ... coursework is particularly challenging, or even if you're currently at MIT and ... spending much later at an ungodly hour of the night. To me, this also

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  Last night, MIT Aero/Astro professor Missy Cummings was the guest on The Colbert Report. Professor Cummings was one of the US Navy's first female fighter pilots. She flew the F/A-18 Hornet. At MIT, she is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011