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• 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 ... to read and pronounce Middle English, writing pieces on radio astronomy ... quantum physics and thermodynamics. Three of my professors have Wikipedia

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  this technique to research the inner workings of cognition and treatments ... that of this video's protagonist, I actually did. Last Monday, I and ... features and is sponsored by tons of tech companies -- over 60 this year

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  , went to my class, handed in my problem set, and went home and crashed ... fantastic. But I left my kitty and went to the meetings, and I put on more ... which member of the house team (including Rob and our GRTs, or Graduate

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  they're roommates! So all of us are doing well here at Sinai, and after ... by the ambulance entrance of MIT Medical, and Goosebeary's got renamed ... , however, NOT my last blog. That is coming, and (I promise!) it will be still

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  follow along on my six weeks of adventures in Michigan, Texas, Seattle, and ... . The next day, we slept in, and went to a late brunch at one of my ... the pictures I took of the scenery: The area, like Vermont and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  when I got home, only minus the drool. And when I’m tired, I have kind of ... any idea of how to do. And then you’ll spend 20 hours learning chemistry ... half away. Home is nice, and trust me, regardless of how much you people

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  For those of you hoping for an Admissions status update, here goes: we're reading applications. Lots and lots of applications. It's been ... each other, and both are taking one of my top-5 favorite classes at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  self proclaimed "font designer," and thus begins a series of painfully ... MIT arise from accidentally hitting on your TA or forgetting the name of someone you see everyday and have been introduced to on numerous occasions

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  bathroom mirrors And on the door to the stairwell: Thanks, mom and dad ... prizewinning pumpkin back! And of course, no fall is complete without the classic image of a cat sleeping on the couch in the sun. ...or, sleeping on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  academia. Some are even professors! And, as of this term, one of them ... and racial equity are often central goals of urban planning. But what ... some of the leading scientists, theorists and practitioners who are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  Center and continued on my merry way. It wasn't until IAP of my sophomore ... Well, I'm back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for ... Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner of beef and noodles. Then we will go to church

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  beads on the floor and filled the aquarium with tap water and a bag of ... . Unfortunately, the days of the axolotl and any secrets it hides are numbered. Of ... -caused problems of habitat destruction and global climate change must happen on a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  voices in sci-fi/fantasy, and the importance of story. On good weeks you ... tools piled high on the shelves. The place smells of metal shavings, and I ... I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  due to proteins and oils sloughed off the skin of the people on the ... ), and the bubbles are thin layers of water on almost every side, maybe it ... and the things in it (salt, chlorine, oils) play some kind of role in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  18 inches of snow, and ice on the roads to close schools. Being as ... great time to bond with teammates (and improve our rowing of course). It ... home to Cambridge. The past two days have consisted of rowing practice

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  celebration for all of MIT (and all of Cambridge practically) on Killian Court ... -ton cake replica of MIT’s campus. With my glow stick on my head and a ... fireplace and placed it way back on the lawn with chairs organized around it

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  EA, RA, and Transfer Updates Including the status of MyMIT tracking and the latest for those impacted by Sandy.

  

  know some schools and homes are still out of power, and we don't want ... for EA consideration.  And we continue to be flexible with all of ... updates and notes: Responsive Design: Notice anythign different about our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  carefully select survey on a stratified sampling of the population of MIT ... that reminds you of home. Your dorm is your new home for the next eight ... . Me? I have a collage of family pictures, a Phi Kappa Sigma flag, and a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  couple of days and a maximum of 20 hours. I was off by a factor of ~2.5. I watched the entirety of the show The Magicians as I embroidered, and I still ... of the piece was to illustrate accents and the uniqueness of accents

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  abandoned. Caine loves arcades. So last summer, while home on break, he began making arcade games out of cardboard. He made claw games and soccer games and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012