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• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  back from working on psets. I walked by the LSC announcement board (LSC is a group that screens movies on campus) and one of the movies was ... intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  Game Reserve. We stayed on the very top of a hill in Hluhluwe , sleeping ... magnificient. Oh and there were lots of baboons too. We drove into the game ... nearly got charged by a white rhino. I took a lot of photos. And the world

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Zag and all of MIT indeed will miss him. ... Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  ’s a bit of a Star Wars nut, and recently, he’s been on a quest to build ... model of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and landing it on a mini-barge in the ... engineering major, we got married after graduation, and his alarming levels of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  , and the students are going to be great members of the MIT community. A ... updated!). A number of the journalists focus on the financial aid packages ... from the harp she plays or the dimensions and composition of a homemade

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  , and Composer of the Month, all of which stem from a diverse range of ... everyone about the history and culture of bento in Japan before leading us in ... collected in a twenty-year odyssey around China, Europe, and the east coast of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  out of your dorm and take the T down to South Station, you can get on a ... on Earth, and I helped Veena find a delightful new coat worthy of Kara ... to be a half-mile walk out of your room and across the Harvard Bridge

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the ... of thousands of onlookers died down, the police loudspeaker came on and ... ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  profile, and a letter of recommendation). MIT's recommendations process is ... section of your application. We will also accept letters and materials ... MIT requires letters of recommendation from two teachers. The most
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  'll be reading them this week and posting some of them next week. Good news for Heroes fans at MIT: Masi Oka, who plays the lovable and awesome ... Chairman of the American Conference on Diversity. I'll be answering more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  My friend Amrys (MIT '02) and a bunch of her fellow MIT-grad friends ... idea being to get as close as possible to the fireworks on the 4th of July (and have the coolest boat on the Charles River). Seriously, you

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  that you want on a 3D CAD program like Solidworks (see image below of a ... engines and ran them at the same time: [] Here are some examples of pretty ... : [] LEDs mounted on the flywheel with a battery: [] Below are examples of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it ... ; eventually, we will pull it out and have a nice column of space for the fire ... , grate it, eat it? Prop the barrel up on bricks and light the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  passively take on the role of “hardened and unfeeling and purely objective ... “My name is Paige, and I'm a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try ... ’d respond. There was some part of me that thought he’d turn around and say

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  on if she'll do it again) Ana R. S. '22 of California (and a lot of ... hours arguing about how great they all were, and finally settled on this wonderful group of people. And now you, like us, get to laugh, cry, and lose

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... can also be full of unexpected growth. We adapt and continue onward ... . Some of you may have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  . The whole college application process is one of back-and-forth decisions ... your talents to go on to do wonderful things with the education and ... We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Center, is a state-of-the-art cancer research facility as well as the hub of cancer research on the MIT campus. The Koch Institute brings together biologists and chemists along with
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  incomprehensible names, like “Intersectionality and the Ethics of Transnational Surrogacy.” There are readings on the history of education methods and ... narratives of public figures. The class is 17.309 Science, Technology, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... socioeconomically diverse. 2. There is a quota on the number of international ... experiences and countries. You can get a sense of our current international (and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005