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• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  it turns out many people at mit walk really slowly. not in the sense that mit is slower than the rest of the world, but in the sense that you ... all enjoyable - the world is really lovely, and i think walking is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  out those fields on the application. This is important so that your ... the name we will use in all official print and email communication from ... , depending on the purpose. For example, Student Financial Services will use
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  now as an assistant director and talking about the main things I learned ... audience. I ended it on a high note and told everyone that the crisis was ... portion of their time on Earth? Then, at the pit of my despair, I had

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ]\tau[/latex] (the Greek letter tau, usually pronounced to rhyme with how but some people rhyme it with law) refers to the superior circle constant, [latex]\tau = 6.283… = 2\pi[/latex]. And I cannot help but tell you about the glory

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  his sweater already, mom's spaghetti. He's nervous about opening the MIT ... found myself being pretty well described by [annotation note="this is the undisputed original"]this lyric[/annotation] from "Lose Yourself." The now

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  At MIT, the one-semester intro programming class, 6.00, can be broken ... .0001 the normal way and exact my revenge on the placement test that had wronged me. I took it freshman fall on Pass/No Record, and I passed. The

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests as part of the admissions process. You can read about our revised ... discontinue the use of subject tests starting with the 2020-21 admissions cycle

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA   And it seems like I'm going to be leaving the blogs with a ... that end, I want to make use of the handy "blog reaccs only (beta)" feature at the bottom of the page to gather some audience input about which

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  For the past few days, I've been walking around with this weird feeling on the inside. As if goosebumps are embedded deep into my skin ... . Confusion. Fear. When I first received news about the tragedy in New Zealand

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  STUFF GUYS WOOOO. This time, though, I cannot take any credit for the ... . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all. I present to you: immersion.media.mit.edu. The Collective Learning

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  The summer before freshman year, I remember the struggle I had trying ... must confess that it was a short struggle. The plethora of options was so overwhelming that I essentially gave up and ranked the dorms by seemingly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  it. Enjoy! Shameless plug -- stop by the Meet the Bloggers event Friday night if you're here for CPW! I quote, See the folks behind the ... , into the wider world. Intriguing, eh? We're all beyond excited to meet

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  10:00AM bottle of soylent on the go for breakfast.   12:59PM free lunch after accidentally walking into a Joi Ito (Director of the MIT Media Lab) talk at the Martin Trust Center.   1:08PM our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  let me take a second to talk about the week i've had: last thursday, i went to not one but two P.E. classes because it was the last day of the quarter, and i also read three stories for CMS.307 workshop. the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  extremely strong language. It was the only way I could write it honestly, the only way I could bring words to my feelings.  ** I moved to the United ... . Suddenly, I was at the airport, hugging everyone as tightly as I could

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Holidays from MIT! Images of the Season

  

  . Some are expecting the EA application decisions tomorrow. No matter where ... memories below. From the Department of Chemical Engineering: (drawn on the windows of building 66 during the 2014-15 holiday seasons)            From

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  One of Danny B.D’s many contributions to the MIT community, along ... Campus Historian, is the ubiquitous and indispensable CourseRoad, an open-source 4-year academic planner. CoursedRoad collects all the data about MIT

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  alive for…That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the ... mind the other day: Poetry is important for the same reason that a ... destructive because of the force behind it. (If it were, by Newton’s Third Law

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  bio information I can give when I meet people around the Institvte ("Hi ... pressure trying to summarize myself in a few sentences. Should I mention the ... times in the past, by the way.) I'm weird, in case that's not clear

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  international students.   MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the ... ;decisions.mit.edu      <<< You can log in using the same username and ... applicants. Of the 6,820 who applied we have admitted 612. We can't wait

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013