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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  ?" Well, you see, of the 11 undergrad dorms, only one, McCormick, is all female (and then there are the five sororities and the Women's Independent Living Group). With most of the options being coed, the powers that be need

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  for Early Action because the post office is messed up currently. I can get the materials postmarked for November first but I am not sure if ... have to send them again they will be postmarked past the deadline

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  I've compiled the best of them here. Enjoy! "If the roots are imaginary, then the dots in the applet will be blue." (Draws dots in orange on board, waves chalk in the air.) "See? Blue." "And now I'm reminded of an

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  The Classes I’m Taking This Semester [in order from least-to-most edible] 🪀🚑🔥📚♟️

  

  using the most dangerous writing app, where you are forced to write in ... when I don't post. Whoops. [I'm also too tired to do all of the footnotes. If I get one [1] ONE comment asking me to, I will.] These are the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 8, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  ."]Yesterday,[/annotation]after turning in my last assignment for the semester and celebrating my freedom ... 'll write a blog post about all the things I made this semester." So I got up ... — Forget that. There'll be time for that later. It's the first day after the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  -whose-temperature-usually-hovers-somewhere-between-the-sixth-and-seventh ... personal enthusiasm levels inversely proportional to the temperature, though ... pretend that temperatures like that don’t exist. Anyways. The point of all

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... programs with companies and labs all over the world, or teaching programs ... POST HERE), who's another blogger! We’re both working in the Dexterous

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  openings, film screenings… the list goes on! [annotation note="MIT School of ... ="MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning"]DUSP[/annotation], and the ... addition to more large-scale happenings at the List Center for the Arts, the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ’t just mean software innovations like generative AI or the internet. I’m talking about the hundreds of billions of silicon transistors that form the ... perfection. If you think about it, the CPU inside your computer is basically

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  I've mentioned in the past that I'm taking CMS.335 Short Attention Span Documentary. Abby '20 has blogged about this class in the past, but ... off with the same things as Abby said: I've always wanted to make cool

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  and they were roommates living with "randos"

  

  graduates live together after graduation. And the cruft houses I've seen have such interesting names, like Castle Kingside, Soviet Russia, or The Bunker. The first night the three of us moved into our new place, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  only pick 54 class units, while using the precious Pass/No Record grading ... “four-year planner for the MIT community” from the awesome Danny B.-D. ‘15, who wrote about it here. This is the best tool to plan your academic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  11th, which was the last time I posted something. Namely, the semester ... flew across the country for California where I am currently lying on a ... -my-face-with-food skills over the one and a half weeks that I am home, and as such, I will be

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  that they chose me – the inexperienced and very young intern – to travel to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one of the trading company folks – “They chose an intern!?!? Which crazy

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about MIT or the college process, you are in the wrong post. SCRAM! This is an adult swim. Parents, Welcome back to the Nance Effect! Hopefully you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on the admitted students parties. We had some reports from the New York City party. Michael wrote, The ... was unscheduled, but that made it all the more better. For example, Les

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next administration's agenda ... to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia ... , and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  international students.   As you can see by the photos, this was a grueling ... covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out there, the shiitake mushroom of the matter). Here are some of the things

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  , sexual harassment. Like many, I’m heartbroken over the shootings that ... also as an Asian woman. It feels like a brutal knife to the heart in a year full of blades. If you are interested in supporting the victims

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  -disciplinary, flexible, and engaged with the larger world in ways many other departments are not. For the curious: "DUSP EXPLORER is an online, interactive ... projects intersect with each other and connect with the central themes of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015