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• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  On Friday afternoon, the students and staff of the senior capstone ... was fast and furious! The awards ceremony took place of the steps ... each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... lot about choice, and the choices I need to make. A lot of this is ... forever and stand on the wall, waiting for some moment of certainty, but it

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  different light and expect you to be the expert in everything. Trust me, this isn't true, we aren't the experts on everything. A friend of mine was ... letter he'd sent to MIT regarding this dam. The first letter was all but

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  giants--like, people over 6'6"--hit them over the head, and put them in his ... first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... eventually turned out to need about two and a half hours of touching) when I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  into it. This is Skyrim. The most life-consuming of games. And it's very ... the horrifying discovery of what "windchill" is. This year however, is a ... and trips designed to help introduce people to the fun they can have in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of ... the disastrous combination of boring and detail-oriented—but every year ... O’Neil, the author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and I was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  was 07/07/07. And if you aren't celebrating the day of the century with ... /07/07, which of course translates to THE BIRTHDAY OF THE CENTURY. (Regardless of ... bit of those 24 hours, but that just makes the time that I was awake

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  very far from school. Now I'm in the midst of a lot of school and am ... someone will feel inspired, and we can dream of what we'll be doing when the ... resources I used, the costs, benefits, and how-to of using them, and tips on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  my eye. Of course the first thing I thought was that Time Management ... I'm fairly sure all of you are familiar with the fact that MIT has ... Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  ’s beauty in the slope of a curve and the grandeur of Paris. However, it ... your health and literally sucks the life out of you. Now, for once, you ... pleasure of eating an especially flaky pastry. The feeling soon faded, and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  Verde's closure, the bustling grocery store on the first floor of the Stud turned ... the Concord Market raffle! She got 50 bucks and a freezer bag of food ... , and it didn't disappoint. The staff is lovely and very friendly. Lots of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2015 This week, the new freshmen arrive on campus!

  

  class includes students from Kansas and from Kenya. The class includes students from Alexandria, Virgina and Alexandria, Egypt. The class includes students who have served in the armed forces and students who have spent the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  and is the Officially Recognized Commemorative Video of The Great Night ... A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow ... long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  drinks (my CPW was my first energy drink experience!), and spent the time ... ? (Question submitted by Elena B. '17) This is a fantastic question, and one of the ... to see all of the other dorms and ended up choosing to live in Baker

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  can also drive you cRaZy. I'm in the hospital, and have been since ... of doctors and nurses and I am afraid to talk to them. But there's a ... I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  's a half-solar double that faces the river and has two walls of ... those on the left, so a clever minivan driver decided to turn around and ... , a group of interior decorators and a contractor take over a house and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  RNA that can shut off 10 genes at once in the livers of mice, and they ... 's equivalent of the Nobel), and all-around nice guy (he's known for replying to ... stay home, but most people take advantage of the awesome fun classes and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  100% of MIT undergraduates study the humanities, arts, and social sciences. At MIT, we consider the humanities, arts, and social sciences ... disciplinary areas and encourages the development of sensibilities and skills
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  Technology. Over the next few hours of pomp, circumstance, and Tim Cook, 2 ... of themselves, and MIT, out into the rest of the world with them. I am ...   livestream of the graduation ceremonies    

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  students are going to travel, regardless of break or not, and the only impact ... one of their names in the news. And it's absolutely sickening that I ... more and more tired, and when the weekend comes, it's just a repeat of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021