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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  Did you know that you can't double-major at MIT? Okay, I'm just ... two subjects (stats are here, but I happen to know they're not complete, because I should be listed as a year 3 student with a second major in VII

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  -mail I was receiving came from Mitra. The remaining 5 were actually all ... "blogging" folder, which I haven't had time to set up yet becuase I don't understand quite how IMAP works on Eudora 6.2. No

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  becoming an MIT student???" I'd be happy to answer your questions (or direct you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked: "Neil Gaiman wrote the novel you quote???" I'm quite impressed. The title

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  Ciao. It is I, Jacky of the French Dormitory. My culinary journey, as faithfully published here on the blogs by CJ, started freshman fall, when I ... sophomore year, during which I reproduced and modified recipes from my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  called Terzan 5. I'm particularly attached to Terzan 5, because it's home to the pulsars that I do my research on. Finding a pulsar is not easy ... , we use a technique called "folding." I think it's pretty ingenious, so

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  Saturday) in teams of four. It's a good deal: five evenings a week, I have a four-course home-made dinner made for me, and one evening, I learn to ... table" What's that? You're dying to meet the people I live with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  Thanks to the miracles of modern transportation, I'm wringing out ... rancher. This distresses me. I own no cattle.) Tucked away in the American ... prototypes (a.k.a. parents). I was in attendance to take pictures of food- I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  A few weeks ago I did an interview with the Raising Problem Solvers ... read on our "What we look for" page, or that my response to "how can I ... and trying to put together a freshman class? Chris Peterson: I think we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post ... about it (I will talk more about this later); it’s one way for us to get ... . However, if you are offered an interview, I would recommend you take it. Not

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  forwarded to me:  i remember your posts (college apps, haiku) about robo-CJ, and I wondered if it might make sense to try using a Cycle-GAN to ... up my alley in terms of what I do for my UROP, so I gave it a shot this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  teach them how to use Illustrator so I've decided to write a blog about it ... Paint but better- I mainly use it to make diagrams of my projects, label ... can add or remove Artboards after the document is created. I also like

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  : the rule does not apply to freshman-freshman relationships, but I ... take, and I agree with pretty much everything in this article, but I ... 's why we always give this example as fair warning. Notice that I didn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  Dear November, 2009: I've reached the age when self-discoveries are ... - I prefer my classes the way I prefer local fire departments: fast ... his USB drive into the door using a makeshift rubber-band slingshot. (I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  A couple months ago, I wrote about how to make money at MIT. Much to ... adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to ... Boston living prices, I sent out a poll on [annotation note="A mass email

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  the clouds, I was woken up this morning by birds, and we’ve now mostly ... little adventure? I’ve been wanting to do a blog showcasing MIT’s many athletics facilities for a while now, so I think this is the perfect time to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  (webcast embedded from commencement website. I'll return to this blog ... graduating), in the embedded webcast above.  On Wednesday night, I had the ... their origins as a class, here is what I told them:  Then, that August

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  introduce myself. I'm you from July 20, 2016 - yeah, about 9 years, or 3000-some days into the future. Pretty cool, huh? Well -- I guess you know ... relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  sunshine streaming through the frosted window - I was greeted with a ... . Clearly, I’m not a fan of trite platitudes. I got a collection of ... insignificance whenever I might be at risk of feeling too hopeful. After all, “If a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and became obsessed with the word consilience. I loved all of my classes ... multiple disciplines.  I talked about consilience on my college applications

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  During the first week of IAP, I took a class known as ESD.054 ... period of five 8 hour days. Now I could talk about my reflections on the week, but I think what I learned can be best illustrated by what I saw

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013