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• 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
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... where I am on the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked ... application was lacking, or what I should improve on? If we waitlisted you, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  programs so I'm probably the most logical choice to talk about what the weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are some thoughts on making this an enjoyable weekend. The first question I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  "helpful handouts." Although I've since forgotten what most of the papers ... Things to Do Before You Graduate." It's a shame that I actually misplaced ... up in her room. At last count (beginning of the year this year), I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008