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• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  the hype to see what is really going on with salaries of CEOs in the ... used indexes of chief executive compensation show close to a proportional ... , startles, and really makes you think. On the train on the way back from a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  Archimedes Death Ray myth. For more on that, you can look here, or if you're ... enough, I was walking down the Infinite on my way to study for one of my ... So after getting a few questions and comments about DesigNerds, I

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  ; it's computer-based, so you get your score right after you take the ... , since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade ... ask if he could please get on the internet and find where the subway

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  half-finished lyra I was itching to work on. As long as this shiny new ... for hours. The heat gets to you slowly. Blisters blossom all over your ... the end, but each of the classes felt new and valuable. I took Weld Your

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with ... is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many ... by Summer Moulder '26. Inspired by GetMIT by Mitchell Gu. Based on 2048

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  it out first to get the rough shape and dimensions down and also have a preliminary design to get feedback on. [carousel image1="116775" image2 ... the 100+ pages I’ve scrawled across, so what you’re getting will just be

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  Minecraft was dying, I leeched on to other creators, mainly going to the indie ... bit late to the OfflineTV train. OfflineTV is a group of content ... community to play on a server with them. My particular favorites are Tubbo

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  and I send to all the new bloggers during blogger training: The ... lecture, or planning stuff for REX, or UROPing, or deciding how to pick your ... . The day-to-day experience of your life at MIT is a perspective only you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  you don't see your question or if you have another one, feel free to email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in ... on clothing vs. time spent getting ready in the morning. This is known

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  confident I could pull off. But thanks to the wonders of google and my credit ... give me the ability to run up walls. But the whole get up did greatly ... Halloween. I then ignored all of your votes and went with the most popular

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  juggling act feels. I also remember wondering how on earth I was going to get ... name's Paul Baranay, and I guess you can call me the new kid on the blogs ... seem more than just a little strange to my New England peers. For example

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  (twice... sorry!), "From what I've read on your website bioengineering (the ... make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are ... willing to give an extension on the May 1 deadline for financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  was able to get on the T, miss a stop, get off at the wrong stop as much ... like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first ... thing I suggest is getting a T-Pass. During the semester, I don't plan on

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  that count towards degree requirements on there. If you're struggling to ... nice, long "want to take" list, split the classes on your list into ... factors to consider: staying on track with HASS classes, completing major

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  've been to is on Plum Island (the website I linked, by the way, is ... :52am. I am really quite ashamed to say I've been working on this since 8 ... : Slight derailment due to people. Time is now 4:55am. I know, I know. On to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  pointed at a post on Piazza (a website where students and professors get to ... Autobiography), or giving several presentations to a classroom full of your peers ... college groups (because no one on my team is in an acapella group). To help

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  relaxing, and I stand in a very long line to get stir fry at New Vassar ... stuck with me: things look different depending on your perspective. Taken ... a physics problem on time dilation. It’s very easy to feel windswept

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  than I ever admitted. But I did, undeniably, fail to graduate on time ... 't equipped to deal with that many support services. I knew it was best to go on ... everything going on that semester, I had to be a good student. I negotiated

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  psychiatrist staring at me in disbelief and telling me to get new priorities as I ... folding.   To get back to the thermodynamics analogy, I’m a little particle ping-ponging inside of a box. I also want to get out of this box

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2022 (ok, i didn't enjoy all of it)

  

  introduction to the medium. Your intervention will begin and end the story. But ... on a quest to become a hero" story. The art is vibrant and imaginative ... demon in the sense that he has no morals, and will do anything to get what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 21, 2022