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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  summer just to get to Cambridge.   I have a lot more to talk about from ... the first posts by our first-year bloggers. There’s a common theme: MIT ... ’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  and was immediately confronted by a colossal display for the Twilight series. A thirtysomething dad was scrutinizing a copy of the fourth book ... could give to a teenage girl." (I do not think the series is well

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  I try to attend at least one guest speaker talk a week (many of them ... reimburse us for taking a faculty member out to dinner, since they want to ... later in the semester, but the dinners need to be in by late October for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  CollegeBoard send them to us, but for a definitive answer you should call ... file. There is no need to give us a heads ... official marksheet....as this is kind of considered to be a big achievement

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  Computer Science), with a heavy interest in biology.  I had intended to get a ... Maine to get to know each other, where I also first learned to use a ... It's been a while since I introduced you to MIT (my way, of course

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  to and from a foreign city over spring break, when students meet with ... the opportunities available to the student body as a whole. But now I ... graduation requirements by spending time abroad. One such class is 11

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  that number isn't actually that high by comparison to the coastal cities ... Mountains, we spent every New Years outside by a 64 square foot bonfire ... winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  teammates. inevitably, we get to know each other (a bit), because, well, we ... together, and get to know each other (more than a bit). it’s easier than you ... they need to be heard by more people. Here is her original post. This

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  a variety of programs, seeks to foster a community and encourage ... Red Bull staff, but aerobatics is evaluated by a panel of judges on the ... throwing. Each participant has a time slot of 1 minute to perform in front

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  opportunities. He began his amazing journey in 1974, loaning $27 to a group of 42 ... before I could get more details. By coincidence, Anne and I both enrolled ... a detailed overview of these projects). To give you some of the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  desperately to curl up in a hole and wait for time to just pass me by. When Camp ... it quits. Accompanied by two friends, I made my way back to Mc ... are absolutely phenomenal. A year ago, when asked to write up a brief

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  than trying to learn about the school. During the Q&A you also get to ... to be in this massive chat, and you get a pretty accurate view of what ... their aspirations, you get to be a part of their lives. As a blogger I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  , and that this is going to make me either a good scientist or a raving ... friends said on a daily basis (note: I was going to link to it, but then I ... effect is like when you're at a party, and you're talking to someone, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... undergraduates go on to grauate school to earn a Master of Architecture (MArch ... , students may apply to do a study abroad exchange with the Delft University of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  remember starting to giggle - and then my eyes were closed and I was in a ... packs strapped to my face. Lovely. Since then, I've been on a ... SPRING BREAK. This is a nice introduction to what I have going on this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roadtrip! Spontaneity is my middle name.

  

  So since the semester is over, and Boston is a little wet to say the least, I decided that today, I'm going to take a little road trip to NYC. Don't really know what I'm going to do once I get there, but I figure I

  • by Bryan
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  -filled protein balloons to drop into a chute in the wall. They scurried over the ... wouldn’t have believed—” There was a pause, followed by a mumbling on the ... she had been sitting. There was new grease to pick up, a new stench to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  Harvard, we scurried out the sliding doors in a frenzy. We made it to the ... doing a few dishes we went to sleep in the staff room: a room just wide ... , then read it again. Kirstyn sat out in the hall, on her laptop. To get to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  calling with questions. In an effort to answer these questions, here is a ... an international student, do I have to take the TOEFL? A. No, we do ... January tests on a case-by-case basis. I hope that covers most of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  excited to hear this. Two years ago, Fred had also promised a “special surprise” that turned out to be a free week-long trip to the Amazon Rainforest over spring break. We got to perform in a bright pink opera house in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025