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• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  those we're teaching to a minimum standard." A 2004 report by the ... . A new survey by her association found that among 39 states that ... There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  students at MIT and it helped me a ton. I was able to get advice while choosing a dorm and Ashhad A. ’23 also helped me get from the airport to ... , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  rather, the street parallel to it b/c i would get distracted by [annotation ... [/annotation]), and then back up by chipotle to get to Simmons. ~5 miles. Everything ... missed my turn. By a lot. I kept thinking i could get back on track if I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  don't do that. But it still gets to you after a while. Sometimes it ... Note to anyone who is confused: Cruel Summer is a Taylor Swift song. I've been listening to a lot of Lover lately 😛 There is also a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  while talking to themselves. it’s difficult to get a meaningful measure of ... cognitive augmentation (mas.s65), a class on using technology to augment human ... . it turned out to be a very inspiring class that truly expanded the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me ... to unpack with a gap year, so I’ve broken it up into 2 parts. Three ... for me to read. I found it was a good way to check in with myself

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  of her job is creating a MetaMedia website that will contain various ... in Hyperstudio, which is a media studio jointly sponsored by the FLL ... website will also be used as a resource for Professor Condry's Japanese

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  but with… …a rendition of What Does the Fox Say by a live band ... began. Each presentation had to last a maximum of eight minutes, followed up by a 5-minute Q&A from the audience. First up, Orange Team

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  admissions website. The link has been sent to a couple of dorm lists and is ... entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at least Chris M did. Yesterday a video, made by a bunch of people from

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  would sacrifice my time now to get into a good college and then pursue my ... didn’t get around to writing a short story, but I made an outline of one ... accomplishing this goal because I’ve wanted to get into photography for a long

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  to get my room cleaned, my luggage packed, and a preliminary draft of ... choose two between school, a social life, and sleep. I tend to think that there’s a way to balance the three as long as you're organized and realize

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  wrote that was commissioned by a university. I feel that I've posted too ... -day week and here's what I've done tonight: 1. gone to a two-hour group meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... to create a "Think Local First" campaign^^ for this island. I’m working ... brochures? tips and things? website? information fairs? making a

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  Tuesday I had a bad day. I want to talk about what bad days look ... endless of what you're gonna get. I think that's why Tuesday hit me like a ... there's a constant battle about how everything is going. Minute-to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  . This is the Boston term for a milkshake, from the French "frapper" ("to ... ], ice cream, and a tall glass to make a float. "Suds and a sidecar" is the ... , which are similar to floats, contain seltzer, milk, syrup, and a scoop

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  reserved a room, and I'll get some delicious cannoli and Italian cookies from ... 'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  Triforce was created by three Goddesses to serve as a symbol of their sacred ... back to one of my favorite video games from when I was a kid, Zelda! The

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  how to design and program a robot. They learned that by jumping in and ... the FIRST robotics competition. There are two elements to the program: a ... solution to a real world problem. Each year there is a theme to the robot

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  on my way to biology recitation, I was stabbed by a deep, instinctive urge to blog about my shoes. Understand, reader, that I had journeyed by foot through many a congested intersection to the Cambridgeside Galleria

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  went around to a bunch of different stations (math, language, reading ... School in the fall. Summers 9-11: Sports camp, run by my school (oh, to be ... above that. Summers 12: Basketball camp. Not a clue why I decided to do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011