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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick ... figured it wouldn't be the worst thing if I stayed a little closer to home ... class works with a different client to learn and apply ideas about

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  Wellness Coordinator in New Vassar offered us a variety of stress toys to get ... I want them to?" And in a way, MIT has helped me get through this. My ... I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... my last blog post in a desperate attempt to preserve inspiration, and ... incredibly difficult for me to complete my work.” Then I’d solve a problem or

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  skated outdoors Went to [annotation note='during IAP with Concourse, a ... ']Learned how to use a hair stick[/annotation] Got stuck in a slinky Embarked on a solo quest to visit an [annotation note='Tomás Saraceno

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  another college to attend by May 1. What should I do about the May 1 reply ... first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead to a second ... enroll. We'll give you a financial aid package and you'll have time to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  -selling author, though, he's a pretty busy guy. We were pretty lucky to get him for a whole day until he flew down to New York City to appear on The ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  about a year ago (June 2013) and - because I wasn’t ready to be a Real ... since MIT is known to be a tough school, and whether looking back, I wish ... of medical school, I am actually incredibly grateful that I went to a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to ... -Conner?"]housing.[/annotation] It was really nice to see that the professor cares about (a) making the ... tomorrow. I am finally going to get to learn about satellite communications

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  couldn’t get myself to blog about because staring at screens hurts. So here ... my week to do artsy things. There might be a few charcoal stains on my ... : 4. Recently I’ve been thinking about all the places I didn’t get a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have ... costumes. In my freshman year, the “best costume” award was given to a guy ... , hat, and bib and used a hula hoop and plastic bags to make a giant test

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  mean the memories of the seniors I was talking to.  Since I'm a freshman ... As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in technical terms, a really dope* concert with Macklemore and Ra Ra Riot. *note

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2006 Day 1 Campus Preview Weekend has begun! [photos]

  

  : Registration began at 9am with a huge influx of people. It was great to see so many familiar faces! Mitra helps to check in one of the first students to ... breakdance by Imobilare. The Indian fusion dance troupe Chamak also gave a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  's impossible to rank the events by awesome, I've ranked them chronologically: 11 ... MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch ... "Intro to World Music". The class is taught by Professor Tang, who is an

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  Responses to Comments: A: Hey Laura,stupid question : I just wanted ... ? So, we're going to backtrack to a little over a week ago. If you ... to a large construction initiative meant to "update the look and feel

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  I spent a while thinking about how to introduce this blog post, but ... introduced this post afterall. ANYWAY #6. Get Junot Diaz to sign my book ... Junot Diaz and I am going to get him to sign my book and holy moly I am

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  noting on a blog read by students aspiring to study at a school fascinated ... of a week-and-a-half of them, running from 9/10/19 to 9/19/19. While ... would be fair to call Nick a palindrome enthusiast; indeed, also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  was awarded to MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond, along with Dale T ... committee are mysteries to me, but if I had to hazard a guess, it'd be to Tim ... 18 is a fine number, especially when it counts years. It's an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  . They'll also receive the support of a national lobbying campaign run by ... appreciate your taking a few seconds to cast your vote and bring my idea closer ... . =) So, here's the deal: Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  would be like to be a first semester student on campus. From there, we ... sent out an email to a dozen random (and awesome) freshmen that I know ... for the filming and who were excited to participate. So, a few weeks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . Learning to drive stick-shift in a car that once belonged to my favorite ... looks to me: like the sky is a shield, cracking open momentarily to reveal ... ordered me, over and over. It's the same thing David Carr said to me a year

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014