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• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of the most exciting things about being a student at MIT. The flagship MIT ... MIT Game Lab, a laboratory that conducts research and develops new
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done.  [caption ... ~[/caption] here’s what’s on my desk, from left-to-right, top-to-bottom: my friend Katie Zhao’s new novel, [annotation note = "Katie and I have the same

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  to really like it, for a few reasons. Certainly, it is a swiping of the ... things that I like. First, the word "factor," which is something I like to do to numbers. You could not imagine my joy when earlier this summer I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July illustrated

  

  Inspired by Ceri's Dear July  Dear July,   You are special this ... wrong. But we learned from the mistakes and are prepared to do better when we meet your older sister August.  You were kind, July. You let us

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 31, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  , because it was. If you're kind of grossed out by that, though, join the MIT ... your dreams!" An ambitious mission, no? This description is almost ... experience justice by enumerating the acts who performed, but I'll hint at them

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was ... without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  expecting Neil to be here by now. There is A few people start clapping (widely ... by reading something...by somebody else! Which is not something I get ... . "These are all different ways of getting ideas from one head to another

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  events spanning the last week of which I took pictures. To whet your appetite: It was my turn to cook for the Tetazoo Food Coop, and my partner Sarah, '12 decided that, in addition to our delicious rice and chicken

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  happened between people in your life. Maybe most of them come down to one ... This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners ... site to learn more about him. My favortite page is the one on which he

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  of my friends, all on their way to Doctorates in AI. He also wrote the text book I used for 1.00: Introduction to Computers and Engineering ... noted MIT professors have helped to select the freshman class while I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  Delivery typically happens in your sophomore spring, to mark not only the arrival of your [annotation note="The MIT undergraduate class ring ... freaking cool, we were able to get it rescheduled for this fall. It's been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  encourage you to tell us about the things that really float your boat, whether ... I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my ... was this: people prefer to tell us about the things they think we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  but have had no one to go with you. Come join your fellow chocolatiers ... How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of ... same sequence of notes. There is so much I wanted to do for IAP for no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  girls were lying on their backs, refusing to get up - and the guy from Sweden was promising them chocolate if they would only get up and go up to ... songs exclusively about beards!" - but they didn't really seem to get it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  really motivated to get a lot of stuff done. But then Christmas came. And ... more panic once I get back to Cambridge. Oh wells… I mean, I’ ... counts for pretty much your whole grade. While this is not such a big deal

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  -ending day. much of that can be attributed to how...nothing particularly new ... 't know if I want to balance meeting more new people or staying with my ... days of my life are now a year behind me, and it's bizarre to consider

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  when I’m hosed. If nothing else, hopefully it will add to your brain ... prefrosh. I’m curious to see how your view of me changes once I start talking ... you can only see it if you want to and you highlight the text:  

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  back up by 4. I walk through the Infinite Corridor and get that same ... healthy trees weakened once by the first attack hardly have time to recover ... miraculous by definition, I sometimes wonder — what does it mean to be a human

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  to see your responses to this entry. They will give us all great ... Thanks to all of the students, parents, and EC's who made my admissions travels to the Midwest so much fun. I had really terrific meetings

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  memo too. Now, if you're going to a biannual event involving an ... stairs once you get to the end of the hallway. Unfortunately, this concept ... it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005