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• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  't easy, by any means, but the difficulty seems to come from the fact that ... every day at MIT is a new challenge to overcome. Overcoming it elicits a ... wanky blog entries lately, I'd like to write one that's not, because

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  develop new insights into cancer, as well as new tools and technologies to ... scientists, clinicians and others, to bring fresh perspectives and an interdisciplinary approach to advancing the fight against cancer. This multi
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  and noticing yourself getting better and being able to express more and ... policy. Now we’re getting to the area of unexpected whims. I took an ... , because ~college is a time to explore~ and the closer I get to my future the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  . We made sure to get one with a kitchen so we could cook food if we ... , we planned an ambitious itinerary to make sure we could get everything ... only be referred to by its French name, leading to its English

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... more enough to convince me that MIT really was different. Given that our

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  only did I get to do this, but I got to see Danny and Sabrina S. '16 ... well, I'll get back in Boston on Saturday morning, just in time to catch ... -14: Bae-Area Bloggers I'll arrive this afternoon, try to grab a quick coffee

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  By Karen Sittig '12 If you were ever skeptical about MIT, read this ... bus: Yep, THE Stata Center. Designed by The Frank Gehry that I ... Office: My friend Feldman '11 walked me to The East Campus, where I was

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  guys will get to see it. I assure you that the real thing was much better ... MIT was packed to capacity with students eager to hear six MIT ... unique is that the professors use their own field of expertise to support

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some ... . We'll be gaining four new Admissions Officers, though, over the next ... those new staff members: the awesome Alia Burton.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  look for the true source, or at least i wasn’t able to get anywhere ... should try to finish as many items on your bucket list as possible, so that ... really just change your thoughts and reactions to the world like that?” i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  by Astronaut/Professor Jeffrey Hoffman (I'd like to be an "Astronaut ... /or waterproof footwear! (Thursday looks to be beautiful, though) It's after ... the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  restaurant and even after when we were just getting some ice cream, because ... new and strange and wonderful and I was never told what beauty was or ... learning to trust shapes and colors to be the real thing? Like a faraway

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  by the United Front and the Taliban regime continued to conquer all of Afghanistan?" "What would allow the Roman Empire to last until today?" Table ... a few of his celebrity friends and play a new Board

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  . Today was my first day and I decided to come in at 8:00 - which, in turn ... the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a quite reasonable time to wake up - and, really, it wasn't that bad. But

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  feel like you're stagnating. Sometimes, you have to really reflect on ... perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is ... nourished by the university."]Aulus.[/annotation] (Me: "Mom, if you were my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  fully intend to have the time of my life too. But I need your help! What ... , when am I going to get this kind of freedom again?  ... math blog, but I thought it would be interesting to write it again for a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  corner of their heart a little bit from time to time, well, here's my ... is startled. I'm sure. But I'm going to do it anyways. I've lost the element of surprise, alas, but I'll try to make up for it in thoroughness

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  confused. Let me clarify: If today does happen to be your birthday, have a ... blogger is honoring them for their birthday, not to mention a little creeped ... friends. The important word to understand in that sentence is ‘celebrating

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  venture into Boston to get some froyo, then you can walk around campus and ... , my plans are greatly dictated by what weather Mother Nature decides she wants to have in Boston that day. Who knew it snowed in Boston?? (Just

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  this letter, sent last week to the MIT community by Chancellor Cynthia ... their hopes and fears regarding the new administration, and many faculty ... 's letter to the community on November 9, the day after the election, he wrote

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016