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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  perspective to help you make sense of the decision that, though it won't make or ... style is flexible enough to suit your diverse academic needs (spoiler: it ... them: I wanted to make sure I was choosing MIT for the right reasons, not

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  we make, about actively choosing to do the hard thing. I do my best to ... point B without having to rely on Google Maps. A bigger motivator that ... hard thing if you set your mind to it, even if you don't ever do it again

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  's very easy to project a very linear path for your life or your experience ... make sure you end up where you a priori predict your end point. While ... you're presented with so many opportunities that you don't know how to

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  fashion class. Stick a solar panel to your shirt next time you dream of ... 've decided to make an art party for giants. On our agenda are giant name tags ... indeed! I hope you all can squeeze a little bit of art-making into your

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  your blog so I was just wondering what your major is and why you chose to ... with everyone else. Anonymous asked: "If I can't make it to CPW, how out ... anyone who can make it to come), but don't worry too much, a lot of people

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  offers to work there (last year's most popular employer, if you're curious ... Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And ... that I know who replied to my request for a profile =) As such, some non

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  glamorous, but people, if you know exactly what you want to do with your life ... Requirements, to dine on your soul for a little while.) If MIT is going to work ... ? Come out from the woodwork, if you please -- you don't have to leave your

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  Google Calendar. It is slightly amusing to see fellow classmates toting ... classmate next to me opened up her Google Calendar (complete with tabbed ... classes). This makes for my most productive day ever since coming to MIT (I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  semester, but you can start to poke around in the 6.811 course website to ... workshops and time to prototype your team's project. our team was paired with ... tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of boston

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it's now easier than ever to do so. On your ... music study. What you do is up to you. I should also note that if your ... to study), and I bet you’re really eager to come – not just for Campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  licensing and start-up companies." I was going to say, "Yeah, I know 5 people ... introduce myself to them, and they say, "Oh, you're not an undergrad, right ... reason. Don't skip all your 2.007 labs to go tanning on the esplanade, but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... -established, widely-accepted, and straightforward procedures, which makes me all the ... , when I make mistakes occur at lab, I mourn for about ten minutes, then

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  :00 —  I have a shift guarding the school cannon for an hour, to make sure it ... apply to grad school. Your life is so much more than sets and lectures and ... Hi everyone! I’m Callie T, and Ellie invited me to share what my day

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  how to make it"]bread-with-cinnamon-butter-filled-Valentines' Day ... who with … if I’m friends with you IRL please check your calendars to ... idea at like 2am, looked up who they needed to talk to to make it happen

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  (Pictures coming soon) One of the Google features I use the most is the Google Alert. You can set it to email you whenever a certain keyphrase comes up in any of the news sources that Google accesses. So

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  to making noise at hours that aren't mutually convenient. But it's all ... some advance planning to go to class, so I make a point to be up earlier ... citizen. What am I hoping to impart with this message? Live in a dorm your

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  bajillionth time, I should make good on my promise to write something from Spain ... them a pale appearance. History has not recorded what happened to these ... -conditioned (!) hostel room, listening to the dude above me snore, and I thought that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  with zippered pockets. Or make daily sacrifices to the frowning gods of ... cement below. I scrambled down to salvage it, only to find the screen ... rest stayed black. I went to get the screen repaired. This took going to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  the occasional lap around the building to make sure everything was okay ... important things we ask on your application. All right, back to what I was ... to retire to their rooms. Take a lap around the building to make sure

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  unforeseen tragedies. Obviously, any of these things can make it hard to apply ... your application if something awful happens to you. Each circumstance is ... and good company. This event is open to the entire MIT community

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005