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• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  in the space, how to get access, and notes about the space’s culture ... makerspaces, if you know where to look. The issue is, it’s difficult for any one student to know where all the makerspaces are. PhD student Rima Das is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any ... ,925 Admitted 522 Deferred to regular action 2,903 Deferred applicants admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  , the 2005 Nobels in Economics were announced. Congrats to the two 2005 ... . Schelling. The Nobel website has a nice summary of their work on "conflict and ... . (This is where all the magic happens.) Huge kudos again to Professor

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  try to always make the best decision, your life will later read back as ... blindered by your work that you will never be able to look around and see what ... change your life for the better. It can be hard to avoid the treadmill

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Come to AXO Lip Sync! Come to AXO Lip Sync tonight to see some of your friends... "remember when????"

  

  Do you want to relive your favorite pop culture moment? Do you enjoy watching your lab partner/roommate/secret crush/pset buddy/TA reveal hidden talents? Do you long for opportunities to support a good cause while being

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  people to apply to a program and stay there, or why none of our websites ... curricula were similar to that of a Soviet university and that “the kind of student MIT was educating was being trained to conceive, design, operate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  something that was meant for all of you to read. I've been getting a lot of ... collaborate, work with others, and rely on your peers and classmates to succeed. It's a way to teach you that you aren't alone and that your weaknesses

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  previous credits to use. 5) You are now in your new major Last spring, my ... , but MIT will break you down and force you to rebuild yourself, slowly ... [annotation note="P/NR = Pass/No Record. Essentially, all your first semester

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  you want to be when you grow up. Eventually, you'll get there. And it ... up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We used the phrase when we were little, starting at around kindegarden, to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  should take another picture at the end but we didn't get the time to do so ... requirements of two majors to get a double degree, rather than a simple double major. This means you get two diplomas at graduation. Probably to decrease

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  approved by the hall (or at least not objected to), your door is your own to ... could get painting, so I resolved to paint the tree over spring break ... 't get started until winter break. My zeroth step was to clean my door

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  side-effect from being here for so long - you become tethered to your ... Today is Day 5, after my laptop refused to boot after turning on ... 've experienced the five stages of grief (one of the few things I managed to retain

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  heading home at the end of August. It's been great getting to know all these ... topic. Then I went home, presumably to get some sleep but actually to grab ... guys who didn't live in the dorm but nevertheless wanted to get to know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  , because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late ... from a corner where the wall is painted black to a corner underneath my ... .  Apparently the UA Committee funds travel grants for MIT students to attend

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  , used to get 'em Now you're getting fucking sick of looking at 'em.” such ... of your life) i. people who haven’t been in relationships tend to ... i could get x to like me or life would be much better if i were dating

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome To Room 3-107 Hope you like the new site! It incorporates a lot of your feedback and requests.

  

  meantime I've finally responded to your most recent comments at the end of ... weeks. Hope you like the new site. It incorporates a lot of your feedback and requests, including: Migrated the whole site to a Movable Type

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  ’ve been texting someone, and you’re getting along well. There’s still no way ... that seek you out to spend time with you – be it to get lunch, or to sit ... Last week, non-seniors who want to live on campus in the [annotation

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been putting pencil to paper(s) and finger to keyboard(s), writing my first ... audience, especially when you're trying to explain complicated research to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  extra socks (it's just starting to get extra freezing here in New England ... otherwise, even the little voice in your head that's telling you to just strap ... I am starting to run out of excuses for when I disappear for long

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  'm pretty sure that you're a bit more likely to get a bid if you appear on one ... for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members ... couple of things I want to touch on when answering your question. The first

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008