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• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  class of 2016) released a report on the status of undergraduate women at ... thoroughness and rigor--but it is a window onto a truth that many of us like to ... discussions, and is less likely to feel that she recieves due credit for her

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  political and communications savvy to organize a genuinely global approach ... Model (IGSM), a linked set of computer models designed to simulate the ... prediction. Responding to these changes requires innovative policies that
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  Try to concentrate on assignment Fail Browse memes Try to concentrate on assignment again. Fail Browse memes Get hungry Eat all ... concentrate on assignment. Fail It is 2:34 am Eat breadsticks Try to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  , traveling to Taxila, where roads and civilizations come together. A professor ... Subjects Studied: for a university to gain its status, it must be a place ... : each prospective student had to pass a literal “entrance test

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is why I warn my freshman advisees against getting on "the treadmill." "The ... today, a colleague sent me a news article called From Wilton to Wall

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  comments to a post in some older blog y'all don't know about, when I was so ... torn apart my house trying to find a crowbar so I could break into my ... key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  a 20-minute ferry to Spectacle Island! I visited the island on ... so you can get a spot on the middle deck for the best views. (I arrived ... on boat etiquette—why is it that people will wave at you if you're on a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  on both. I had a problem. *I'd like to take this opportunity to say ... . This is probably due to the fact that I'm not on campus and, while I ... classes, passing classes, to get A's, to get C's (P/NR FTW!), to be

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  winners a year may seem like a lot, but according to Forbes there are 15,000 nominations per year to choose from. That's a 4% acceptance rate, less than MIT ... ; So over the past six years as a whole, MIT alumni's contributions to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid-to ... saw the aurora borealis. I'm a little too sleepy to blog about all of ... on the bus, and then I called Mitra to settle things from an economic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  guide curious students to available services. As Laura, a blogger alum ... of LGBT Services and a strong advocate of the campaign, talked to me ... we talked more, I was surprised to find that Abigail's position, once a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  I was using to put off doing my own problem sets) and do a little ... , at which point we all piled into the elevator and proceeded to cheer on ... pretty.) A big part of orgo is trying to synthesize molecules using a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  typically often used as a verb. It refers to an action or a series of actions ... had to stay up all night working on that (favorite expletive) p-set." Punts take various shapes, from kittens meowing on Youtube to the entire

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  ’t have much exposure to poetry. The poems I’d read (mostly a few ... had to be even-ish, every line had to start with a capital letter, it ... poem out loud, and I had zero performing skills, but I entered on a whim

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  ) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only ... as a really cool thing. Being at MIT meant that I was going to school ... Orientation on Sunday. Among them will be a number of students who represented

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  IAP trip to India - Taking EMS Shifts (I happen not to be on any this ... seems, the last item on my list has been on my mind a lot lately ... - I went to my first dance class as a seven-year-old, and since then

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  got to knock off a task that is surprisingly easy to finish at MIT--participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or ... a Glee themed event, there was little opportunity to go wrong--until I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify - it will indeed be in mid-March, but Mail Day depends on a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think I'm enthusiastic about food nonetheless. On a scale from 1-10, where 1 ...  (Chinese and Japanese food) over on Beacon Street, Trident (a smorgasbord of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012