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• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  to dye a blue streak in my hair but it came out grayish-green, so i ... 's fine to outgrow people. isn't that something you learned a long time ago ... friendships and connections. i can tell they really mean a lot to you. more

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I submit a maker portfolio?

  The Maker Portfolio is an opportunity for students to showcase their projects that require creative insight, technical skill, and a hands-on approach to learning by doing. Members of the MIT Engineering Advisory Board
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  , because we're edgy and unconventional, our equivalent to a regular college ... their own course lounge - a designated space for majors in each course to ... Course 6, I can firmly attest to the fact that our lounge sucks, and as a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  spectators waited patiently for the Zamboni to finish during a men's ice hockey ... siezed the moment. To the 2016ers, here's what you can expect when you arrive on campus in a month and a half! Get pumped!

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly ... Mr. Antunez, a new teacher who had grown up in Spain and Argentina and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  to take this dish on a honeymoon by the time she finished. I was ... than getting problem sets finished on a Friday night instead of chewing ... 's incoming class*, I started to compile a list of memorable

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  together a guidebook, and answering a giant stack of email. It's going to be ... and listening to Dinnertime Sampler on WMBR. Tonight's guests are ... going on this week at MIT, as always -- a video art lecture tonight that I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  to all the East Campus people who came out with me at 11 PM on a ... of this story, however, is that it took us twenty minutes to find a ... on the internet did not turn out to be helpful. You can find things

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory?

  talents of a diverse array of brain scientists on a single mission: unraveling the mechanisms that drive the quintessentially human capacity to remember and to learn, as well as related functions like perception
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  Pi Day celebrations on March 14th to the Simpsons, even. Pi is a number ... support for a new circle constant. To get an idea of the scale of this, peek ... ’ve decided to do a post dedicated to my favorite number. Here, [latex

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  , GA, will head off to Dartmouth for a Ph.D program next year. As an ... 5 chiral centers and takes about 2 weeks to produce at only about a 50% yield. My research has centered on engineering a plasmid into Rhodococcus

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  on the internet and it was a wonderful experience to see what was out ... hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... summers to date. Computer security is something they touch upon a little bit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  a good portion of you, the pressure is on, as there's officially ... what you have to do now? Chill out. Seriously, pat yourselves on the ... hours tooling for a C on a test, and you should take pride in your

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  staff are allowed to take 1 course per term. Some professors may audit a ... , it really depends on the purpose. If you want to be course 6, then you will probably have to pick up a lot more than your average student since

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  went on, all of Dilbert's complaints began to hit a little too close to ... Cailou (a show my young sister was adamant to watch) I'd saunter off to the kitchen to make some food before hopping on the computer for what little

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  't generalize the reduplication to new words. If I invented a new verb, like to ... I've talked a lot about Tagalog, and Tagalog songs, on the blogs, so ... music, although it's rather dated. I draw on Tagalog to show

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  able to do everything on your own, so you'll find (or make) a few friends ... MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student ... collaboration. Students are encouraged and expected to work with each other on
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2012! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2007