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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn's new headquarters on the 17th floor of 100 ... student has been on a steady diet of chicken breast, ramen, and whatever ... retailer through their app, that retailer will donate money to a charity of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  think and comment publicly on science and technology, i.e. to be a public ... experience (unexpectedly) majoring in Science Writing and going on to become a ... designed to work as a complementary major for students majoring in science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... consulting to poker to baseball to politics a sassy Twitter fiend not afraid ... only a median and a mode; because no number would be mean to Nate Silver

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  start to tumble and spin, disorienting everyone on board, and (2) you ... on your strengths, you might coast through a few semesters at MIT too ... 've had to learn at MIT is: hitting a wall is okay!  Actually, it's great

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  own advice hehehe I stayed up all night to catch up on a problem set ... 's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for ... felt like trying to pop a stubborn, unpoppable pimple. Before anything

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  was like - being able to nerd out with genuine, wholesome people on a ... transition from being at one of the greatest intellectual hubs on the planet to returning to the rest of the world, or from the freedom of being a college

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  us know ASAP. Be sure to validate your Part 2 (on page 10) well ... validation errors with their essays, taking more than a couple of minutes to ... about documents that are not showing on MyMIT; we currently have a backlog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word ... This past Thursday on my birthday my floor BMF organized that week ... dishes). I want to share them with you, to the extent that I can share 1

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  poetry to them; the excitement of starting a new chapter with a friend; the ... been ups and downs, I think it has been, on the whole, a pretty good ... piano a satisfaction in being able to play decently well, surprisingly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  currently developing a bioreactor that may potentially be used to accelerate ... tissue. The goal of the project is to design a high-throughput device that ... . Reducing the pulsatility allows the cells to experience as close to a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  applications, I grabbed a Zipcar Prius and set a course for New Hampshire. After ... in Bedford, New Hampshire, home to inventor and FIRST founder Dean ... ...Heliport? Heliport? Did I read that correctly? Yes, Kamen has, in addition to a garage

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  here and over at College Confidential. Haven't had much time to hang out on the web, as we've been in selection committee since last wednesday. Though it's been a lot of work, I've been having a lot of fun. Selecting

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... topic of blogging. I want to reflect on a couple of points -- this ... Requirements, to dine on your soul for a little while.) If MIT is going to work

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  Kerry, Ireland. It’s the launching point to walk the Kerry Way, a nine ... fallen to 16% when I decided, fuck it, it was time to call a cab. The light was falling quickly now. Uber didn’t work so I called one on the phone

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  student ID, a form to apply for my athena username, some instructions on the ... holding a fantastic event TODAY in our Sukkah on the Kresge Oval. We'll be ... equally German last name is also on Hillel's mailing list, so at a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  on time without my alarm clock. So with the end to this semester, it means I'm on my way home to spend the holidays with family and friends. It'll be nice to return to flip flops and a tshirt as I bask in the warm

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  Sloan lab that I stumbled upon during a desperate mid-April I need-to-get ... purest form, on top. #helth 1:03 PM My dorm, Burton-Conner, is making a ... to help... Eventually, I get back to work. I have to fill out a weekly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  to Macy's and tried on a bunch of expensive suits and dresses and also ... straight into an apple until I went on one of these. Go to a dorm retreat ... ="120020" /] On campus Enjoy some shows!  I have to plug Video Game Orchestra

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  drove two hours to New Haven on the morning of and two hours back the same ... course I had to say, "Now I'm definitely writing a blog post about ... and listen to questions, and you hit a buzzer when you know the answer

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  ugly mechanical monstrosity on the left to the more modern and sleek gate ... spent long hours in lab to finish our products :) It's a great celebration ... each other on the mountain. They even had a hill which people skiied in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014