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• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  provide some good restaurant recommendations ;) If you're on campus ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country ... (and hence won't be able to informally meet with folks otherwise or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  I went to 9-to-5 life in downtown Manhattan. Some of you might have ... , solving brain-busting puzzles, and taking classes on the other side of the ... waking up at 7:30am on weekdays (this is hard for a college student. really

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  assignment. I was trying to capture the sunset on film. We also explore ... .064J/21A.339J (Documenting Science Through Video and New Media).   ... how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  winning science fairs, some spent them cow-tipping. Some like to sit on the ... to say something like, "Oh, the campus is incredibly diverse but all ... absolute perfect answer to this question. My freshman year, I went to Sigma

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  lecture on fan studies. And who should walk in to deliver the lecture but ... it hard to speak your mind. I'm pretty devoted to being part of the ... and so on, but I never want to be in a situation where I'm twisting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  the country, it's about time I was allowed to blog. Read on to learn of ... details on what it's like living next to Sam Maurer for a summer, as told by ... Political Process. Seriously though, it's really fun to take some of your own

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  out, someone calls me out and I have to respond “oh man, you’re right ... time to elaborate on. But this is a good start. I'm a jigsaw puzzle of ... who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  when I’m hosed. If nothing else, hopefully it will add to your brain ... prefrosh. I’m curious to see how your view of me changes once I start talking ... math textbook: The sum of three cats is a dog. It only works on female

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  whole new alternative approach that we are learning to tackling seemingly ... between the fall and spring semester. While some people go off campus to ... on campus taking two classes for credit. Since just about every weekday

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  lot of stepping on and off of chairs. I didn’t really know how to set ... on my part. I happened to pod with someone who knew how to do squats ... play your instrument) for a few months or forever; listen to yourself

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  every stop on the T without leaving. The T is central to the college ... first-year class went to the aquarium. On our way back, past midnight, we ... terms to describe his life while my roommate repeatedly forgot to hold on

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  room selection. Your goal is to maximize your score. Your score is ... to estimate how many students will want be on campus next semester ... . Your objective is to end up with as many coins as possible. Your total

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  -grubber; work to maximize deep understanding. Ever since, "I focus on trying to ... summer experiences -- an engineering camp at New Mexico Tech and a trip to ... engineering is the field for him. Chemical engineers get to draw on math and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  long enough to actually work on my Computation Systems lab due in two ... on my bs and set the bar high for what I should aspire to be- the ones ... classes, the pressure to beat deadlines reflected on passing faces. I could

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  @mitfgp on Instagram to stay up to date with all the fun things we’re doing ... these topics. Check your CP* guide for the link! This year, to show off ... One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  very first student representative to the CAP [Committee on Academic ... Prof. Gruber's speech on Friday -- what questions might you want to ask? ... ), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  to poke around a bit before heading over to 7-012 (a room I pass on a ... behold, Room 7-012, the "Heat Transfer Laboratory." On my way back to ... scratch off the "m" in "team" on the door to 10-085, giving Building

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  I didn’t attend MIT this spring. I flew to Georgia on February 28th ... your life, money can’t buy happiness. This will translate to my life at MIT by allowing me to focus less on money and materials and spend more

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On my way…

  

  , and I have a few things to finish up here before heading home for the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  from the party, enjoy! I even got to go on a ride ... about, including one of the new bloggers! I'm so grateful to be here at ... East Side and prefrosh (now frosh!?!?)  from all around MIT came to see

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014