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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... before about FIRST, which was a transformational experience for me as a high school student, and which I have been involved with as a student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Mary Tyler Moore sent a signed copy of the single ... themselves to a differential equations textbook, buy their first starbucks ... ! I've got a German III test tomorrow, but general consensus on campus

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or ... our veterans page. MIT has a growing community of veterans on campus, which includes a dedicated Office of Student Veterans Success (SVS
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  a U.S. citizen if you currently hold a United States permanent ... there is a change in your citizen status during the application process, you may notify MIT and send a copy of your green card via the
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  [annotation note="*Checks watch* wow I was a sophomore last time I ... phrase it, especially to a public audience, most of whom I probably don’t know. But, people say that a picture is a thousand words, and talking

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think of it as a stack, as opposed to a queue - so I cover things that ... less accomplished that, with a few exceptions. So, "what I did for IAP

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  major, organized by what I considered, in a roughly chronological order ... 't necessarily regret? I think I had a lot of fair reasoning behind thinking I ... great for me to care. Nonetheless, I did apply to some schools as a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  , ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a ... building project is like a sidequest: fully unnecessary and a lot of work ... [/annotation] as a hectic MIT schedule allows. I learned new things with every

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  to do a great job at their internship, but *sometimes* they lack the ... attend a one-week session where we work in small groups, along with a Teaching Assistant (TA) who is in industry/research, to complete a series of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  Uncanny valley is a phenomenon where an eerie and unsettling feeling ... feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction ... diseased and dead while others think it implies the existence of a predator

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out ... rearrange the modular furniture like giant Lego blocks. Perfection itself as a dorm. Well, maybe not quite perfection. After all, Simmons isn’t a cat

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  , everything, which the author intended as a "feel good" game about ... everything. ben&ben has a song called branches, and when i listen to it i ... singer as a fire for the cold listener. compares themselves to a river and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  writing thesis.  Alan: Every Sunday, Fatima brings a poem which is invariably in some new form, as the class requires. Every Sunday, I bring a sestina. Fatima: If you didn’t know, a sestina is a poetry form consisting

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  '."]Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science[/annotation]offers a ... minutes each to complete. As you might imagine, particularly at a school where about a third of undergrads are EECS majors, it’s a popular option

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  adventure here at MIT.  Looking back at it all now, a lot has happened in the past two years. I've been through a lot. Let go of a lot. Grown a lot. I ... beats a 11 pm food order. Seriously. Get that medium-sized banana pepper

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?

  

  Part 1 here (1) Because sometimes when you’re heading home after a long day of classes, you turn around and see this: A photo posted by ... ) Because sometimes it’s Christmas in April: A photo posted by Michael

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  students will have taken an idea from nothing more than a sketch on paper to a real life product. This course is a FANTASTIC opportunity to get to ... 't think many classes let you build and race an elephant... make a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

    a musical by Erick '17 sung to the tune of "Summertime" by ... ;   ♫Feels something like summertime Classe are over in a matter of time ... ♪   ♫These days life goes like this Wake up, go to class and then Gotta be a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  our solar system, and getting a broad introduction to the universe using ... pages, and one just published a book. One has a function named after him ... and very special. But I want to start by introducing a class that isn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  source: http://xkcd.com/863/ Last night, I had a convincing ... year. I'm not making any of this up. It probably stems from a talk I had with a double 18/6-3 yesterday, rather than some unconscious, lurking

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011