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• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  Learning at MIT is not about memorizing formulas, but understanding how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

  their time at MIT. For students who want to stay active but who don ... frisbee, you'll have an opportunity to exercise your body and mind at MIT
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  , all classes at MIT are taught by distinguished professors because we ... graduate from MIT and go to work at a Fortune 500 company or a nonprofit, or ... to know how to work with others. So that's what you'll do here at MIT
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  I won't keep you in suspense, I feel like I fit in pretty well at MIT ... Latino-centric organizations and clubs at MIT, with the Latino Cultural ... Science and Engineering) APR (Association of Puerto Rican Students at MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  , sitting on stage at Symphony Hall.” “Pops” is a portmanteau of “popular ... tickets at the box office. A word on those tickets. Our seats would ... to sit at tables right on the concert hall floor, near the stage. And

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  MIT Class of 2012 Weekend at the Movies So how's it work? Well, the most ... movie or favorite scenes/lines. I'll post the results of the "Weekend at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  and would like to also be sexually active at MIT) should read this post ... sexual health and contraception, most of which are free! Sexual Health at ... to promote healthy relationships and eliminate sexual violence at MIT

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  ’t think I had much chance at getting into the Symphony Orchestra ... just audition for Concert Choir and join Concert Band. At the Convocation ... desperately wanted to. The Chorallaries singing at the MIT Convocation 2010. I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  the one that was assigned to you at birth.) So we know highschool can ... part of elsewhere." There are many people who are welcoming at MIT, but ... it." At times like these, it is really helpful to have a place to go

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  get to laugh at the word "pants" and not even feel bad about it ("I was ... mail. It's not a weird as it sounds, I promise). At the end of the unit ... cool. 3. Flat Ryan in 5.112 lecture. 4. Flat Ryan at the Great Glass

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  people at MIT who are working to change the plight of the world ... to Pakistan for a month, and I interned at Amnesty International for a short while. For the most part, though, I stayed at home, reading and

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  tabs on what I'm learning at this fancy college I go to, which is why she ... doing theater at MIT was because the Musical Theater Guild was performing ... me for falling in love with theater at MIT? And the more I got involved

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  Every freshman’s first few weeks at MIT tend to follow a predictable ... to stare at the Great Dome, still in disbelief that you’re actually ... at MIT for rising high school seniors. During the program, students

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  At a press briefing at the White House on Monday, MIT President Susan ... opportunities for students interested in making a difference - so if you're at all ... helping establish a new inter-disciplinary Energy Minor at MIT, which is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  at MIT’s Visual Arts Program until his death in 1976. White was ... advanced darkroom class (The Finished Print) at the Student Art Association ... project that entails building my own 8x10 view camera at the Hobby Shop. I

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  stay in MITWE, MITSO, and Techiya, at least for the first couple weeks. I ... apparently aren’t very many people who want to rehearse at 9:30am. The ... can spend time on details like dynamics or when to say the final /s/ at

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  quizbowler; I am objectively much worse at reading, writing, and speaking ... 's possible that this isn't what learning actually is. But when I look back at the Courseroad of all the classes I took at MIT, it's hard to pick out a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  three classes I took over these past four years at MIT + explanations. I ... classes I've ever taken at MIT, just because rapping and then writing raps ... as though I really learned so much and began to interact with/look at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  surface curves in 3D space at a given point on the surface. Each direction ... perks up with just the slightest amount of folding at the end: [video ... blogger dinner on Tuesday (featuring Petey and Ceri) was held at A4. I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025