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• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  , mailing lists haven't been in vogue since before Nick Carter was but a twinkle in a record executive's eye. And yes, mailing lists are not as fancy or shiny as things like Facebook Marketplace, or Google Groups, or even

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  ="attachment_68960" align="aligncenter" width="228"] i even have a google chrome tab ... source. But can you use Wikipedia as a source of entertainment? If you ... wikipedia"]a former Quiz Bowl competitor[/annotation] who goes bonkers over

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  classes only. it was a little intimidating at first, i have never taken only ... difference is that there is more room for a self-guided pace. concretely, this ... look like problem sets, but we do not have to turn them in every week

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  ; What a headache Where does the time go?! We're somehow halfway through ... next. Through out all this switching around, I also started a new UROP ... 've been rushing to finish prototypes for a project to be submitted to the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  Internet user calls up a Web search service such as Google or Dogpile. Her ... is posing as a "spanning tree") The "Mother Of The Internet' Puzzle Solver: Radia Perlman's determination helped make Web surfing a reality

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  many hours does it take to do a problem set or understand a concept? It ... will be a very hard decision to make since I do not know everything about ... also made the time for myself to do one at Wellesley (or invent a time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  this class a fun way to do so. Finally, this class seemed like the ... Alan and I have been taking a class together this semester: 21W.740 ... class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  ’t really changed much since I was a kid. Dreams really do come true ... application, and 69 completed it. A few days ago, Lydia, Kris, Michael, Ceri ... butter”. I design and sew my own clothes, including my winter coat, a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  clothes, and these “velvet” hangers do a great job of conserving space. They ... A couple weeks ago, my dorm (Burton-Conner) got an email from [annotation note="courtesy of the valiant desk guardian Ekanem O."]the front

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  Part 2/2 documenting my Italy IAP trip :) Enjoy! Day 15: A magical day in Bologna, especially after chancing upon a fellow group of ... girl studying abroad in the quaint city. They included a window into a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  a software engineer from Google sent me an email telling me he had ... a weekly snapshot into my life, whether that be basketball vlogs ... Tube? Jocelyn: I started making videos about a year ago because our basketball

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  . Sometimes, a professor will bring muffins for the whole class if you do ... . Here is a list of what your Advisor can do for you, and what you should ... for academic planning. Here are some essentials: CourseRoad is a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  results use more than 25x more energy than a traditional Google search? That ... Pitch time! Here are some people's projects (most people opted not to do a ... to help you succeed. Do a lot of market research and think deeply

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  89%) in O levels and 4 As in A/S level is how much likely to get ... . But there are a lot of things I do at home, just because I am interested ... everything as well as people doing a few things. In short, I wouldn't worry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  by a player who used data from Google Earth to generate Minecraft ... outbreak, a group of MIT students came together to build a 1:1 scale replica ... creative MIT students are, it's no surprise that the effort was a massive

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  dismay, a Google search revealed that Maine only allows driving with a ... driving experience, I still needed to get a learner's permit before doing my ... have to do it in a manual transmission car) and I was able to pass that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  she speak up more aggressively for her ideas, and do a better job of ... people who do. In grad school I was in a department for zoology and botany ... dream? Do I need a dream? I don't have an answer to that question. My

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a ... , taking a class surrounded by countless other students. Similar to the ... this thought, but at the same time, [annotation note="not a coronavirus

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  basically had to do a lot of networking and running around and cold DMing and ... . How do I know if product management is right for me? I think this is a ... . If you do not like talking to people a lot or hours and hours of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  really came into my own as a MIT student. And I did, I think. I enjoyed the ... these. But this retroactive brainstorming is a fruitless exercise, and I ... awesome - it's basically like Google Drive, but for you to make music

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020