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• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  Education Office) and the last for research on village reconstruction projects ... reasonable question why an MIT math major spends so much time on the other side ... waste, I'm going to write this blog post as captions on photos. My first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  energy on campus from Day One. I want to share my experience of being an ... students are invited on campus earlier than the rest of the incoming class. During the first week on campus, MIT organizes a lot of activities to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  with you some thoughts from MIT writing faculty on AI-assisted writing ... commentary in the popular press (and Discourse™ on social media) about these ... , especially those who are focused on writing and teaching. So I was pleased to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  A photo posted by Michael Cheung (@m_cheung_) on Apr 13, 2016 at 4 ... Startups survive on momentum.  How do you maintain momentum when you're working on problems with a time scale of many years?  If you're a nuclear

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  Happy CROMMMMBUS season (like christmas but.. not) On Halloween night I wrote this post and forgot to click publish so I'm going to add a ... Angus(!!) who lived on 1E and graduated in 2018   To be honest I

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  wind down. I've got a life update on the way, but first, I thought I'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn ... to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  compilation of a month's worth of tracking data on my sleeping variance ... exercising, or in the shower, or eating, or in lab, or on another electronic ... productivity percentage of 81% (based on my own criteria evolved over the years

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! It's time to You might be wondering, “What’s next?” Well, [annotation note="or now depending on when you see this"]later today,[/annotation] you’ll receive an email with details on what’s next, so be on the look

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring Break! A little guessing game.

  

  At approximately 9.30 pm on Thursday night, Spring Break will begin. I leave for (blank) on Saturday. Anyone want to guess where I'm going ... for Spring Break, I'd definitely be down there working on 2.007) Hint #2

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  faithfully published here on the blogs by CJ, started freshman fall, when I ... inspirations, and allowing me to focus on what’s for dinner. At the same time, I ... war in Ukraine is still ongoing. Here’s an op-ed I wrote for The Tech on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  One week from today -- on Monday, October 8 -- the Nobel Foundation ... . Nobel Week is a pretty exciting time on campus, since a current or former ... pick to win a Nobel Prize this year? Vote Now on Facebook The "nominees

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Something is coming.. Snively and I are working on something awesome.

  

  Snively and I are working on something awesome. Look out for the release around the end of April:

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 6, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving Gobble gobble!

  

  (From 6.00 lecture on Tuesday - clearly, my mind was on the lecture...) Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Hope you all are enjoying the holiday weekend - spend some good, relaxing time with your family and friends

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 25, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the residence halls/housing like?

  More than 70% of our undergrads live on campus, including all first-year students. Housing differs across campus and we want each student to live ... halls are available on the Housing site.
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Can you recommend some academic competitions?

  It's great that you're searching for programs to challenge yourself academically. We have info on science olympiads, science fairs, robotics competitions, and maker opportunities on our STEM programs page.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student activities can I do?

  You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your own "thing" at MIT! Check out Campus & Student Activities to see what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find admissions statistics?

  students, and SAT/ACT score ranges for admitted students on the Admissions statistics page. The International Students Office has interesting stats on
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  Coming soon: An entry on The Tech Nomads But first: 26.2 miles of awesomeness Interseting story: My mom was seated on the plane next to a couple ... , where she plans on taking a short break so she can nurse her daughter

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  This year MIT is celebrating a century in Cambridge. “Boston Tech,” as it was known then, was established in the Back Bay in 1865, but quickly ran out of room.…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  .125 focuses more on theory and 11.131 focuses on practical issues. For instance ... how to keep students from cheating on them. Yesterday in 11.125, we ... also want your input on something else for 11.125. I need to sit in on

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010