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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  on my desk and in my backpack. When I have to remember really important ... usually write them down on a Post-It note, and then stick it somewhere where I'll remember to look at (like on the wall, or in my pocket most of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  On Monday, I got to see a pacemaker insertion surgery, eat lunch in scrubs, and pretend that I was on Grey's Anatomy. My preceptor was Dr. Lee ... unofficial Course XIX still lives on to the present day). I met Dr. Lee last

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  fledged frosh and other alliterations! Want to eat ice cream on toast for ... that I won't even dwell on except to say that personal finance WILL ... 's a good feeling knowing that you're spending money you planned on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  the cereal in your basket on sale?” Later that week, I had a wildly ... . On the original night that I had set aside for my blogging rampage, it ... swamped with tests and problem sets. On all subsequent weekends, either it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  for mathematics and had her sights set on submitting an MIT application ... for orientation and checking up on living accommodations. And she has ... forth on holiday breaks. So a local campaign was started to fund Ceniceros

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  sleep at all? I don't sleep much: maybe 5-7 hrs on weekdays and 7-9 on ... the same term or something. I'm not on speed. This semester is the only ... get really good marks in Physics (Maj.) Depends on how smart you are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Amazon.com sold out of their entire stock of the Wii on ... , which I have been working on for over a month. But this entry is ... Crate & Barrel on Boylston Street to do a book signing in December

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  on the front page of The Tech. It was kind of cathartic; I was a chunky ... Marathon looking up at my time made me feel like I was standing on the ... to cheer you on. Maybe your parents promised to come up and watch you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  't find information on it there. This is a program I'd like to write about ... than 2 years due to me having to shift schools on many occasions. I also ... diligently worked on many "theories" of my own. Problem, they are all, well

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  , Bhangra, contemporary, and hip-hop Asian Dance Team — focuses on East Asian ... realized that countless choreography videos for K-Pop songs were available on ... least once, to join in on the dance line that seemed to move effortlessly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  highlighted in transparent red, you can hover over it on desktop (or tap, on mobile) to see a related annotation on the right hand side of the post (or inline, on mobile; note that the desktop/mobile UI is triggered by the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  This is a blog by Monica C. ‘25 about her experience on the MIT ... post of his own about his time on the team, so now we’re bringing it full ... time on the team, requiring us to learn how to build a custom gearbox

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  community here on campus and beyond. [caption id="attachment_115687" align ... these two professors have had on our institute in their time here and ... Department. “Eventually, the physics department said, ‘just concentrate on

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  apartment laughing at funny text posts and Final Fantasy 7 fan art on ... Bojack Horseman while gorging on Meredith Farms goat cheese and the ... snowboard. I went on long bike rides and appreciated how beautiful California

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  me as I cried on and on about failing my first class, the desk workers who let me miss shifts when the world felt like it was coming down on my ... home, whether it lives on one day in sub-communities in other dorms, or

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  weaved around the vehicles. On the other side of the room, Melissa stood ... can of Budweiser on an adjacent wooden table, accepting the cup of water ... from him, on the other side of the hemisphere. Or just how nerve

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  another blog entry. I saw an ad on Facebook for the "Livescribe Campus Rep ... , and introduce the Pulse pen to people on their campus. It's a smart move ... , somebody else paid, and all I had to do was show up at the airport and get on

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  Middletown, NJ, the residents on the south side of Highway 35 look down on the ... tired of getting looked down on, so they turn further north and deride the residents on the north side of Highways 36. Obviously not everyone in my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  Earlier this month, I asked for your reflections on the application ... . Ryan, Pennsylvania Click on the image for a flash animation: Carla ... in going on and to avoid being homesick. I think I will cook my own

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  I've been working on this one for weeks, but you guys know what the ... decisions will be made available online for RA '06, but we are working on it ... friends on which I can write on in my essays. I would be so grateful if you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005