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  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  I had a great time last week at ISEF. This is what it looked like ... awesome students and see their projects. I made a list of all of the ... to fewer than a quarter of them. Next year, perhaps, MIT will have to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the ... section. In March, Les Perelman attended a national college writing conference and sat in on a panel on the new SAT writing test. Dr. Perelman is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My ... helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an important part of the ... one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in geography

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  Economics is a weird kind of science. Like biologists or chemists ... the Human - a totally different beast with a whole different set of ... questions regarding how a society is, fueled by familiar scientific practices

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  ) website here: Designing a First Year at MIT First year MIT students are ... advising, a non-credit option in which advisees simply meet with their advisor several times a semester; advising seminars (for credit), which

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  you don’t know what an AMA is, it's basically a Q&A session with a person or group of people based on a specific topic. You can go down in the ... going to be busy from 8pm-10pm on April 18 for a blogger-centric CPW event

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  At the start of this month, I had the chance to eat at a Studio Ghibli themed pop-up restaurant, organized by [annotation note="a cooking club that hosts pop-up restaurants around campus, with a unique theme and

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  Banjos & Basements: A Brief History of Music at MIT Music has ... have secured a room in the Institute for holding their rehearsals this ... architects as a studio for water-color sketching and life class, and as a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  2021. I'm a student at MIT studying aerospace engineering. I live in ... have [annotation note="A cautionary note to the freshmen reading this ... married. I got a dog. I moved, once, and now I've lived in the same

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  too much time on youtube or (if i'm feeling particularly productive) a ... wanted to sell the tickets. This seemed like a great way to build disciple! The race was a month out, which gave me just enough time to train, I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  I asked a bunch of people, professors, current and former students ... Jonathan. I joined the department as a postdoc last year. I'm interested in ... !"][/annotation] (let's call them) Z: I'm a recent MIT alum who majored in 18, and now in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  I started writing a blog about freshman fall four months ago, in ... ate a breakfast of cheese & crackers. I walked to my first class of the day, then spent my free hour on a hallway bench, then continued on

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  but it is still cold worked at a big place where people watch games on ... enjoyed doing nothing stopped enjoying doing nothing felt a bit sad and lost liked my job but not enough liked making a lot of money but not enough

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  This post started as a voice memo, taken during a walk home. Its ... /11/thanksgiving-first-draft.mp3"][/audio] I had a very difficult time my freshman ... of a combination of P/NR, taking easier classes, and just an

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  I’ve been back on campus for about a month and a half now, and it ... the classics! I was only a ten-minute walk away during the summer, and I ... my possessions crammed into two suitcases and a million tote bags

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  a dozen speakers hidden around Kresge auditorium while the stage ... concert. It was a massive three-way collaboration between MITWE, the ... would be a one-time event because of the sheer scale and effort of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  I’m typing this at around 1 PM on a Friday. My head hurts, just a ... bottom of a sigh, when you can feel some structure in your chest actively ... , though, is a precious commodity, and I’d like not to squander it, now that

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  I competed in a lot of robotics competitions throughout high school, so I knew what to expect by the time I became a senior. Each round had ... autonomous mode for our robot was a pain in the ass. It was all about

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  happy lunar new year the year of the tiger

  

  why birth years are unlucky. I do not know why, although according to a ... , Gossip Girl was on television, I went to a nerd school where people were ... ="attachment_72166" align="alignnone" width="274"]  here's a photo of younger me

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  from classes with a [annotation note="i ate so much fruit. soooo much ... 'll write a blog post about all the things I made this semester." So I got up this morning, and before I even finished a single paragraph, I went

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021