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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  teachers was recently named New Jersey Teacher of the Year. Here's what the ... Teacher of the Year. The press release provided a bit of a bio: After ... and Onkyo International Operations. And then, in the course of working

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  woman, but when I first started college I was much less sure of my gender ... 's Rainbow Lounge is great for that. There are a lot of events at the Rainbow ... whenever you need it. You should also come by this CPW, to any of the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  in situ hybridization) into an empty tube instead of first putting the ... :30 pm. As I walked out 3 hours later, I had the beginnings of a blog entry ... out too much or too little of the volume in question. I've shamefacedly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  during the first week of MIT's Independent Activities Period. On Monday ... A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the ... I'm working on identifying the genetic basis of various tuberculosis

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  do anything at all, panic, and calm apathy, terror at the prospect of ... take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I’m writing this of course. But I can’t find the motivation to study. The

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Watsonville. We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is rated the #3 family attraction in the country. The MB aquarium reminded me of the New ... spent most of the ride falling victim to a nasty bout of motion sickness

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  ’ll table it for another post. Moral of the story: chromatin is a lot like me – if something’s messed up, it’s usually to blame.) The real gem of this ... Feynman's books!), I am so bummed that the best part of the conversation

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are the basis of this ... 's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With ... of the Media Lab. "Jansen engineers wondrous, large-scale kinetic

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  enthusiast, lover of her homeland’s native birds, and always on the lookout for ...     After several hours of discussing so many good ... Rico, and a writer of heartfelt birthday letters to her friends 🎂

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  't mean you should avoid the classroom completely. The first two days of CPW ... but a pale imitation of the truth - valorous but vain attempts to ... . The fact of the matter is that CPW is an experience far beyond mere

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  , oftentimes shoots better than some of the most prestigious military academies ... of the best pistol teams in the entire country just went away. 4 ... first day of finals, has pretty much sealed my fate. I've decided to drop

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  , and let my dreams of hair dye fade away. The first time I wanted to dye ... past, all of the bloggers you see here on this site have applied using ... home everywhere I go. I grew up in and just outside the bustling city of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  New Hampshire, of course. Now telling you the destination without ... unmarked Toyota Matrix to New Hampshire. All I remember of the drive was ... was able to spend a night away from the noises of the city and spend

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MITblogs: The Next Generation Look ma, a hack!

  

  Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to present eight applicants' humble homage to the MIT admissions website: mymit.info And, of course, where would be without a little help from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  , because I'm sure the rest of my blogs will have enough run-ons and comma ... prepared you to dive headlong into the rigors of MIT, but on the other end of ... in the form of your freshmen advisors. Freshmen advisors are faculty

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  In the past five weeks or so, the pace of my life has dramatically ... ’ve found myself with a lot of time to “stop and smell the roses.” There ... that my January was more representative of the average student’s here. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon ... admitted 1495 of those students, making this the most selective year ever in ... highest overall yield (the percentage of admitted students who decide to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Moment of Truth

  

  Decisions are in the mail and ready to be viewed online. I'm really excited myself, and I've known my decision for a year and a half. =) Best of luck to everyone!

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  of year again for my favorite seasonal meme: The holiday season is a time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to ... from the "bad graphic design" part of this post) Apparel MIT Booty

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  th West 2nd East 4th East And on to the point of the entry... One ... first time I heard of it). pika is an Independent Living Group, or ILG. An ... -ish commune full of bright colors, carpentry, and cooking. The cooking is a big

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005