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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  His Wife For a Hat) Rock on, Oliver Sacks. He has this amazing way of ... has one), and checked the box next to “Course 8” (Physics) on a piece of ... major by the end of their freshman year. If you're really, really unsure

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  members of the Class of 2028. I'll be closing comments on this post to focus ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2028 are now ... to the MIT Class of 2028, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and ... on and so forth. I feel like I'm doing that with my time here at MIT ... % of my experience at MIT was being a first year, and man did it feel

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  will be the last time i'd see many of them, yet i'm going on with this ... . i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 ... , and i enjoyed my summer camps. but part of me yearns for relationships

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  that one group of people walking down the Infinite who block up the whole ... of the hallway during rush hour.   When the MBTA bus finally arrives, only for it to go out of service Happened to me too many times

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  opportunity! Everyone should come to the premiere of Season 2 on November 4, at ... assume that I am pre-med, or else shudder at high school memories of ... 't either of those things. Biology is an incredibly challenging, multi

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2018 are now ... to decisions.mit.edu. 18,357 students applied to the MIT Class of 2018. As of today, and inclusive of Early Action, we have offered

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  The berry of the West African Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle fruit ... temporary effect on taste. The berry’s miraculin glycoprotein (3.42 kilodaltons of carbohydrate, 21.2 kilodaltons of protein) binds to the sweetness

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  several of my Saturday mornings after I found an old CD containing Bobby ... starting my own company? Heh...nope. I played "Splish Splash", of course ... just danced. Life can't get much better than wearing slippery socks on

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  , working on a project that is looking at the vulnerability of the different ... rest of the world. After a summer full of restful night’s sleep, books ... mountains of Colorado and even time to be bored, it is nice to get back to my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  just taken a leave of absence. Taking a break from the Institute is not unheard of here. I can think of several people I know who are currently ... better. A lot of emphasis in choosing colleges goes towards student life

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  if it comes from a box or consists only of taco meat and cheddar cheese ... (like that I'm good at this kind of thing or something) or the amount of ... . Lunch: Salami and cheese sandwhiches have been the staple of my lunch

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  said (in reference to climbing on top of the cabinets to paint the ... advantage of this. Who wants a room that's painted "Institute white"? I mean ... challenge. Neither of us had a tape measure, so we did what any good MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  kind of into taking photos this semester, just on my phone, of ... of my thoughts without any exciting MIT anecdotes or events. I feel ... to hear the ramblings from the inside of my head, maybe they won't find

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  grades where life is at its best. Where one stays up until 4am, not out of necessity but out of enjoyment, and wakes up when it can no longer be ... years I didn't have a book to read, a paper to write or a set of problems

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  the same dorm touch, they merge into one! Note: The order of dorms is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many ... by Summer Moulder '26. Inspired by GetMIT by Mitchell Gu. Based on 2048

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be ... some steam with your fellow applicants, on two conditions: 1) don't talk ... application of course, or what you want to do with your life, and so forth - but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  way past "Submit". See you on the other side of " Nov.1st "! Good luck :) ... all giddy @ his comedy show. (Yes! He was here on 10/24, standing on the ... . -- 1 AM on a Friday night, I decided to break out my art supplies and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  .004 and I've worked with him on a variety of other projects. He's always ... on. Updates like it works it works it works it works it works it works ... never really looked into what they meant. . . There are a variety of

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  receive the most votes will be presented to Barack Obama on Inauguration Day. They'll also receive the support of a national lobbying campaign run by ... ten winning ideas have a real chance of being implemented. All you have

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008