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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video-chat excessively with friends I’d already begun to miss. I haven’t had much time for ... pre-orientation group, spent several minutes trying to pick flawless

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  to run into esteemed faculty who have won National Medals of Science ... of C. elegans, works in the lab right next to my UROP with the same ... just this year for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.) To

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the Class of 2028?

  Check out our First-year class profile page to find out more about the members of the Class of 2028.  
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  out directly to alumni to gain an understanding of East Campus in days ... knowledge the only History student — many people took it to fill the H of the ... classes are 12 units; however, this class had a comparable amount of work to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  vast majority of my life, and i'm used to seeing real trees blocking out ... 'm particularly excited for Little Tokyo because of course i am. i'm also going to ... 've wanted to go to E3 for about 5 years now :) in short, lots of fun

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal ... MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the ... history of the MIT Department of Economics and its graduates. MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The proliferation of "standing cafes" in Germany was apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have ... to have full internet access from work until Tuesday, so don't expet

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... weeks ago, I flew home to California. If you've read any of my past ... . It still feels foreign to me, to think that this group of high school

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  Deep Neural Networks that just goes to show the range of things being ... topic called Calculus of Variations, and it defiantly helped out to see a ... “Why” and “How” of the topics being studied really push oneself to think

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to ... stack of admit letters in my hands; it was sublime). I was on the team

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  The Class of 2015 list of 101 things to do before you graduate has challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in ... --participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  15.27182 – Lecture Anatomy 101 Prereq: None, Units: 1-0-1, Lecture: M EVE (11 PM-midnight) (iHouse), NO FINAL

  

  Practical introduction to the theory of lecture seating. Revolves mainly around the Oasis Model of Lecture Seating, along with practical applications to demonstrate the concepts. Emphasizes applicational examples, such

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  examples, I went to the Facebook and looked at the class schedules of some of ... friend of mine) 3.091: Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry 9 ... to Psychology (with Stephen Pinker) "The History of MIT" Freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  community of students with similar backgrounds to rely on throughout your time ... bags, as I boarded the plane, as I walked to the front door of my dorm ... meek, apprehension-riddled excitement to a vibrant whirlwind of a life, a

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  ability (our obligation) to tackle one of the greatest, most ... lives. one of the students at my table said: "i'm scared, but i have to ... how to lift up our siblings of color. please, please read vincent and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  occasion, I’ve used Zoom or FaceTime to get a sense of realness in my ... middle of packing my life up, ready to ship myself back to New York, but I ... that someone’s out there, trying to give us all a little bit of joy or

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  We All Need A Little Encouragement

  

  From a bottle of Honest Tea, purchased from MIT's Student Center

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  just cover it up with the confidence of facts. Fact: I am on track to ... a Part of Her. She (roughly) said: “I don’t want this Part of Me to stop me. I don’t want this Part of Me to win. This is very different

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  I've taken care of all my graduation requirements. On my way to turn ... , we're going to leave the rest of that thought for a later day. (If I ... person, I'm really not going to be able to stanch the flow of goop.) Okay

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... pronunciations to hordes of kanji characters – the slightest deviation of curve ... -winded sentences, making sure to use one of the 32 new grammar strategies we had

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024