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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  up to the magic number of 230 Volts? The best parts of the film ... As you know, I'm a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night was the premiere of Swades, the latest film from Oscar

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  photograph to paste a cutout of good old Rick's head onto. I've decided not to ... I don't want to make this blog too political--I will not use Turkey vs. Spam as a stepping stone to the presidency. Still, I must say, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  MIT! There are many ways to enjoy our campus from the comfort of your ... We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in-person info sessions and tours as well as online sessions. Head over to our
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  after consulting most of the Chinese people I know in China, we decided to ... Well, there’s certainly truth to that. I arrived in China almost two weeks ago, and spent the first week in the comfort of my relatives’ home

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin ... continuing of the Meet the Admissions Officers series, a look forward to our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  the vast majority of our applicant pool. We need to capture as much ... about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The implication, of course, is euphemistically known as affirmative action. You may

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  really happened to me before. Preschool through college, it was kind of ... , and cosmic magic. Part of the team trying to send humans back to the ... look like. Part of a community nonprofit, working to help energize and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  like 1+1 is starting to seem like a challenge. Day 1 of September rang ... ’s fall but the weather is still nice. We go to a nice part of campus and ... now, this has aged horribly thanks to my lack of 2020 vision. Though to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  you will need to be able to pick your seat. I warn you that all of the ... Weighing the Pros/Cons I'm going to use a couple of initialisms here so that ... . Have to store all of your luggage in the overhead bins, annoying if you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  gun bullets? Or maybe the power of a single footstep? Want to know the ... assembled and ready to take on one of the most notoriously demanding classes ... our poster to the greater MIT community at the end of the semester. The

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  a week to do them. I just hate the feeling of finishing a pset and the ... , which I’m very grateful for. One of them actually goes to MIT, and we did ... of random things. Then I realize I have work and get back to it. It

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  to determine the structure of organic compounds. This is about as significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... spectroscopy to characterize hundreds of molecules. He began to notice patterns

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  to people should be gendered at all, instead advocating the use of a ... to my mom, her initial opinion of this was sort of like, “that just ... sort of the way we’ve always done things as opposed to being an extreme

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  to message and video call different groups of people. Part of it might ... would be reluctant to go seek out the company of others since the ... responses of your friends vary, and it's fun to discuss different answers when

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there ... semester's worth of film, but also access to three printers where I can print ... yellow ink to make orange, instead of using red and yellow dots. Our first

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  Welcome to 2008! 2008. In equivalent terms, Class of 2012. Congratulations to all of you that pressed the submit button yesterday and others ... couple of days, and it's time to take a break. As you wrap up your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  comes as some sort of great disillusionment to you, but you don't always ... happened to be reading the article about the Battle of Gettysburg, which was ... of commercial failures of the 20th century which, in addition to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Regular Action — 28,232 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2028. As of (checks watch) right now, we have offered admission to 1 ... , and other areas of scholarship to work wisely, creatively, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  how to talk about anything but science? A. Well, most of us don't. But ... host to a wide variety of versions of campus life -- from the typical (intramural sports) to the "only at MIT" (hacks). Check out our list of student

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  studied Engineering at the University of Havana before coming to the US in ... , he returned to the US in 1960 because of the Cuban Revolution. Before ... , and textile systems. His office is home to many of these devices and it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006