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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  a variety of departments, have been... 9.00 Intro to Psychology (Fall '04, Wolfe) - There are a lot of requirement-filling "perks" to this ... Nicole R. asked: "What have been some of your favorite classes at MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  .’ But I wasn’t that brave. I was lucky to find that one of the reputable parlors in Tucson was open, probably to cash in on the stream of people ... have not, of course, spoken to a single Course 2 whose eyes light up when

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  It’s that time of year again. I remember it well. I intended to ... ’ve been thrown into a pit of tigers to fend for myself with a toothpick ... to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  first assignment of the class, we were challenged to write a script for a ... line coming out of the electron pointing to the next       orbit.   ... whiteboard. Her back is to the panel and we can see an angled side portrait of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in ... mid-June. I flew to Geneva and then took the train to Lausanne. I lived in a boarding house in downtown Lausanne. There was a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a ... Marilee was quoted. Here are those paragraphs: The director of undergraduate writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has also raised

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  to expecting a lot of myself, and I was a bit baffled when I just ... tiles that indicate the entrance to the red line. I thought of October of ... person, now, in any number of ways, if I had to replay my life. More

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  years ago!) This summer, one of our goals was to find another sea turtle ... more than 2 months to no avail… One of the nights we wrote a poem with ... (still maintaining our distance) to get a better sense of her size and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  If you missed part 1 of the Fredventure, be sure to check that out in ... scorching hot, and a few of us even pulled out our umbrellas to shield ... all decided to get fruit juice at some random juice bar in the middle of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  "let's show this to other people--it makes a lot of sense"? I'm not ... I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer, I'm left to just sit around and ponder endlessly, refining my taste

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  ), please do so ASAP! CPW is my favorite time of year, as I get to meet so ... -Center. There's a bunch of stuff I want to check out in the 5:00PM - 8:00PM slot, and I'm going to try to get to all of them. The Senior Haus/East Campus

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  she does a beautiful job trying to express the ineffable. No amount of ... about him to add anything new to everyone else’s descriptions of him ... black licorice. i know how to make a lot of balloon animals and hats

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  the great summer blog posts. MIT encourages students to do research ... old homestead. It’s not a complete “Night of the Comet” (or “28 Days Later” for those sadly uneducated in the ways of cheesy ‘80s movies

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  so he brings back some amazing memories of the trip I got to take last ... I'm generating graphs, and have been since 8pm. They tend to start ... moving up and a bear market is one in which it's moving down! But back to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  're in Northern California, I hope to see you, too. Best wishes to all of ... Just as you all have been preparing for one of life's biggest rituals -- applying to and going off to college -- I, too, have been preparing for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  see the numbers on Wednesday night, when Elliott got voted off? Each of the three top contestants received 33.xx% of the votes - statistically ... 'm wrong: American Idol has a finite number of phone lines. The phone lines

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say ... experiences in this profession have given me a ton of stuff to think about ... Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  work of those accepted to the Ivy Leagues could help me determine my ... Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  ago, when I went up to him humming with nervous energy (a mix of ... 's Tumblr. Lifting weights, riding bikes, making things out of clay. Learning to drive stick-shift in a car that once belonged to my favorite

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... receipt? Great, thanks. walking with Allin and Angela through MIT to Mass

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008