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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  that there’s stuff to go on the front page. It falls on the shoulders of ... committee, we had to make sure there this ENTIRE spread of stories was edited ... . There are a lot of resources here to help you get the support you need so

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  time, checking out of the room, walking the stage to shake hands with ... ’d already said goodbye to friends—MIT has always been special to me because of ... have to learn to work together and play together, and it makes for a one-of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Canceled? HOW COULD THEY!?!?!?!

  

  MIT gives students the month of January off, it's something they call the "Independent Activities Period," or IAP. Turns out, due to budget ... , this is a hacked website. IAP will be proceeding as planned, psych

  • by Snively '11
  • December 31, 2008
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don't offer money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic, artistic, or anything else. However, we refer to the money given directly by
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  , and I encourage you to Google and PubMed for updates (and please post what you found in the comments for the rest of us to see). I hope you ... the axolotl does not metamorphose, its cells are capable of reverting to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  was feeling a more light-hearted, nonsensical post to take my mind of ... of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” “While we may ... every corner of the Earth to make something of themselves and work

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  the pace of the content that was being fed to me. Turns out, (for me,) that understanding the material isn't the hardest part of coming to MIT (at least, not yet). That's not to say that the pace of learning isn

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  of precedent allowing colleges and universities to consider race as one ... importance of diversity to our nation’s success in the global economy; and (3 ... contextualized assessment of each applicant has proven to be the most effective way

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  to smooth surfaces by taking advantage of intermolecular forces, which ... wonders have inspired scientists to innovate. When a group of MIT ... generate enough force to allow a gecko to hang upside-down from one foot

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  two flights of stairs (grade five) to trying to sit back on a chair ... impressionable moments come from other sources, and I want to share a few of ... probably been said enough times to force this trite, self-conscious statement

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  three methods: *i.e., everyone likewise procrastinating in one of Random ... ; people who followed Method 3 should stick to riding bicycles.) It remains ... ) experiment. Comment with (1) your natural method of calculation and (2) how

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on ... commissioned from MIT, of whom more than 150 have reached the rank of general or ... MIT provide unparalleled leadership training and practice to cultivate
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  of this post. Since coming to cambridge I've had a wide array of ... 'll come with questions about how to solve a specific type of question that ... for students. This method of teaching is useful for those who understand

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  hard lab, but we realized that basically all of the framework needed to ... , things like that. Because I didn't want to write all of this stuff anew, I ... a handful of functions to manipulate images. So my thought process was

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  , allow you to avoid the negative sides of GIRs and go through your whole ... "Fundamentals of Computational Media Design" and "Introduction to Doing Research ... ridiculous amount of office hours and are always willing to help with all of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  of the people I refer to as “international”, though, have a very committed sense of belonging to a non-U.S. country, sometimes more or less so ... you try to take them in your luggage out of the country, you can get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  fire hose of learning was opened at full force. I'll try to sum the ... our impressions of the class and suggestions on how to make it better ... - Introduction to Screenwriting: This six-unit course met with other members of my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  _grid images="99620,99621" /] Nine days of spring break: what to do with them? I ... hitting two major cities of the East Coast.  Day 1 (3/24, Friday): Drive to ... wants me to add that he drove, like, 10% of it.'](and by “we” I mean

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  bad about asking my company to spend a lot of money on me, I decided to only stay here for one night. I got up at the crack! of! dawn! to catch my seven a.m. flight to DCA, which is one of three airports that serves

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How do I contact a current student?

  website, you may follow the adventures of our student bloggers as they ... MIT doesn't provide names or contact information for current students. To learn more about MIT from a student's perspective, please spend time