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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  , so I posted it again. People caught on, and all of a sudden people were ... revolting, just a couple of data-entry failures on the part of our class ... we could vote on whether or not we approved the design. Of course

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  My thesis is done. It is 384 pages long, 2.0833% of them text, 4.9479% of them pictures, and 90.365% of them code.         Here is potato soup, made and dictated by Cory and based heavily on this soup

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  once. On the day of the final, I made plans with my friend Martin to meet ... some video of the reveling that was going on. After a block or so I ... *then* it dawned on me. How STUPID I'd been. These thousands of people

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  Gilberte Furstenberg (teacher of French III, a class we're both taking). The homework I'm doing right now is part of a unit called Cultura, where we ... staples of daily life. The French students do the same in their own language

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  April in front of my computer and went through the process of telling MIT ... 've ever wanted to get out of the wind more in my life. While my thick, wooly pieces of outerwear had been fine at home, they don't cut it here. There

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  those buildings on the north end of campus. Of course, I played it off ... . Main campus moves on the hips of building 10, the seat of the great dome ... the stories of buildings that connect only on certain floors, elevators

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  on if she'll do it again) Ana R. S. '22 of California (and a lot of ... Hi everyone! It is that time again, the time of my[annotation note ... "]annual[/annotation]excitement: I get to introduce you to this year's crop of baby bloggers. To hire

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  tl;dr: the google map of course lounges is here Here at MIT ... 's majors are called 'courses'. We have a whole bunch of courses, a comprehensive list of which you can find here. Almost every course at MIT has

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  maaaaybe I exaggerated some of those things. After all, this is based on a ... -nighter working on a final paper. Some of the other old friends I caught up with are ... . The buildings are built out of tasteful sandstone and, as a bonus

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  hosted some of the members of the famed MIT Blackjack Team on Saturday ... video). Interviews with Liz '12 and Andy '12 On the third day of CPW ... For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  excitement of performing this dozens of times on stage Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom ... , regardless of circumstances, get everyone on the floor hype. it was [annotation ... song with a chaotic night in which one of my closest friends on my floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  've managed to stay on top of my technicals by devoting as little effort as ... our freshman fall on Pass/No Record, and then had a few weeks of ... semester where we're virtual is absolute torture. On top of this, we have to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  enjoying some of the best (and most elaborate?) dinner on campus at my ... house on Saturday night as a scary person giving tours of East Campus if ... , I turned into a puddle of excitement. A puddle! I tried to plan out

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  first secret is revealed So over the course of the day on Monday, a ... So on Sunday, I turned 20. I am now OLD. Now since I have a summer ... Symphony Hall, so if you were to use your free College Card courtesy of Arts

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  most knowledgeable in the art of concentration Write blog post on how ... Try to concentrate on assignment Fail Browse memes Try to concentrate on assignment again. Fail Browse memes Get hungry Eat all

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted in EA!

  

  Congratulations on your acceptance to the class of 2017!   This is what you look like right now -     Go ahead and introduce yourselves. :-)

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  There’s something happening here what it is ain't exactly clear

  

  Working on a big project. A big awesome project. Can't tell you what it is. But here's a sneak peak. Make of it what you will.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Learn from my Mistake Aesop's Fables forgot one.

  

  Rule #1: Write legibly. Background: I wrote on a pad of paper that I scheduled my GREs for October 27, or that's what I read. Turns out my 27 actually was a 21. That was my rockstar move for the day. See you Saturday!

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Love Math Snakes on a plane!

  

  Yes, I will be watching this at 10 pm Thursday night. This might be the end of Samuel Jackson's career, and I might as well be there for it. And stay tuned for an entry about my 21st birthday on Friday.

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I submit a maker portfolio?

  The Maker Portfolio is an opportunity for students to showcase their projects that require creative insight, technical skill, and a hands-on approach to learning by doing. Members of the MIT Engineering Advisory Board