Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

   is an excellent website with support resources for the MIT community. Here ... For First Semester Freshmen, Registration Day can be tough. You can ... for academic planning. Here are some essentials: CourseRoad is a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  funny... During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the ... responded with "I have some bad news for you..." to which I felt some concern ... crushed my laptop. He showed me my computer, apologized very sincerely for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... aerobic capacity, which allows them to run at blazing speeds for long, sustained periods. What's sprinting for us, is a comfortable pace for them. A

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  month ago. Sorry guys, I apparently thought I was Nance for a second there ... them. Thanks guys, for sharing so much of yourselves over the years and for simply being awesome. With four bloggers graduating, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next ... .009 course website:  "In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes ... on projects unified by a theme (see the theme gallery for themes of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  plenty of dreams in attendance. Check your “most visited” website stats ... walking advertisement. (For the most impressive collection of Career Fair ... admit, I wanted to be an engineering major for at least an hour after the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  Newletter and MIT News website. Music is more than just notes and rhythm. It ... playing what is written in your music and playing for the purpose of ... in an orchestra, which is an especially great learning experience for

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  . I don't know too much about it, but according to its website "its ... . :) For those curious to find out more about Course 11, Karen and Anthony will have some relevant information. For art, ARTalk always makes for a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  This afternoon, as I was walking past the Center for Ultracold Atoms ... the Center for Ultracold Atoms. Here at MIT, everything is interrelated ... 's some suggestions for what you should suggest: 1.Living with a roommate 2

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... website. And, of course, following pre-orientation is Orientation itself ... themselves. Upperclassman MIT students who are around for Orientation may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  both of his passions. Jugal found his UROP by searching the websites of ... trying to improve the technique for producing high-quality HRQAR images ... his research, serving as co-publicity chair for the South Asian American

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  cherish the memory for the rest of their lives. Senior Ming-fai Fong, a ... UROP opening through the UROP website and was surprised when she was ... Science graduate and was looking for a Mechanical Engineering student to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  and practice for the first time in eight and a half months? You guessed ... ’t help but cry – I didn’t want something I had worked so hard for to be ... weight on the foot for three months. Nevertheless, I was in a boot for two

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but ... application season, and if so, then this post is for you! First I’d like to ... . Yes you will, kiddo. You’ll also get over it really fast. I guess it

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  people seem to be panicking about getting all the required materials in for ... , but we don’t. You should submit an application for Early Action purely for your own peace of mind—if you happen to have everything ready right

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  guys come out for the parades: That's a pirate ship in downtown ... unsuspecting passersby of his beer and chips, and smile for pictures. So if the ... makes Seattle the city it is. For lack of a better word, it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  months, Santa isn't real, and eating ice cream and shredded cheese for ... 'RE IN A RECESSION, PEOPLE.)(Actually, I really didn't post this for a ... even growing a beard at that time, and yeah, we probably paid more for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  to the US and to carry with me for the rest of my life. I wanted to ... teaching at a high school for MISTI Global Teaching Labs, and traveled around ... Champs title Visited Vancouver with my mom Day tripped to Portland for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  I moved to Michigan for an internship, but I swear it feels like it ... ’t want to throw out. I consider it a sort of graveyard for my thoughts this ... autonomous vehicle company) I’m learning how to skateboard. 98% for the a e

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a ... predictions for outcomes. But every time you consider more details, you do more ... touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions.”    For me, I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025