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• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  say. In actuality, it's a tolerable idea up to the fourth floor, at which point it starts to become a pain-in-the-knee idea, progressing to a ... excellence and progressive leadership. It's common for students to work on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  a whole MIT community that can’t wait to meet you. Congratulations and ... applications, I’m excited to start meeting all of you! Kim was kind enough to let me guest post on her blog to let you know about some exciting

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  you at the competition!   ----- Get on it if you're close enough to ... to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in ... students to explore the Institute through an engineering competition

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  Charles river. In addition to excelling in his coursework, Joey happens to ... passion for physics at MIT. He chose to study here at MIT, but that doesn ... musical gears.     Joey shifted from hardcore genre to a super catchy pop

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  of individual motivation and tenacity to make it through the year ... , let it be noted that Cambridge is about to celebrate it's 800th ... 'm senior now heading off to math grad school next fall). I really appreciate

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  walked across the border as a kid. I can speak slow Spanish to my ... actuality. To what extent are these experience valid? Is it part of my ... question in my voice. It feels wrong to identify with a people and language

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  view:     It's good to be back to campus, now as a senior ... me falling asleep on the bus to retreat at noon. But even though it's an all nighter, I look forward to it, because all of my tasks are

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  ." A cute story, no? Surprisingly, Levitt did not re-tell it to Stephen ... to Professor Levitt -- the "Economists do it with models" t-shirt. ... I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  , snowflakes drift down to the ground. I think part of it is that these memories ... driving through it—but the snow's presence was enough to bring me some well ... can make one's day in spite of it all. The snow is back! What joy.

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  had come to $3.14, the monetary equivalent of the ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. I automatically said, “Heh… $3.14. Like pi.” The woman made a face. “PI?!” “Did you say PI?!” “I said it’s like pi,” I

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  keeps. I went back to Santa Fe, where it could be t-shirt weather with ... girls, and sleeplessness. I did my best. I'll do it for you, too. Write to ... middle of his brother's story, Jacques hooks him up to the little can of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  difference is that now I'm getting paid significantly more to do it. (Ugh, I ... -slash-advisor-slash-aerospace-bigwig, Professor Drela, and used the MIT name to strongarm various companies into ... is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  its diameter? A: Pumpkin pi. Don't forget to celebrate Pi Day (3 ... .14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510..................... How many digits do you know? More to come later today about how MIT ... or not" contest There's also free pie for everyone! And, you can pick

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  encourage you to participate in all of it as Jessie and Mollie have both also said. I can say this from experience. It's a lot of fun; don't miss out. ... where we heard how a drug goes from an idea to production - lunch at De

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  opportunity to mortify their loved ones. Three student performance groups - the Logarhythms, the Muses, and the Shakespeare Ensemble - can be hired to burst ... around at my classmates, who weren't too busy laughing to think to film it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Procrastination For Finals 2 T minus 53 hours...

  

  that it's all mine, oh, oh oh oh Do all I can but I keep on getting ... , past finals week A sweet escape, take me away Take me away, to better ... of orgo I've got a pain and I know that it's all mine, oh, oh oh oh Do

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  story all about how My life got flipped turned upside down And I’d like to ... finally understood I had to get out of my neighborhood I got into one little school and my folks were real proud I told them I was moving to Atlanta to

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is there really a Game Lab?

  Can you believe we have a GAME LAB? The MIT Game Lab brings together scholars, creators, and technologists to teach, conduct research, and develop ... is to explore, educate, and engage the public by creating
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  just much easier to call it "Spanish Lit" or something? Really now ... one box, so you can imagine that I have quite a lot of work to do over ... feel slightly attached to it. But don't worry, I'm definitely more happy

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005