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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  .  All that is left is the national exam, which I am taking within the next ... Microstructural Evolution of Materials.  It is all about materials on the ... what the class is about, which is a bit concerning given that my first

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  growing up, but not one of them had ever been beautiful. Like the Aesop ... advancement of women, but not the advancement of femininity, and I would later ... lifetime would not be enough to serve the whole region of Kafa, and worse

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  from a corner where the wall is painted black to a corner underneath my loft bed where the wall is white and blue and red, though not in any sort of American ensemble, and the light is softer now. I like it. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  is home and nothing will ever change that. It was the new bloggers ... MIT that reiterates the theme: MIT is home. Yes, it can be hard. But ... -registration: maximizing the completed major requirements. The Education class at Harvard is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  MIT community is. To the potential international applicants: MIT is an ... the world regardless of their financial situation. MIT is need ... students. Do not let the high tuition or low admission rate discourage you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  * humane, capable *and* considerate, etc. the ring is not necessary for this ... : "MIT is a hard place, made all the harder for the resonant, omnipresent ... struggled, not always successfully, to resist the pull of the former in favor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  work, you will probably not have just one job in the same location for 35 ... sessions, tour the campus, and even though most students will not be on ... then venture further out. Visiting colleges over the summer is a smart

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  busting out the chessboard; apparently Keith is very good at chess, having ... ’t help that Google’s location of the house is farther down the road than it ... s or something. It may not be abundantly clear, but the fall foliage

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  , the so-called man behind the Big Dig. The Big Dig is one of the largest ... ). At the beginning of the 20th century, Ford's famous Model T had not ... climate change. So part of this class is looking toward the future to

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  the athlete as "one willing to take on a challenge" and who is "not ... .By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek The movie "21," which is based on a true story ... .* Perhaps lesser known is the fact that an institution specializing in science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  back when I was applying, and it is the first time we've asked this ... Chronic Not the same few colleges: The University of California at Santa ... Giant celebrations in Boston/Cambridge last night for the Red Sox

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  trimester system? Send us what you can - this is usually the first trimester ... send them but at this point the committee will not see them until after ... Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  differently. Arkansas is many things, the most obvious being beautiful. I forgot ... future. The view from my window is of the skyline of Boston; the CITGO sign ... the soft chirping of birds slightly more audible. I am not from here

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  , the transition from high school to MIT is not a straight line - it's a ... about the time commitment. My on-campus job is 6-10 hours per week, and I ... semester than in the fall. And it's not because I was less involved in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  get on the bad graces of the janitorial staff. WATE is perhaps the only ... . Just plain "WATE" is the signal for some unholy combination of the three ... was only like 12:45, the night is still pretty young for an MIT student

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  in the wall next to 224C. I do not know how or why it got there, but it ... thing I do know is that it was not because somebody was being thrown in ... on the chalkboard: Now, I wasn't really paying that close attention

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  find "IHTFP" in the bars. And the serial number on the banner is the cost ... , that's nine hacks. The tenth, I suppose, is the meta-hack itself - the ... A few nights ago, I was walking down the Infinite Corridor with two

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  times as many things as I am, but stress is relative and if the bone ... control. On the day of my first exam of the week, feeling as if I had not ... agree that, if anything, this is a cautionary tale. If not for any of you

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  Re, and HERE!. Of course, pollhacking is not new, as demonstrated by the ... of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging, but hey, we're MIT students, right? :D So you've probably heard of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  bigger every year (this year is the third). Plus it makes people laugh, and we're donating 50% of the profits to Doctors Without Borders. Is this ... wanted to expand the idea and manufacture a bunch of calendars to sell. Is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014