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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  papers on pretty much whatever I'm interested in--my first paper was a five-page ... we get to go to events for free. The CMS department sponsored me and a ... anime episode--and there is a challenge to managing that time in the best

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  and topics in STEM, it gets exhausting when you're getting [annotation note="Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink ... post. I went out in my Red Sox jacket, which turned out to be a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  existing product (in this case, the ability to control your playlist) and ... "bridge loops" covering a wide range of mileage, so it's not too hard to get ... goal is to never skip a song. Alright, I better get some sleep now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  be a lesson to all of you – use your Google calendars!) and thus missed ... always thought I’d end up going to a UC; in fact, up until my sophomore ... in the past year and a half, I’ve come to realize that it’s truly the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  have to try a couple semesters before getting in. Danny's in the class ... petition your classes for Hass-A credit! We have yet to do so, but should get ... basically a week long immersion in the arts! We did not get to participate in

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  student gets to see a local doctor, or a local pharmacy, and you or your ... appointment with a doctor (which we had to pay for separately) in order to get ... . Even if all they can do is take a look and then pay your taxi fare to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  decision in life comes a tradeoff: you get to go to MIT in exchange for, well ... startups in order to be a course 6. I like my soul for maybe the first time ... ), and it felt weird to write on a blog about my MIT experience under a

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  more questions, here is a quick FAQ to provide some more answers. I hope it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We ... do not have a preference. You should take the tests for which you're

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  is bad). So I came in to D-Lab and did a lot of practice welds, and ... had to get it done during IAP. Maybe in just one night. I went in to ... satisfy their needs in a way that satisfies yours, too. We ran a few

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and ... to win this than a team from MIT? Register/Report Located Balloons

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... in the tunnels with friends a few times before, but as a directionally-challenged person (read: I can still get lost with Google Maps), I wouldn't trust

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  allows students interested in HASS to eat nice food and listen to a short ... --rare and funny to see so many professors in a room bantering. jamelle bouie ... junior year. i haven't blogged in a while, so i thought i'd write up a post

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  . I wanted to impress people around me and I wanted to get a job? And even now ... a trip had to include visits to prestigious college campuses. It's been a decade, and only brief snippets of that MIT still remain in my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Cloud i live there now

  

  I just restored my laptop to factory condition to get rid of an ... taskbar. Here's what I had to back up before doing this: My ... backgrounds) Here's what I didn't have to back up before doing this

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • February 8, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  hard to feel like you’re making any progress at MIT. A lot of progress is ... she was in tears, unable to do a move called the pivot. And I was ... . As a way to be a positive force in their community. As a method of

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  live in the dorm assigned to you, a permanent room will be assigned once ... , "Love Your Beaver," are a tribute to MIT's mascot. Liquid nitrogen ice ... visited each of EC's ten floors to get a better idea of which living group

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  this has turned out to be somewhat true in that I have never had a ... boy to ever confess his interest in me. We had a lot in common, I ... girlfriend that she should expect to be more than a piece in someone else

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  you turn to chewing on college applications. Perhaps you’re like how I ... think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking about a white elephant right now. Maybe, like me, your brain would do

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  enough to engrave in a stone slab, but it's hilarious. Then in early July ... actually a painting of Escher's that's on the door to the room in Zeta Psi ... , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  in terms of walking and public transit; it helps me get from point A to ... itself. In the two days before the marathon, I made a Google Doc estimating ... take in the city and surrounding areas and to get out of the Cambridge

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021