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• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you ... 't offered admission, you're just as amazing. I regret that we won't be able to ... . And now, with the congratulations out of the way, it's time to get to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming

  

  them, do not be alarmed! Treat them kindly, help them cross the street ... It is a venerable tradition of the blogs to begin a post by apologizing for being late, and whom am I to reject tradition? So let me first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  Llama to make what we like to call: The Equalizer. -Cue awesome sound effect- Now you might be wondering... what the heck is The Equalizer ... . Sounds legit right? At this point, you might be curious as to how we

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  . It's important to realize that it's not just about what the scores and ... PhD programs, you're going to be doing research and so being prepared ... program or the college you want to enter. MIT is no piece of cake, so just

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  not have pondered before but I bet now need to know the answer to: what ... Biology, 7.S390, through the summer@future program, which allowed me to live ... sped up snippets of the reversed erasing clips to match them up with my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge - an event named "Moving Day". Not exactly the most imaginative name, but boy does MIT know how to throw a party - I'm told the weekend was a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alaska Where I am right now.

  

  I have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed.

  • by Snively '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  Stefanyshyn-Piper '84 SM '85 (Commander, USN) will become the 24th MIT graduate ... professional background in the Navy. And then from there, I applied to the astronaut program and was fortunate enough to be accepted." And she says this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  be buttoned to the buttons on their own side of the coat (folding the ... that the coat doesn't fit and/or you are not supposed to button them ... to be so much material for the lapel that it might just be a waterfall

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and ... know that some of you will be super-excited to learn that Hikaru Utada ... ! In the mean time, the Admissions committee continues to work towards

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to Proofs, the materials for which are available here). Now, these ... Parenthood. Content-wise, my work is close to the opposite of the general MIT ... subconscious yearning for sleep. I have, at times, been unable to resist the call

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  computer lab on campus"). I particularly love the warning "this is not a ... stereotypical to be advertising an open casting call for "geeks" at MIT, but this ... . If any qualified man in the Boston area reading this would like to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  seemed to be the worst part of the thunderstorms, though, as the hurricane ... how it came to be that we launch exploding pyrotechnics into the sky to ... Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  the modifications being introduced. I will try to cover it briefly, but ... 6.081 (Introduction to EECS 1). Course 6 will be changing its ... to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  work is the virtue at MIT. MIT is often said to be more egalitarian than ... likes to quote Road Trip: "If it were easy, it would just be called the ... . (Admittedly, this is not a long list compared to the number of supervisors in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  . Website: http://www.tuckermax.com Be sure to check out the website for ... I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  that he could to make sure his children did not end up on the wrong path ... . The summer is here, but he’s not going on vacation. Instead, he ... Technology. Terence Dalbert, M.I.T.-bound: "Its going to be hard leaving my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging ... invited readers to decide which college the character Alex should attend ... Re, and HERE!. Of course, pollhacking is not new, as demonstrated by the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  one person enters the building now, it will be empty again,” the ... ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American Mathematical Society Journal, with a link to the article below). Seriously, she

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the ... tension of not-quite-capsizing, square dancing, the joy i get when working together with other dancers to compute moves while walking to the beat, the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022