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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... following the status quo, I was amazed to find that MIT was continually and ... results - not only in terms of the groundbreaking research and new

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  juniors to consider. All of the below are national/international, selective ... application." This should be for personal development. We do not expect that ... of the large block of free time to do something meaningful for yourself

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  's one answer I found: going to lectures by the super cool people who come ... challenged us to think about the "optimal, ideal inhabitant of the world" and ... producer/friend to Lady Gaga) highlighted the ways technology has disrupted

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  same goes for your SAT score. I will be the first to tell you that it ... least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to ... numbers meant more to me than all others. One of the most common questions

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  inspire me are just as inspiring themselves. i won't miss being coming to work on a tuesday to bash my head on the same bug i've been bashing my ... that is lonely. i have more thoughts but not very much time to write

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  - and be a whole lot more fun! Take for instance the time I was climbing ... to be a Harvard Ph.D student this year, and we agreed to meet up and ... . In the fall, one of JPL's Curiosity engineers gave a talk to the Solar

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  Random Hall laundry server that lets you know whether or not to make a trek ... you're in the middle of a problem set. Continuing in this vein (not the ... emulated NES games, and hooked it up to speakers in the bathroom. He then put

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  answers to questions in comments on the blog, but will reply directly to ... allowed to live in a single room?" There are actually two people in the ... sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  , but you procrastinated on what you'd wear to the last minute. Con ... get to go up to them and say, "Boy, that really was the bee's knees ... how Chiron, the wisest of the centaurs, would have wanted his legacy to

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  of just a few exceptions to MIT's preference for numbers), will now be ... to the animals and parts of nature whose voices are "silenced ... planned to Building 54 -- a renovation sponsored by Shell, the oil company

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  . When I make appointments to "get coffee" with someone, I do not actually ... instruction and practice in the forms of communication specific to the ... 'm ready to sleep for the next 12 hours. Except I have 14.05 lecture again at

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  to a mixup with the insurance company; it should be up by next week, in ... So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early ... just wondering if you had any questions or would like to get the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New England snowfall surprised me. I was not prepared for how long the snowy ... 'll be leaving in a few weeks, along with most of the other students on

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  uncomfortably close to getting scurvy, probably because I overestimate the ... to realize that I'm the furthest thing from a fighter... and I started ... shop. So actually, scrap the entire recipe. The key to a successful

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  image1="59162" image2="59164" /] Click the arrow to see food names. Not ... tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  forward to practising my writing even more on the material (pun also not ... , not about the “at MIT” part.) As part of MIT’s general institute ... to their majors. The requirement’s purpose is to make us more effective

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to ... .001 lecture from hell. I’m not even joking. So you know how the least fun part ... less than 8 vectors to break down, the use of double-angle formulas, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I ... there, I'm able to appreciate the positives. I suppose this stems from ... there and you do what you need to in the course of your daily routine. A

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Match Our thoughts, and a request for current MIT students to weigh in.

  

  the better part of the fall. I apologize for this, and thanks to all of ... think make good matches to the undergraduate culture of MIT - academic ... that will help illustrate the qualities we've outlined?

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  Bosnian refugee is going to the nation's number one engineering school on a ... years ago from a refugee camp after being forced to flee his home in ... link to the news video; click on the picture of the video camera]

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006