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• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  decision. We hope that you keep writing/creating, and we look forward to what ... , who grew up without internet and turned to books for entertainment like ... Rico, and a writer of heartfelt birthday letters to her friends 🎂

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  , sharing in its energy, and talking to strangers you will probably never meet ... on the street.  We meandered down Beacon Street and stopped to watch ... project of their own to bring up, too. Some will go to protests with me, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  shoulders sag against the railing behind me and throw my backpack to the ... , returning to my dorm, and sleeping, but a desire to commit to the events on my ... ; Scott proceeded to explain FOMO, a very valid and prevalent fear among MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  supply) wanted to buy a cake and couldn't resist the urge to have the ... of "things to stress about." (Especially because I like my job, and ... student), and bagels have known to appear on occasion- sometimes just as an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  days of my life are now a year behind me, and it's bizarre to consider ... -ending day. much of that can be attributed to how...nothing particularly new ... , and I'm very grateful for being able to wholly embrace a few months of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  – because the latke and hamentaschen are both foreign to his native country of ... sexy. And if that isn't convincing enough, look what happens to a human ... -100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  ’t want to run in the hall because who does that, but then also you feel ... , I’m being given a lot more path-critical items to do, and as I ... ) to really be working on path-critical items for our project, and to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  Because freshmen are beginning to trickle onto campus and moving into ... being admitted to MIT, students are invited to CPW and get to explore all ... rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  comments and questions! Please continue to do so...or, if you're lurking, don ... what was covered in class and eventually i get it and i figure out how to ... to learn the material, and therefore anything that helps you (or me

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  People change, and that includes you. You don’t have to live up to ... early, write often, and prepare to throw most of your ideas away ... mind don’t matter. It’s a cliche because it’s true, and we tend to ignore

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  ="aligncenter" width="768"] Rambax and Galak Tika used to rehearse in Building N52 – a 10 ... . (Although the placement of those windows leaves much to be desired.) [caption ... much harder to soundproof than solid walls, especially when even the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  , chemistry, biology, and four years of English. We want you to take the most ... We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  attempt to make a robot that imitates humanlike walking as much as possible ... little bit of control in how to use these muscles." By creating a ... Science graduate and was looking for a Mechanical Engineering student to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  put in, so my detachment is on me.     There’s an innocent energy to freshmen that’s inspiring and a little nostalgic. I didn’t come to MIT with ... and challenges, just a little shocked at how much it actually hurts.  I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  there, I didn’t really do much, and out of boredom, I went to check on all ... to Italy to do some light research and travelling, stayed in a castle, analyzed samples of roman concrete, learned how to mosaic and fresco, visited

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• 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…

  

  guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren ... . And now, with the congratulations out of the way, it's time to get to ... math and science are boundless, I'd like to take this opportunity to

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

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  to activities like skydiving or a Red Sox game, and the rest of us ... friends and I rented a car and drove the ~2 hours to Cape Cod. It was cold and rainy but we had a blast anyway -- it was just nice to be off

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  'm taking that as a lesson that I need to worry a little less and just enjoy ... schedule time to make them and failed. Well friends, this year we finally did ... Craigie on Main, so I got to learn about the different types of Sherry and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  create community for South Asians and provide a space to talk about activism, dialogue and solidarity. Throughout the weekend, I tried to keep track of everything that was happening and I will try to recreate most of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  much detail, since Chris and Natnael did it justice here and here, but it ... regional, and raised travel funds by making presentations to companies. I ... and delivered them to companies and my school's Board of Trustees. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012