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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  graduated and went home to spend a wonderful summer outside in the sunshine ... from MIT and immediately went back to my old summer job from high school ... mechanical engineering, and the department spends 2 years grooming you to dread

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  inspire students towards a lifelong devotion to science, technology, and ... off of common kits to which teams add their own modifications and ... , design, and build their robots, which are then sent out to at least one of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  that uncommon." "No, parents are going to read this and be all, 'Oh good ... Course 10B: Biological AND Chemical Engineering to its repertoire. Their ... standard in engineering and it will inspire students to look into biology

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  piercing and I decided to tag along, ostensibly for moral support but ... , that is precisely why I paid money to have holes put in my body. And then ... and said the piercing would feel like a shot. He told me to take a deep

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  opted to stay another year in order to finish up and graduate. One day ... was an MIT student who didn't have quite enough credits to graduate ... on the dorm's e-mail list between this senior and an undergraduate in

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  and biscuits. It was good. I realized I have a lot of groceries to ... . Please don't read this post and then try to mimic the finals-week-diet (it ... (Troy Littleton), using fly genetics to explore synaptic structure and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  So I was looking through my camera tonight, and here's what I found ... ! As his associate advisor for a group of six freshmen, I got to tag along to the end-of-year dinner at the Wine Cellar Restaurant, just across

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18 ... afterwards. ...and honestly, that while is just a bit too little. Anyway, after three days of finals I packed my entire life into about twelve boxes and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  One week ago, an eclectic group of ambitious young men and women flocked to HackMIT to crowd themselves into a gym for 30 hours and make ... -night "insomnia cookies" to breakfast bagels with half-and-half milk. Toss in a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  with this group/family/community and it has been a blast! To make matters ... MIT and the Boston-area to perform. This event, iLL Vibes, is one of my ... to experience amazing poetry and spoken word.     art

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  as us, and I want to represent them, even if only in small ways. (Note ... represented here is still some extension of myself and those who are closest to ... we wear and the things we use. In high school, I used to joke about how

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  . Everyone--couples, mostly--fresh and glossy and prepared to go out, or just ... continue to learn and grow each day." and "The onus is on you to keep ... of career advice and a few back-of-the-envelope calculations related to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  randomly awesome things, and they can’t wait to share their enthusiasm with ... stands for Independent Activities Period. From January 8th to February 2nd, MIT students get the chance to enjoy everything that MIT has to offer

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  my values, great live music, gourmet food, and great places to shop for ... talents and interests. Let us get to know you as a three-dimensional person ... University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  . Today was my first day and I decided to come in at 8:00 - which, in turn ... quite reasonable time to wake up - and, really, it wasn't that bad. But ... -doc and my primary mentor for the summer. After introducing me to a number

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  information. ...and now, I'm off to go see the Bollywood film Om Shanti Om ... Application Tracking System and what makes an application "complete." Let me try to help clarify things a bit. Scores: We don't need to have your full

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  trivia with Jeff and Chris (Prof. Morse to you). Sadly, we failed to win ... ") and Crowded House ("Don't Dream It's Over"), in addition to naming 5 of ... , I had dinner at a Spanish restaurant, Iruna, and tonight, I had dinner

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and ... through my time at the 'tute. Two years down, and two more to go. Since then, another year has passed, and I have another one to go. Oh my god time is

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  . I'm no Anthony '09 and it'll take me a little longer to jot down my ... words to "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies and I make the best blueberry ... Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  about high school, potential majors, and what we wanted to be in our futures. At one point, we sat down and listened to a sophomore tell us ... branded balloons are tied to the mailbox. There is a poster of the Dome on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017