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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  , what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic ... , we read and discussed a new webcomic or graphic novel to see all the ... medium and creating compelling stories. There were nine of us in the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  , Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a ... you need to register for the wait list and attend the first class. Good ... and write stuff relevant to your major. Two of these are required. An

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  classes and the junior core classes. Pretty much [annotation note ... really need to do it, and so you just do the very hard thing without ... psetting. I am much more productive, attentive in class, and enjoy my morning

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  other day (and once in a blue moon, on a Saturday) and expects to see your ... classmates and I all knew we had to absorb and many times challenge. No, this ... long time for me to admit that, because at MIT, the work really does

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  , filling my body like helium. All the energy would leave me and I'd lie on my ... schedule, or the work that needs to get done, but it does mean I never have a ... things scheduled, then. Good that I know how to fill my weeknights and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  Book, seriously. Switching from a PC to a Mac was pretty much a no-brainer, and the ... classes at other campuses can cost several hundreds of dollars and take much ... , listening to lectures, and training in the afternoon. (It's also the reason

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a ... whole point of college to take classes and learn things? At MIT, I ... what the club actually does) UROPs (to try different areas of research

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  , I once had half of an episode described to me and I think it's kind of ... !--the beauties and geeks have to help each other study, and then the beauties have ... of nature was trying to destroy Beauty and the Geek.

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

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  fantastic amount of energy to create a universe.” ^ I'd give it an 8. Maybe ... have a fantastic amount of energy to create a universe.” “[referring to ... go to the bathroom, and found a birthday present taped to the door: a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  hindsight, I see their point; I spent a lot of energy trying to maintain this ... about my experiences now and how I won't place so much meaning on them in ... elders as I have been taught to value the wisdom of elders and accept their

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  . There’s so much to do over IAP, so many offerings, and that’s really cool ... exists in and around MIT knows that there’s always so much pressure to be ... out before the semester even starts) to absolutely nothing (and suffer

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  day and then nap again if I still feel tired afterwards” then trying to ... -intentionally resolving to “nap” a bunch of times, creating a period of essentially no schedule at all, and then trying to fix that by listening to the advice of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  , journalists, tech bloggers, and fellow student entrepreneurs. I listened to CEOs ... to have attended Disrupt and to have made new friendships in the ... went off and I immediately dropped everything to purchase them. Only

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  incredible amount of their time, dedication, and energy to me and my fellow ... and debris, we've managed to create something truly spectacular ... . And since I can't really pick which one I most want to tell you about, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  solar energy and described his efforts to devise a personal editing ... to incorporate video into kids' learning, allowing them to create and ... gathered to recognize and remember Glorianna Davenport's 30-years of research

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  in, and probably too much...but that's not to say that I'm not into ... : recycling! So, welcome to "Flashback: Part 1," where my older and wiser senior ... am I? I'm Laura, and in my first entry ever, I introduced myself to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  originally belonged to a storyboard (and the associated blog) I created the ... am a freshman (soon to be sophomore!) very much engaged in both the ... /less apparent terrain and organisms. Recently, I had the opportunity to exhibit a

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  from cradle to cradle to grave” and provide “200 m.p.g. energy ... our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy challenges, and President Susan Hockfield established the MIT energy initiative

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  for other schools. You should still put the same energy and thought you ... applications, and knowing that one year from now, you'll be getting ready to take ... application will once again be considered by the committee during regular action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  to a punty, and then open up the bubble to create the top of the cup ... instinctive for me,  everything just flowed a little better, and I was able to push myself to make more interesting pieces and see my ideas come to life

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022