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• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  Lord knows that I've beat this dead horse and milked this subject for ... humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little blogpost in an attempt to talk about it. What is 21E? I am not the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  thing to my mom for even longer, as she is one of maybe three people in ... and was immediately confronted by a colossal display for the Twilight ... currently in print.) "I just think it's not very empowering, you know? It

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  Where in the World is The Nance Effect? That, my friends, is the ... ! Something Old... The Nance Effect is immersed in the annual road trips known as MIT Central Meetings. For me, this means: Washington DC

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  ...but she won't have to do that anymore, now she can just go in the Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... a construction project in the Infinite Corridor. Formerly the world

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  : blog entry for wednesday? Date: July 20, 2007 1:08:15 PM EDT To: Matt Mc ... actually write out a nice, thought-out entry, you think you can cover for me ... final show, where the viewers have to call in their votes. It would be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  consistent with gravitational wave theory. In the 1980s, for example, a Nobel ... . Fingers crossed for that Nobel Prize. In any case, I'm glad that I'm such an ... course, live in the Milky Way, although it's hopeless to try and see that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get the score report in two months.) In other news, I got this email from the Next House facilities chair about the Next House bike auction, for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it’s sort of like FRC, but for products

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  , collapse in my chair, and crochet for hours. I finished my first big project ... shelf in all its strawberry glory. [caption id="attachment_85727" align ... , I'd gotten myself a shiny new UROP for IAP. It was my first time

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  . (hosed = MIT slang for being so busy that your to-do list takes up an ... because I will be spending Thursday night packing for my week long trip to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Startups in Dorm Room Fund a venture fund run by students for students

  

  sculptures. M.S. in Computation for Design and Optimization at MIT. Harrison ... mind for you and your family at home and on the go. M.S. and PhD in ... Opportunities abound for student entrepreneurs amongst the MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  for the dorm, I'm on call in case of emergency, and I get free housing ... active in MITSFS and the Laboratory for Chocolate Science." Alvin Chen '11 ... interning for the one in Arlington, VA. As an intern, my tasks vary, but so

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  note="tech & repair shop located right next to Trader Joe's in West ... . losing the files on my laptop and having to pay a good amount of money for ... stickers. i'd been saving space for stickers from all four years at MIT, so

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  than in college. the experience of living [annotation note="10 if you’re unlucky and live in simmons and next... jk love my nexties and sims"] no ... whipped up in 20 minutes and got inspired so now i’ve decided to take this

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  In honor of some holiday, MIT's Laboratory for Chocolate Science hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... stayed mostly in the range of 60-75% cocoa, and had two insanely

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  , notably, some of the items at Jamaica Pond) for my last trip. This, in ... ="57886" /] Not wanting to delay for too long in the Wilderness, we headed to ... accidentally roundabout path. In particular, we were looking for a bonsai garden

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  to handle, there's no shame in distracting yourself with things to do. Right now, it can feel like the most important thing in the world is what you'll hear in the next few hours. Your mental and emotional health are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  , our office will be suspending our usual SAT/ACT testing requirement for ... transfer students who aspire to enter MIT in 2021."]coming application cycle ... outcome-driven and applicant-oriented: we don't value scores for their own

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  in Germany for a summer, I could read and understand the language. But ... guaranteed. Basically if you fall in line, the spot is waiting for you and ... though cut both ways. - I've been in Tokyo for a week, and will be here

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  clubs participate in. For example, MIT Chinese Students Club annually ... someone for lunch. Once, I was simply sitting in Pavement Coffeehouse ... a smaller one. For me, I’d never really lived in a big city like

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016