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• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  for a trash can, and then walked into the room. I am so smart. And I thought hey, if I can get lost in the middle of campus after 3 years of study at MIT, what must be it be like for all these freshmen who grew up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  For winter break and the first half of IAP, we are in North Miami ... degrees Fahrenheit in Miami for a couple of days (yes, in Miami, water ... walking in preparation for spring semester.

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  culture at MIT. So, since my entire life in recent memory (also known as the ... spell it? A: A “pset” is short for “problem set”, and it is the most common unit of homework assigned here at MIT. Excellent, in-depth high

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  interval training for the first time in maybe a year or so. Now might be a ... long time. At least, that's how it was for me in the act of running. Once ... also block off certain hours in your schedule during preregistration to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  Einstein field for the championship. A quarter mile away, in the convention ... I said then, ...FIRST (which stands for For Inspiration and ... MIT professor Woodie Flowers back in 1989, before most students now

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

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  bagels smothered in cream cheese. Also, I had caviar for brunch. This is now on my resume, in case you were wondering. For her main course ... This semester, I'm taking a graduate class in General Relativity that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  for you and all your posterity. In Soviet Russia, string second ... in its evocations of tacky yet luxurious department-store sofas. Of ... inflection, perhaps in a context that makes absolutely no sense. Like: “Yo, it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... operate, events with free Bertucci's, hallway colloquies at four in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  as long as i can remember, yet i never really had time for it in high ... in session and i have...an assortment of feelings. i guess my last post ... feelings. i spent the entirety of my saturday afternoon psetting for only

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  eyes closed for this part so I didn't really see it in action, but the ... on this team had to lay in a freezing pool for hours in order to test ... for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  recommendation for them -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the ... recommendation form. It is also okay -- common, in fact -- for teachers to write ... At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  temporary dorm in Baker House, and I walk into my quad. And now for an ... night, a few friends convened in my room for a harmless game of Taboo. A ... In the first installment of "Making the Switch," Melissa '11 asked

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist ... , I sincerely hope that you will keep in touch. It's been a true ... here at MIT. If you're here in the fall, drop by 3-107 and say hi to us

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  happen in the film. That’s right – after running several concurrent simulations on an MIT-inspired neural network (i.e. after thinking about it for a few seconds in my brain), I deduced the entire plot of the film

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  public policy class (in my major), an accounting class (in Sloan), and a ... Kissick, who conduct the course in a discussion format. As moderators, they ... policy problems in general. I think what I’ve enjoyed most this month is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  In 1997, Fabio Sauli invented the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) at ... ,000 tiny holes (about 70 um in diameter) using a chemical etching process The ... up to ten times. Researchers at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  Jewish, but a few (such as me) aren’t. Many of our songs are in ... all necessary. In the past, most of the non-Jewish members had at least some connection to Judaism; they auditioned for Techiya because they

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  , but for hers. Think of the children. Also, you shouldn't be driving in ... yet, each one of them rocked in a different way, kind of like a charity ... for some Dim Sum at Chau Chow City, a restaurant that also features

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don't know me ... sucker for romcoms. And it's ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE that MIT Lecture Series ... to the ShowPlace ICON Theatre in Seaport, a super nice venue that made

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  . Something feels different for me—among the usual buzz of activity, reconnection to friends, and eagerness for a fresh academic term is a permeating ... my favorite room right now, in a one hour break between classes: 20

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015