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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  Arrow Award for the Best Paper in Health Economics in 1994.  He was also ... , the main implementing body for that effort.  In that year, he was named ... Gruber received his Bachelor Of Science in Course 14 (Economics) from MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  , Jennifer peed for the first time in something like 24 hours (seriously.) and ... 't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first ... reminded us to string up our food away from our tents, in case it drew

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  "your", the 'n' stood for Next, and the 'f' stood for— Tier 3 (In ... , These are in-jokes which I would take too long for me to explain to you ... customink box exploded in my room, thanks, obligatory pub for the asymptones

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  could run in parallel to the course material. For example, I took 2 ... bending, and trusses became tools for what I wanted to do and ceased being ... after the A or B in the course; instead, I went for understanding the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  ="things you'd find in a typical machine shop"]shop tools,[/annotation] like CNC ... , I worked on the end stages of some art installations in Boston. For ... and banana slices for breakfast every day, packed myself lunch every day

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  did get myself involved in things (hooray!). Today I went shopping for a CPW event tomorrow, and then I went to Meet the Bloggers, in which I met ... ! I'm excited too! In fact, this is also my first CPW ever. I did not

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  , sang for two and a half hours in concert choir, freaked out over The ... which point Housing puts you in a temporary dorm. You live there for a ... stay in the dorm you were temped in. (There'll be more on this issue

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  you skip reading an article you can nap in the Banana Lounge for an hour ... I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and drabs.   This is for people on the fence, for those who aren’t sure

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  ="93898" /] After appearing on an issue of Time Magazine in April, 1964, and a ... dozens of great ideas for board games or stories– more than I could fit in ... more. Franklin's appearance in Charlie Brown paved the way for future

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  /political science/international relations. And the issue is I am very interested in ... This coming Tuesday, the major declaration form is due for freshmen. What follows is the very long and detailed crisis I had in picking my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  class in it for fun and really loved it. But then I pressed her: was there ... ." Why do you love this field? Why do you want to work in this field for ... same for all the statements. Then when you get to item 7, put in a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  mini ceramics studio, outfitted with tools for sculpting clay, a wheel ... again in order for the glaze to melt and solidify into glass. I just got ... other tools. Then, once the spooled film is tightly sealed in a light

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  fell in love with Chinese at MIT. And for a soundtrack - press play on ... Taiwan  What are your goals for learning more in the future, do you think ... I met Will and Kristina in very different parts of campus. I was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  academic opportunities for students in each school and because if it weren ... (in my case, neuroscience). I clearly remember [annotation note="for ... . I somehow found myself somehow talking to her in Lobby 7 for nearly an

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  . Thanks society. Every once in a while it's important for an MIT student to ... and plan their meals. I know, right? I mean, who has time for that? Ever ... in a good mood and ready to sit down and chat with you at any

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... instrumental in designing and building and maintaining almost every aspect of our civilization you expect me to just work a chill tech/quant job and relax in my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  that for every point in the set, there is a ball around that point that ... an f(x) in that range. For small enough (length reaching 0) output ... properties covered in 18.102. Electronics for mechanical systems - 2.678 This

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  teams of glassblowers who gather for a few hours a day to make batches of ... more questions than it answered. “Two dozen pumpkins in just a few hours ... out the blob of glass with a tool called a “block” and blow a small

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  delivery for late February in order to make sure the house was sold and I had ... 'd ordered in December and was now facing the prospect of waiting 5 months for ... I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  college for everyone in America. There really is a school for everybody. My ... you understand what characteristics they are looking for in order to ... headed for fifth. Both are in parochial school, as we live in Bridgeport

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006