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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  learning more about it. FASAP (Freshman Advising Seminar Arts Program) is one ... it would be a great way to continue my love for art in a, well, tech ... Revolution, let alone the details, since it seemed insignificant compared to

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I ... into Jeffrey'13 leading a cluster of frosh from his FPOP. As is wont to happen with frosh, questions were asked, and as is wont to happen with

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  leaving MIT for a semester would make it harder for us to adjust back to the ... . Spooky how fast time is flying by. I'm at this point where I don't want it ... other summer interns at Microsoft NERD. To top it off, the new season of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  Birds beanies. (That's me in the red that the finger is pointing to). Which is waaay better than a trophy. It was a great way to head off into ... Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  retrospect, it might have been better to use vegetable stock because beef stock ... white wine to add when cooking the mushrooms =p it would make it smell so ... on Tuesday, Wednesday, AND Thursday morning). So to procrastinate on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  : it's actually possible to get full credit on something at MIT. Even if it is an assessment on neuroanatomy, which this happened to be. (We ... took it easy with the rats. In essence, we're training them to run

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  with him today and asked him what it was like to receive such a ... other. He says that MIT was the only school he applied to, and for him it ... . He chose to study Computer Science because it was an interesting, broad

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  thought it would be only reasonable for them to lose their hope too ... recited a part of it to us with a voice uniquely both delicate and strong ... ; it is an obligation. For years, Rahbar Trust has been doing extremely

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the Class of 2028?

  Check out our First-year class profile page to find out more about the members of the Class of 2028.  
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  tied to techniques used for its formation. From the discovery of core ... a way to 3D print glass. I'd actually seen some objects on display at the Lab back in June, but had no idea how it worked; at first, I didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  ? The career fair is tomorrow, so we had to do it on Thursday. Did we all ... . 5PM. Courtyard. The feast inside is waiting. It might be a bit ... were shocked to see that it was not full of food. Inside of the fridge

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  walking long distances. It's the subtle things, though, that are hard to ... ? When it comes to matters of character, "it never feels like one has ... on my current streak; that is to say, for each of the past 1000 days

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  closest things I had to a brother and a sister. It was really nice to be ... 's made it this far in the post and to the people who consistently read ... knowing how to use it. I'm hoping my internship woes quiet soon. They flare

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  ! There is no photo of the note in this report, but it seems like the note ... even sent a police officer down in Crystal River, Florida, to check it ... does seem to be accidental (and also her name is redacted in the police

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  results of a semester, year, or life's worth of effort. It boiled down to a ... 's something you've never tried before. It’s an amazing time to get a head start ... .) AND Writing poetry about it all. Possibly gushy, but very to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  . Why is it taking so long? We are processing documents from more than 10 ... email to inquire about missing documents. The MyMIT tracking is up-to ... do is tell you that MyMIT is up-to-date and to be patient as we process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... want to use the Common App's paper recommendation form. It is also okay ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  this nervousness is something I'll grow out of, or if its just an ... lines of how machine learning, to some degree, is all about learning ... classifications or whatever, it has to learn something about us. I think it's a

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  alone, and we think that is great. You do not need to submit a portfolio ... compelled to highlight a particular talent or skill that they believe is significant enough to merit a platform of its own. For those students, our

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  It is 2:30 and I already stained my neurons and nail-polished them to ... postal worker. To those of you, I bring item #6 from the yellow To-Do Post-It ... hopefully no one is looking for a grand unified theme. First, I would like to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005