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• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  find MIT's Great Dome shrouded in white wrappings and the hubbub of ... . MIT Hackers did a little to welcome the Dome back to the world of sight ... Saturday, they transformed the ceiling of Lobby 7 into a massive black hole

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  the bustling activity of the seniors packing up their belongings and ... be no Ruth or Sam around all the time to make Conner 2 the bastion of ... ) about the series(!) finale of my ex-favorite TV show, Veronica Mars. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student! Incredible faculty We are a research university that places a great deal of ... it's how problems are solved in the real world, by small teams of smart
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  , filtered deliciousness from a burbling water fountain while the attentions of the actual residents were occupied by festivities of a barbecueous ... hundreds of wonderful and intelligent female students but also the best

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  , highlighter, or anything else. A good deal of the surface area here is made of ... display does that to me; it keeps my mind off of the thoughts of MIT ... 've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  ”. Short of having her come to MIT and feel the fabric herself, there was ... of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... of the question, given that they might be made of real silk and my mom

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  . The geography of the community is an important factor in addressing the ... 1667a.html In the summer of 2007, four Harvard graduates will go to ... link to find out more! These are the children of the town of Jazmín, the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  good I am at my job? Which of these do I care about the most, which of ... ’t help but feel a small bit of envy. At the time, it seemed to be ... , that kind of stuff. Towards the end of January they posted that they were

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  (including future sittings) of the SAT, ACT, or English proficiency exams on ... We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants ... , they are not the only—or even the most important—factor when we review an
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  already. Wow. Time sure does fly. Members of the Class of 2005 filing into ... So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of sun and fun. The class of 2005 graduated, and it was really awesome to

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  marked our second year as part of the consortium, and we’ve received a lot of great questions about the partnership—questions like: “What is STARS?” “What does MIT do as part of it?” and “How can it help me?” Well, the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  :[/annotation] That's not the only instance of Helvetica here. On the lower-right corner of the fire extinguisher box, we see an all-caps "FIRE EXTINGUISHER ... the 2012 version of Roboto Condensed Bold, which differs from the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  signing in on OLPC's (somehow the admissions office got a hold of two of ... MIT student didn't die! 2:06 -- Most of the students here are seniors ... ." is the core mission of MIT. An example are the OLPCs people signed in

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... mind for a lot of reasons, one being that because of the study abroad, i ... it sort of does. and regardless, it makes me feel Old). i also had to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  FdPEqE   the narration in the video does a pretty good job of covering the ... disease, respectively. good health is not about the accumulation of positive ... and my favorite part of the game is seeing very effective defense. there

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)

  

  Hi everybody!! As the first week of class winds down, it is my ... submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known). There were many excellent ... . '24 of Arizona, who was named after the stop codon in DNA (!!!!), writes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 6, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  sardonic words of the ever-quotable Winston Churchill, "This is the sort of ... well capitalize on the opportunity. As it happens, I'm feeling sort of ... the end of the day, they aren't going to do your psets for you, or call

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  The Festival of Learning is an annual event organized by the MIT Office of Digital Learning around the idea that we need to bring technology ... the first Festival here. This post is the second of a series of three

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can ... Anon, include your email address (or name) the next time you comment so I ... out, too. Carly wrote, "I'm kind of worried about the food situation at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  -mail address, financial aid information, a DVD with videos made by each of the ... Burton-Conner is one of the dorms here at MIT. You can check out our ... attend, your next mailing ("The Next Big Mailing") has all of the awesome

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008