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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  now. The one unfortunate part of August is packing and moving. Although all of the dorms at MIT remain open for summer residents, my floor was ... , so I moved to Tetazoo, home of yet another blogger. I had a good time

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our coursework can leave students feeling hosed. So it's only fair that students
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  *written by Mariam D. '20 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of ... before us, their eyes squinting in the glare of the merciless sun. There ... look (maybe they’ve caught a glimpse of the soccer balls). Some are

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... music does incorporate Dahl's original lyrics and I thought the second song of the five (about Augustus) was incredibly catchy. The movie

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?

  The MIT Office of Minority Education (OME) provides a home base for ... the ultimate goal of developing leaders in the academy, industry, and society. Matriculation to one of the world’s top schools of science and
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  preparation for surviving the rest of this semester. As always, it was good to ... he fit in the aisle in front of the first fold-out seat. Here’s the view from my seat in the last row, and then some of us in front of the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  . You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the ... about your living group, the student groups you're a part of, your major ... living groups, all of the majors, 41 varsity sports, etc. Finally, divide

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  make it through to the very end. My mid-lecture anxiety attacks of ... remember thinking that the test must not have been graded out of 100. I ... 't good enough (and boy were there a lot of those moments).  Four years

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  the art of persuasion. Now the art of persuasion, whether moral or not ... box, every political speech, and in the vast majority of conversations ... have become vastly more aware of the messages and undertones of which we

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  before the hour. On Wednesday, I had every intention of going to zumba, but two thirds of the way there I realized that I had forgotten to print ... third of the crowd were men, which is a lot more than any other yoga class

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  . Afterwards, basking in the glow of good conversation and satiety, I talked ... moments. And there's a really cool map someboy painted of the fictional ... audience of like-minded housemates. Photo credits to Harini Suresh, the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  requirement for course 12 (earth and planetary science) majors. as part of the ... the data they need as part of a larger project. the class ends with ... optical infrared telescope part of the SPECULOOS (Search for habitable

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  Boston Public Library - Venue of the Class of 2020 Ring Delivery ... in front of the elevators. It's not shown in this picture, but this ... ? The initials of the five of us (me, Allan, Nia, Karen, and Katherine

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  "]No,[/annotation] but I present to you the brief evolution of my dorm room.    Freshman ... edition addressed the little inefficiencies in my last rooms. I realized ... character. I got curtains that block as much of the sneaky sunlight, unlike

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  we do."]unprecedented number of applications[/annotation] over the last ... challenges. And the bleary-eyed, decision-fatigued humans on the other side of ... with all of our Regular Action applicants.   Thus, in observance of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  statistical thinking. From Kahneman's Nobel biography: The standard example of a ... will save 200 lives, the other has a 1/3 chance of saving all 600 lives and a 2/3 chance of saving none. In this version, people prefer the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  It's been 13 days since the school year began, and already, many of us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of ... really good about it. Until one of my Erlenmeyer flasks decided to jump out

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  one of their specialties) was even better than advertised. Then the Red ... 's house and ending at the previously mentioned Eric's house. Did any of you ... CourseWare) kept a minute-by-minute log of the excitement in Boston from her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  much or as little of the $10 to the other student, whom he does not see ... I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  News Office reports, "Acemoglu is the fifth member of the present ... , "Number of Nobel prize winners among current and former members of the MIT Economics Department in the past 5 years: 5 Number of John Bates Clark Medal

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005