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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  of the hilights reel. To start things off, I'm working in the new ... Cities group, and our car, the CityCar has received a lot of press over the years ... and tweaking components to get everything to work like it does in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  murals out of painter's tape and adding colored filters to the lights, but ... ('22) and Wesley Block ('22) on the history of the Institute, spanning ... , Luke came across the film and was struck by its breadth of archival

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  food and where?" The boxes you saw came from one of the campus food trucks. I get the plurality of my campus lunches from the Chinese food truck in front of Lobby 7; it's cheap and convenient, and really hits the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of ... Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my ... Joshi Henderson the Rain King, Saul Bellow Good Citizens, Thich Nhat Hanh

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  I wrote to a few of my friends, but I hope you find the material ... the young entrepreneurs around me are college dropouts (all out of ... startups and how to make them work, especially the writings of Paul Graham

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  lecturer. 6.2050 was one of the most demanding classes I’ve taken at MIT, but it has also been one of the most rewarding. In just a few short ... ’re using to read this post works. At the heart of any general

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  good perspective of their legs, with an eye for deciding which of the ... in France. The students of JSF 2018 and our chaperone, Prof. Perreau (on the right). Photo credit to Sophie de Loubens, one of our JSF guides

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  months immersing myself in as many books as I can cram in the windows of ... the end of the semester and fifteen more the following semester! A lot ... called Significant Figures that talks about the histories of some of the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  Whitehead Institute, Mike works under the auspices of Prof. Harvey Lodish and ... cloning of the adiponectin receptor. Identified in the Lodish lab a few ... and the liver to promote the metabolism of fatty acids and glucose, as

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  tackles hardware, software, and mechanical solutions to the needs of boston ... , but it wasn't quite up to the job when clamping to the underseat of the wheelchair. after extensive testing, a little 8.01 and the help of one of the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  ("Why the exponential growth? Learning coding consists of two parts. 1 ... of coding. What coding is, how you literally have to tell the computer ... top of everything else the class assigned. By the end of the semester

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  semester goes on sometimes the TA for the next recitation comes in and does ... good because lots of beanbags are there specifically for sleep. most ... couches in front of the teeny tiny circular tables are sought-after real

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  ) kindness does facilitate the kind of collaborations, I think, that will need ... there: maybe I'm not good enough. Maybe I haven't read enough of the ... think I have a pretty good memory, but the concrete objects remind me of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , that gives me 1.5 more days to learn everything. The good part? I think I ... * But, I digress. I walked out of the dorm this morning at 6:20 AM. As I ... - it loves taking pictures outside and the digital zoom is pretty good

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  on that later. But first, a State of the Institvte address. The school year ended with a fizzle. I must admit, I love rolling out of bed on the ... . Today was my first day of work at the National Institutes of Health (NIH

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming ... the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the "yield

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the ... , along with the QB supplement, in place of our first-year application ... ’ve completed all of the MIT requirements. You will not be considered an official
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  freshman year), none of the good shops are available after midnight. My ... The night before graduation, I was about to turn in for a good night ... , cofounder of Lingt and inventor of the iDoor, which I lived behind one summer

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  up a heaping dose of pain in the form of academic expectations. If you ever want to know the surface area of a golf ball with radius 3cm covered ... yellows and oranges, MIT has shed the appearance of normal university and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are ... estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008