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• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  up, so for a while my idea of being a grown up was tied to my parents ... , for the longest time, I thought the idea of "building credit" was ... with the assumption that you should only use your credit card for things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  to run for office less than two years previous; his desire to try to do some good for the city he had grown up in and around. He asked me about ... out to vote for him, the first time voting for many of them. He asked me

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  today, Catherine circulated an announcement (and syllabus) for a new class ... credits Urban Science for Public Good: Gender and Racial Equity in ... the Media Lab/Center for Civic Media back in 2014 and have been thinking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT, Time to Step Up? just in today

  

  Youtube video supplements in college admissions As applicants, what are your thoughts?

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  a client that was looking for a way to use his iPhone to take steady ... the popular grip shutter for iPhones is just the little circuit you see ... to maneuver his phone and did not need a giant robot arm to do it for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  exciting opportunities for Admitted Students coming up in cities around the ... ; Soak up some SoCal sunshine for an afternoon get-together in Santa ... MIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested. There is a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  playing with (and for) other people. This dream took many forms when I got ... in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir ... moments, however, were those found in the less formal, impromptu picking-up

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  Something unexpected has happened with my classes this semester. Up ... or systems that use it. For instance, the second week, we focused on ... the paper, they gave their test subjects a specification for some type

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  live are preparing to celebrate Marathon Monday tomorrow but for those of us in the Admissions Office the weekend is more about getting ready for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). Next weekend will be a busy time for us all

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6.042, or in regular-speak: "Mathematics for Computer Science". It. Is. SUPER ... , passion for problem solving, mathematical exploration, and experimentative

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ...  when they should have taught you. It is indeed very common for letters to come from ... as the norm. However, it is not uncommon for us to receive letters from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  write about like the first-year bloggers have been doing (at least not for ... workings of the black-box tools we took for granted in 6.2050. For example ... that we weren’t smart enough for/didn’t have enough time to cover in 6

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  still wrapping up summer ventures, but 2014s are probably almost ready to leave for FPOPs, orientation, and the like! I was just thinking about last August … wondering how I felt a year ago … so somehow I ended up

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  Things I have been doing since my last post: -Moving up a floor to a ... they don't have to. -Starting classes. By the way, getting up at 8:30 twice a week (for 24.900 - Intro to Linguistics - which is at 9:30 on

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  . Fortunately for me (and those of you who want to hear about 6.111 and my other ... rest of IAP, for that matter). So I decided that this year I was going to be on campus, but not have any formalized activities taking up all

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  , Distinguished Visitors (DV) for the event. Lieutenant Reyes and I picked up the ... Blackhawk revs up for takeoff, you can feel the power surge through you. It ... [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  up for a class because then you’re obligated to attend sessions and ... hitting the gym? Besides, after this humongous pie I'd say it's time for a little workout. Stress-exercising is a coping mechanism for me and one

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the sunny warmth with a spring picnic. It was a day made for frivolity. I ... -making process (the part where he explains his thoughts leading up to using vinegar

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  ) have to run up them for practice: And there were also some random ... , running up stairs for four hours (though most people don't do it for the ... 's something to be said for watching people do really random, stupid, amusing

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  street is that this could mean a Nobel Prize for MIT's Prof. Alan Guth ... section by accident I marched up to him and said "Hello, my section did not ... off to find exam booklets for me. Twenty seconds later, I had a fangirl

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014