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• 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 ... , currently on our faculty and all of them teach undergraduate classes. In fact
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  after. From her balcony window, I can see the bright lights of the town ... sets. I can imagine the outline of the forest I would see in the distance ... afternoon and feel sleepy for the rest of the evening. But I feel sleepy all

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  A couple of weeks before the school year started, I spent countless ... organized. It made me pretty proud of myself too, taking baby steps from my ... are curious of how this happened, don't ask. I'm still wondering too

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  with those of the people around me. I'd be lying if I said that none of ... frustration made me aloof. I didn't want college to be a repeat of high school ... could choose my friends instead of spending the whole day around the same

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• 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’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  past At the beginning of the semester, upon looking at my overloaded ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my ... many finals I would have to take at the beginning of the semester instead

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  . Not out of writers’ block--I truly always want to write, but mostly ... energy, and the rest of the things that come easily are mostly Internet ... , I was reading some articles from “The Cut”, a section of New York

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  remember seeing an inordinate number of calculators. You might’ve also ... Associate Professor of Applied Science and Engineering at Olin College. At MIT ... ). Sanjoy Mahajan sees a general trend of pragmatism in the United States

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  exorbitant amounts of Chinese food, and watch a variety of different performers ... with the arrival of the eastern seaboard’s very own polar vortex, so the ... frostbite. Thankfully, we were indoors for most of the trek across campus

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  , Anastassia, Natasha, and I met and we picked five of them to be new bloggers ... . And I love the creative process of writing, which has been part of my ... of ways, MIT is my adventure. I hope to share it with you :)  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  this was not one of those mornings. This was a curious morning indeed. I ... + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by ... of background info: The MIT Concert Band is a student organization, as

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  5.0 G.P.A. Rhodes Scholar One of Glamour Magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2007 Member of the 2008 All-USA College Academic First Team ... beautiful smile that you'd think that she's the daughter of a Crest employee

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  that blogging is therapeutic and thus would lead to a similar outcome of ... so I've omitted it). Master of what? Doesn't matter, as long as said ... life of ridicule and belittlement, but I could be wrong. Anywho, the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined ... 'm cheating) off my lap, open up notepad, and commence my play-by-play of ... hours worth of work? God I hope not. Come to think of it, a part of that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Benito Mussolini ordered that the Leaning Tower of Pisa ... further and now must be stabilized with cables. For those of you just tuning in, there is a reason that my blog consists mostly of me standing in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  This is the more hardcore half or so of the 42 recipes. Most of these ... and sweet peas Effort: 3 Ingredients: Sweet potatoes Small can of ... dish and add a small amount of salt. Cook on high in the microwave for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  As the final hours of my first semester at MIT come to a close, I ... meant to me. I have truly met some of the greatest and most incredible ... the majority of my days with them. It's an incredible feeling knowing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  As some of you may know, I am majoring in math and economics ... : There are four types of math major at MIT—pure math, general math, applied ... subject of this blog post. It’s important to note that there are significant

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  A lot of people living in the United States don’t understand how complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and the complexity of getting water to places that don’t have it. I was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  weeks of IAP was to take as many shifts as I could while a lot of people ... the calendar, I managed to claim 37 hours of shifts over two weeks, working mostly on the 8am-12pm and 12pm-5pm shifts. Being an EMT is one of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015