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• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  original Spanish mission of San Francisco, and one of 21 California missions ... one of their summer interns. I'm really learning a lot (including more ... language to know in the States, due to the amount of Cantonese immigrants

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  committee gives an overview of the program. Recruits go on San Francisco tours ... I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty sick of grad school interviews. I've been extremely lucky to interview at all of the top five programs in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  old homestead. It’s not a complete “Night of the Comet” (or “28 Days Later” for those sadly uneducated in the ways of cheesy ‘80s movies ... graphing calculator or Petri dish* and you can hear the distant sounds of

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  Just as you all have been preparing for one of life's biggest rituals ... another of life's big rituals: getting married. Tomorrow, I will marry an ... 's exciting, but at the same time, there's a bit of anxiety. For me, the anxiety

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  can apply to up to 3 positions in the San Francisco, New York, Los ... , living group, activity, or current area of work. I think the official purpose of this is to help you "network" with alums and find jobs at their

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  More than 50 percent of incoming first-years have prior training in the arts, and more than half of all MIT undergrads enroll in arts courses each year—with nearly half of students participating in music and
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  prominently for you, oh reader of this post, MIT EA decisions (which come out tomorrow/Saturday at pi time). but we're not going to talk about any of that ... , weary traveler of the world (or at least the internet), and rest your eyes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  answer questions about the life of Manolo Blahnik and identify fake Louis ... this curious flyer outside of the Athena cluster in building 24 (aka "a ... television show. And believe me, my knowledge of reality television is pretty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is NEET?

   School of Engineering. The program aims to educate young engineers to build ... personal and interpersonal skills. Students will get an SB degree from the department they will be majoring in and a NEET Certificate in one of these
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  Bulletin (course and degree catalog). You'll find descriptions of MIT ... courses offered in each department. You may receive credit for subjects of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  always liked the idea of reality TV - capturing real moments with real people. But most "reality" TV is fake nowadays and so we want to do something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  Well, today was my last day of class as an undergrad. Technically the last day of class is tomorrow, but I only have 7.28 (molecular biology ... think I've attended a grand total of one since the end of my freshman year

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  MEng, or Master of Engineering, which is typically a one-year degree ... to complete the requirements for both degrees at the end of five years ... related master's degree (such as the MST, the Master of Science in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  with STEM degrees, and only 3% of all women continue working in related ... the class now. 98LH was one of the required junior tutorial options for ... articles every week (for a total of ~300 pages a week) and wrote a 25-page

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  Zev B. ‘08 thought they tasted fake, and prefers the sour versions of ... The berry of the West African Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle fruit ... .42 kilodaltons of carbohydrate, 21.2 kilodaltons of protein) binds to the sweetness

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  of our road trip up to the bay area via santa barbara and san ardo ... the middle of the trip - san ardo! it has a population of about 500, and ... bushes and we booked it out of there, but maybe i'll stop by san ardo for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  As much as I hate Twitter, I think I'm going to follow the trend of ... (?#@^&*!!!), all kinds of awesome and interesting things are going on ... basically a Twitter feed. I hope you appreciate the enormity of this sacrifice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  mid-sixties and seventies most of the time with gentle sea breezes. It's like San Francisco, but not as cold--not to mention more hipster and ... 's tons of construction going on and the buildings all look fairly new

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  (P.E.) “points,” then you won’t receive an MIT diploma. Harsh, eh? That ... taking measurements of toxic algae concentrations while you’re on a boat in ... fulfilled by taking 4 gym classes, or by participating in 2 seasons of a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  Well, look at that, the dawn of a new Monday. Light is gracing the ... . Most everyone resolved to get some work done on these couple of days, but ... ] There are leaves all over the courtyard, various shades of green to yellow

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005