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• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get ... those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike auction for all abandoned bikes at Next House. It won't be until the 2nd or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I'm spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I've been on the east ... . :-) Today, I had lunch with Daniel and Ben at Anna's Taqueria, a quick ... I will continue with the series of photo entries -- they take some

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and ... calculus and physics at the college level. Depending on your major, you may
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  of Those Times of the semester) the French House social chair, Emma '14 ... resident Queen of Party, I've been getting the feeling that some of my party people are feeling a little down and/or exhausted at this point in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you have registered, you will have a host. (More on this soon) Speaking of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  worried about) sort of had ideas of studying chemistry at first, but then ... on questions of life or uncertainty or being-at-MIT (hint, it was ... around and looked at plants all day, read a lot of books. basically I loved

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  classes at the start of the semester (a total of 72 units) and ended up with ... ; That’s basically a whole February. I spent an entire February of this ... of the semester all the way until the end, recording the exact time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the 149th commencement ceremony in the Institute's history. At and by way of the ceremony, 1,054 undergraduates and 1 ... , when i was at my lowest, i sat down with one of my former advisees and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  alarmed at the complete lack of collaboration with residents in the process ... of the world quantitatively. And personally, I love being at MIT! but I ... involved, and an underlying sense of amazement at the dedication of the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  fighter planes flying over at the end of "The Star-Spangled Banner!" And ... you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5 ... before) and gave Megan a call at around 5:15 AM. Much of what Megan says

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  . But the ensuing string of comments didn’t agree with me at all. Her own ... facebook and my two teenagers, I’d be hopelessly inept at water cooler conversation. Around the time of the Oscars a few months back, I was prowling

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  offer the good at a price of P=0. It's a weird kind of subsidy, but it ... modeled this sort of behavior. Basically, vaccines have positive ... . Read on, grasshopper. Here's a simple derivation of the private demand

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  Staying up all night while staring up at the stars, eating loads of ... summer camp, right? Not quite, it was part of sophomore Shaye Storm's summer UROP at Jim Elliott's MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory. As most

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  that i was bad at taking videos of myself with my phone. 10:55. 6.UAT ... ten cm of snow for around ten meters. at least it's pretty outside ... going to keep at most one of these classes. in any case, i felt deep

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I ... first semester of college is done. Its climax reminds me of a promise from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  of the best things that's happened to me at MIT. “These are all ... It's easy to get overwhelmed at MIT.  From the pressure cooker of ... serious disease: Signs of Winter School addiction: (1) on Wednesdays at 11

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... here with me, and one of them turned 21 three weeks ago. I mentioned that ... Array (of radio telescopes) in New Mexico. This is what the Whirlpool

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  admitting a small number of highly qualified applicants at a rate characteristic of our extremely selective process. Transfer students are some of ... of transfer student Ian McKay featured on the MIT homepage today. It

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  Tell the truth, how many current MIT students read the title of this entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at least Chris M did. Yesterday a video, made by a bunch of people from

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  Believe it or not our term at Cambridge just ended. The terms are ... of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to do some heavy duty traveling. Some of the places include: Russia

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007