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• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... more details. You learn from your mistakes and get better at making ... this loop of thinking in almost every interaction, conversation

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  carts of food careening through the aisles and pointing at the nicest ... . Luckily, all of our mothers had instilled in us at an early age to always ... I did three things on Saturday, and each one of them rocked. Better

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  opening of the new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex at MIT: On Friday, MIT plans to dedicate what it bills as the largest collection of ... computer science department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  months. Here at Cambridge, instead of having finals at the end of each ... 've ever taken at MIT. Anyways, one of the attractive portions of the ... at 7 am... but it was a pretty boring month of my life. We tried to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  of myself at the foot of my goddess. Athena is also the name of MIT ... photos at Eric Schmiedl's gallery. Also courtesy of Eric, here's a ... Late on Sunday evening, just before the first day of MIT's finals

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  . We present our toys during the Playsentations at the end of the ... sketch book full of ideas that's due at the end of the semester. One of ... Yesterday marked the beginning of classes, but today marked my first

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  at MIT, and I love it. Here are some of the classes I am taking or have ... the class by listening to, looking at, or talking about an example of ... , including a look at the "Table of Forms."  We would have lots of assignments

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Ask Me Anything go on

  

  closed! at 10:54 EST. so i can go to bed without worrying about whom I'm not answering. thanks all!  Today is Sunday. I am at home. After I do a small amount of requisite shopping, I am going to eat an entire

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness. After a few semesters of psets, midterms, finals, and projects, that once ... favoritism leveled at the Ring Committee - of the 11 members, 10 are affiliated

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  us at this time to check on the status of your application or to see if ... applications." Emily at Olin:"For those of your checking your status pages every ... )I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  of different ways of looking at different things." There are also all ... Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  Networking Brunch," and, perhaps the best of them all, Tech Night at the Pops: For 108 years now, Tech Night at the Pops has been one of the most beloved traditions at the Institute. Generations of MIT alumni, guests

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  huge convention/fair of creative people getting together to show off the cool stuff they make. (Sponsored by Make magazine, of course.) There ... replica of Mousetrap the board game. Rather than have me add 25 hyperlinks

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  goop, not terrain. after all, it’s not like at every meter of terrain the ... slope of the ground changes suddenly at the grid points; this doesn ... is ten minutes in game) i found myself at the shore of an ocean. i

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2016 Ring Delivery! MY RING IS SO PRETTY!

  

  C. '16 explained in his post about Ring Premiere what the design of our ring looks like, but as of last night we now have our own beautiful rings to show to the world on our beautiful 2016 hands! LOOK AT MY PRETTY

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIVE-BROADCAST: With the Void, Full of Powers [by Mei Zuo '13]

  

  [by Mei Zuo '13] "With the Void, full of Powers"     ... Sky Sculptures. Helium explores the “spatialisation of sensibility.” Return to this page at 5pm ~ this Saturday The liftoff will be

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National ... school, at which point he "gradually [accepted] the existence of God and ... entire human genome, so that we now know the location of all human genes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  organizations. While some people curl up at night with a copy of Sports ... , unabashed law and policy geek. Before I began working at MIT, I was a Research Assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and I still stay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  coordinator of Arts Scholars, the Arts Council at MIT, and all of my fellow Arts ... [by Xenia Antipova '13] The very first time I heard of Richard ... boorish man took the heroine to see a Wagner opera. Being a frilly type of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  on its way to those who replied to us before the deadline. One of the coolest parts of the NBM is the Athena Account Coupon. The coupon will allow ... (currently 1 GB), ability to access MIT-only secure web pages, and, of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005