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• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  wasn’t one of my intentions. However, I can’t say now that I regret it at ... of MIT interns at Microsoft this summer, and it’s pretty cool to be ... seattle’ is engraved on every Zune) (this part’s not) At the end of the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  the month of January: some people treat it as a four-week extension on winter break, some people take classes or work on campus, lots of people are holding cool events and workshops. IAP is my favorite time of year

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  of my seat with excitement at the latest chemistry breakthrough. Those ... The first sentence is always the hardest. At MIT, however, it came ... fear of high places. I talked to my roommate until early morning, though

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  years at MIT, I was sure of it. I just needed to learn Linux first ... -up companies in Boston and the Bay area. Two of my earliest friends at MIT had ... 've been insanely busy reading thousands of applications - probably many of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  's anywhere between three to eight of us there at a time. We then work on those ... DID YOU KNOW? If you drink one can of soda every day for six months ... drinking that soda. Thanks to Shilpa for telling me that dubious bit of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

   not equally long, the probability of photons exiting at (e) varies with the path ... of single photons. We use one detector aimed at one of the photon ... the way I look at the world. Experiment after experiment has confirmed

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  somehow always manage to feel burnt out at this point in the semester, regardless of how many classes or commitments you have 11am: you decide to try ... pm: you go to a cafe with K, a friend of a friend who asked to hang out

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of Friday nights like this, and a lot of Fridays spent studying or coding. Many of us have big adventures and exciting weeks, and I do too, but most

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  .01-Intro to EECS EECS, for those of you who didn't stare at the floor during ... their made out of is a cool party trick (at least at the parties I go to ... class at MIT on my resume. Not bad. Plus it's my favorite professor's last

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  writing - a rather different style of exploring the world. At JPL I was ... and astronautics a thousand "internet years" ago, when those of us who ... place called a library to get information. It was, of course, uphill both

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  senior editor of MIT News at MIT Technology Review, respectively). We ... went into the making of an article like this, and what it's like to do a SHASS UROP at MIT, read on below! Phase 1: Being a Marvel Fan & an MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  The unabridged version of a semi-recent, semi-typical, but memorable ... check my emails and start rolling out of bed. I hadn't ever had a long conversation with Katie '17, but she is in my sorority as well as a member of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  “i’m not depressed!” haha

  

  assassins guild games in a while on saturday, and i got a lot of work done on ... now. i am doing better now, right? and at the time it was fine, but the ... , good job at disappearing two weeks before my appointments and then

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 17, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit ... . If you still need help after that, feel free to email us at ... help! In the meantime, there’s a bunch of things you can do while you

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  : Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:10 AM subject: Snow snow snow. So I'm from West Michigan, which gets some of the most snow in the US, right? Our standards ... main thoroughfare this morning when I woke up at 7:30: I am seriously

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  fantastic new job (Vice President for Communications!) at Oberlin College. If ... in at least some small way. He created this community and made it what ... he has befriended hundreds of MIT students, alums, and parents, not to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  . Some weeks, there is a lot of work to do and at times, people (students ... at his desk, looking at all of the MIT classes, waiting for one that ... for 💫reasons💫 held it at the Museum of Science instead. Someone on

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  ). You can review the list of meetings at http ... enter MIT "undeclared," and, at the conclusion of the freshman year ... . 18th, Mira Loma, Sacramento session." Aha, oops. You can RSVP at http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  walked to campus today and let the mid-fall breeze bite at my face. i could see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it was bright but unforgiving. i’ve been wearing a lot of red, sort of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  devoid of people, because everyone's on break but you're still at MIT ... over and die. your grief at being neither splits you open. sometimes you ... 's nothing earth-shattering. it's easy to minimize as it spills out of your

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021