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• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  ongoing pandemic, the death of George Floyd, at the knee of a Minneapolis ... , and students of MIT: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT ... Today, the Class of 2020 graduates — virtually — from MIT. On a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  renting a truck at the beginning and ends of the school year to transport ... things. Yida and I moved out together at the beginning of the summer and ... classes. A lot of people are already moved in at this point, but I always

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  understandable; but in the early 1990s an even higher percentage of the students at ... I do understand that human beings are not intuitively good at ... showing, among other things, that people in general are terrible at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  Overheard at MIT (from sometime Spring 2012 - I've been keeping a collection of these for a while, and will start leaking them out) MIT Student ... the form and the coefficients? I used erf and it gave me both at the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  the same idea. Near the end of last semester, we got brunch together at ... "The Show Goes On" and "Battle Scars", so when I heard he was teaching at ... out of Arizona/the only one who can save me is Rona," I riffed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  and three degrees of firmness. Though, in his own words, it took him "a ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel awards ceremony in H****** Square. The "Igs," sponsored by a bunch of Mensa

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  Cuisine" "India offers so many new and exciting things, one of the most ... D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working ... technologies. This January, teams comprising a total of 35 students are working

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  ’m taking this term. I’m taking a total of 45 credits, the fewest credits I’ve ever taken at MIT. Part of the reason for that is that one of my classes ... .1 lbs/g. Their column was also the lightest of all, coming in at a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an indication of complete Americanization. The dishwasher is a rare kitchen appliance in most countries outside of the US and apparently many immigrants

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  . Subconsciously, I've been feeling a lot of feelings. Sadness. Despair. Hopelessness ... , I was unfazed. Not shocked at all. The first thought that came to my ... hours, because I simply didn't feel capable of confronting reality. But

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  extremely valuable pieces of information :) 9.52 - Stat for Neuroscience ... interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on ... easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... unassuming, only the giant blue solar panels on the roof give any indication of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  seemed that way at first. I walked out of it with a horrible sinking ... . I had been able to confidently complete at least some of that material ... . In a class of.... 100? Wonderful. Hey, at least I get a blog post out

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  that story all over again. I thought getting my bachelor's degree would be the end of my formal education, but here I am applying to graduate ... that you tried your best and that is all you should expect of yourself

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  time for cleaning and organization with the sound of music. At the end ... and 8 hours at home, a 4-0-8 scheme. Lab/design/field work classes have ... 3-0-9, 5-0-7, etc. There are also classes of a different number of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  [/annotation] and because they can help offer an unfiltered view of what I’ve been doing for ... it happened again. after finishing my second round of midterm exams, i was promptly swept away by a whirlwind of final projects and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  with our mom near the shore at night. We saw a dark moving spot in the ... years ago!) This summer, one of our goals was to find another sea turtle ... more than 2 months to no avail… One of the nights we wrote a poem with

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  categories you see at the top of the site. I decided this afternoon that I ... read all of those applications at the same time and compare them side by ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life in the Fast Lane why do i walk so fast?

  

  [/annotation] is a battleground of different speeds. The tourists walk at a lackadaisical pace, gazing around at the trappings of academia and stopping to ... student here: $300 per day. (Big clarification–MIT offers one of the most

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 29, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  state of Massachusetts, many via the class which is offered every IAP ... from eight grueling hours of training. We're required to work at least ... 've really been home that I'm on the verge of emailing housing and telling them

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008