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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Engineering) a year and a half ago.  The most valuable lesson I've learned in ... . Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the Student Center and then trudged off to the basement of Building 35. Along

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  another plan for this blog post: I was going to build a loft in the first ... how every single thing in the Gamble House is rounded (even the mf ... look (which I mostly managed to refine in later iterations).  

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  : Technology Review. Actually, what you buy on newsstands is a slimmed ... , receive what might be called Technology Review++, that is, the usual ... . The highlight for many alums is the "Class Notes" section, a regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... the classical style, you have to prepare the 7th degree of a chord in the prior chord and then resolve it downward to create the most pleasant

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  idea of it was much different from actually committing to it. I spent the ... department we are in, so similar to MIT, there is an focus on exploring other ... them. I'm hoping to get most of the classes and credits to transfer over

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  . Often, the story of your research involvement is much more interesting to ... admissions folder. 3. In theory, there is no absolute limit to the number of ... maintaining an A in that subject. Is the growth enough to balance out the intial

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  opportunity to be able to link some of the lessons I’ve had in engineering ... adventurer from the desert who speaks music and Japanese and is never afraid to ... is Stan Gill. I was born in the liberal, temperate region known as the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  . In early January, a challenge is announced to the teams at the kickoff ... to be there. What is FIRST? Only the greatest thing ever, basically ... to the test. This is the pit area- where teams keep their robot

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  max throttle, trying to connect the dots and synthesize as much as I can ... want to be deliberate in the opportunities to which I say yes, or no, and ... biology, activism, and philanthropy. The brunch is organized in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  was in college, but I had just never done it. Mostly I use the city for ... miles! 1. Stars and Stripes cow Boston is in the middle of a Cow Parade ... surviving building. Right next to the statehouse is a marker commemorating the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  same is much easier than trying to do the same in the middle of the year ... Trivia: In Mandarin blogs, being first to comment is to get the "tou ... practice that is meant to bring good luck which entails being the first to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  2021 is two-thirds over. To celebrate the newly abandoned month, I play ... to be held in a wiser person’s arms, safe in the knowledge that ... , blinking into the mid-afternoon sunshine, trying to recall how I got here

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  One of the most common misconceptions about MIT is that the Institute ... . Although most of the coordinating for our parties is done by our social chairs, the rest of the house always pitches in to set things up and ensure

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  -filling-out-frustrations in the comment section if you want to!"]paragraphs. [/annotation] We ... . Obsessively Listening to Jennifer Hudson singing Memory in the Cats Trailer We ... Musical at the most recent Tony Awards and it is Fantastic. It's a twist on

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  in Boston for the summer is a very, very good idea. I got to get to ... Spending a lot of time in the Unified Lounge (Unified is a course 16 class ... speakers coming in thoroughout the week to cover disciplines that were not

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  teleportation is used to send bits of data. In a world where the speed of light is ... question. New York Apartments To Finally Be Hospitable Having lived in the ... in popularity. The Muse is without a doubt one of the more interesting

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  strike something intimate in everyone. I was hesitant to attend the ... value to be so high. So, while I was sitting in office hours, I sold the ... like paying that much money to attend the concert. And I wouldn't be

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  . While neither is the most technically proficient group I've ever been in ... out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the ... 't see the genius in that one yet). Anyway, how is the music department at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  career path. There is much to be done in the near future, and I might just ... support the fact that most of the trip is planned to be fueled on Mc ... entries. In these nine days, I have learned that the pain was mostly due to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  of time to review the materials that are sent in so please be concise ... . That is why the questions are very specific.  Similar to the MIT ... watch a video of me speaking at the most recent Maker Faire in New York

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013