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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  research, at least in biology, is driven by questions of cause and effect. If ... attended a talk by Professor Arthur Bahr on speculation in literary analysis ... for the fall, here are some interesting ones taught by some of my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  , so they miss out on how fun learning is.” Schooled by P. Reddien. I ... from one certain frustrating class), but I felt really drained by the end ... with your life, a parent – remember to let everything you do be guided by

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  , visit This Is the East Side blog. Also check out this presentation by Maya ... feeling of empowerment - we can do what we want - tempered by the feeling of ... , talk to people, see different halls. Don’t be put off by giant

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  Well, there’s certainly truth to that. I arrived in China almost two weeks ago, and spent the first week in the comfort of my relatives’ home and care. They took…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  Author's note: I wrote this for a challenge that I participated in with Janet '27, Allison '27, Ellie '28, and Sara '28! I won by hitting 500 words first, which was the goal, but I was also trying so hard to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• 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.

  

  by Nina L. ‘19, about her Friday night. Tonight Lujan and I went to ... ” (because Lujan is someone who can’t decide if he should go by his first or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  had a custom nametag made by Abby ’17 in which we suggested conversation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  so excited and allured by the idea of being an MIT student that I ... by deciding to go to a relatively small liberal-arts school because the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  Rowing at MIT The heavyweight men near the Museum of Science. PC: Igor Belakovskiy ’02. Hi! I’m a rising senior studying Mechanical Engineering, and one of the most awesome experiences…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  [Apologies that this entry is so delayed. I’ve been walking around like a turtle in three pairs of sweatpants and two sweatshirts and a lot of sweat trying to get…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  history post, this was once again triggered by an innocuous question, that ... when a communication signed by a committee representing the classes then at MIT and affirmed by the Executive Committee of the Alumni

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  more inspired by where I had gone to school. When others were exploring ... students ethics; but nothing is more powerful than when they lead by example ... now, MIT has once again put principle over profit by spearheading ed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  us in. We were greeted by upperclassmen dressed in maid costumes paired ... as an "INFJ", scoring about 84% introverted on the extrovert ... 290 side, where I got my room key from the desk at Foo and was led by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  few of them have a "flexible option," which is often denoted by an ... , test scores, teacher recommendations and interview. (If you think you can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  that day for months, and the effort of it made me blue in the face by ... EDGE/x is: it’s a two-year academic support program run by the Office of ... begin to subside. Passing by strangers who I knew would soon become

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  don’t claim to be an expert at essay writing by any means, but I mean ... confronted by a few ever present buzzwords, like LEADERSHIP!, DIVERSITY ... essay dissipate, only to be replaced by the gnawing anxiety of wondering

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  as good-looking, even without the locs on my head) got perfect scores ... AP Literature because those classes felt less focused on scores and

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  scores 2001: Pretty good, but nothing really outstanding in the applicant ... applying to my programs. (I got a better score on the GRE than I did on the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  have taken 2 more SAT IIs. Do I need to resend my scores are will you automatically receive them?" If you designated your scores to be sent to MIT, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

  ."]quick[/annotation] crash course by giving a formal introduction to Nimbus, our pride and ... .2 miles per hour. By the end of this portion of the race, we finished second ... . Despite our training, we would have been very screwed if a grizzly came by

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021