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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  her treatise on the formation of the Constitution of United States ... research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and ... with the six of us - relative novices in matters relating to the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  've reached this strange turning point in my life where I want to do things more than I want to talk about them, which was not how I thought about things ... the self, in an autonomic sense, and how we might begin to attempt to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  in tenth grade. Well, I can almost understand why Barnaby was so ... their website, but I'm not good at this kind of thing anyway. Anyhoo, four hours of karaoke country music later, I was in New York's Chinatown. There

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  poses a problem when the unit can't accurately detect whether I'm actually ... maps on the unit were severely out of date/inaccurate. In one instance, I ... September 12, 2008 - September 17, 2008 I spent a nice weekend in Mc

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  Rachel, and I love course 3 (materials science).  I love looking at how materials are made and how they work and I love blending plastics for hours and hours.  I've mostly focused my research in the past on biodegradable

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  outside and realized that it was unexpectedly cold. In retrospect, I should ... I processed everything that happened in lab today. And I definitely ... . We had a microquiz in 6.0001 (Introduction to Python) that I didn

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  you can find him walking from his residence in East Campus to class ... are wondering, the admissions blogger of whom I speak is me. In the ... about keeping a car in the city and commuting to work this summer :) I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  for the portions. Still, how can I resist the prospect of a random three-mile midnight bike ride down Comm Ave? How can I resist new funnel cakes? IHOP ... United States (1700 miles). And I complain about 120. He can also open his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  pm. i'm studying progenitor cell migration in planarians, which are ... them look all shy, and i had to learn how to perform transplant surgeries ... to say, i was in survival mode every single day until i finished my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  far.) How long you can hula hoop? Long enough. Anon asks: I have a ... I wrote this in pieces - from Cambridge to San Diego, the train from ... fraternity in Boston where I'm living for the summer - so I apologize if this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  lively murmur and a beat in the background. IAP is one week in. I spent ... passed. In the beginning, it was like a full-blown middle-school crush. I ... Michael Waldrep. October and September: I took weekends away. I camped in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir ... 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 / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  a nice, comforting constant, that i can rest in the knowledge that ... 've already squeezed out so much free time out of my week. i am in class 3 hours ... social lists can range from small to large. i know some people have small

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  EA, RA, and Transfer Updates Including the status of MyMIT tracking and the latest for those impacted by Sandy.

  

  website?  mitadmissions.org is now "responsive," meaning it should look equally good on a desktop, laptop, tablet, iPad, Kindle, mobile phone, iPhone, whatever.  What do you think?  Let us know how it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  For the second year in a row, I am teaching a class at MIT. A real, for-credit, in-the-catalog-of-classes class, at MIT. That I teach. On ... ) real analysis seeks to, in addition to other pedagogical goals, teach how

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  everything went my way. I did have a lot of hardships in both the school of MIT and the school of life. But I never stopped moving forward. That's how ... When I was a kid, I always imagined my future as a certain genius

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  vigorous vacations. In fact, I'm nominally on vacation right this minute, but ... few days back in Boston, I flew to San Francisco to present about maker ... in the Bay Area, including Danny, Jess, and Rachel, who I got BBQ with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  wasn't admitted, though I can understand how it might be easier for ... from all of the Ivy League admissions offices, and I can tell you that ... ] can never be sure before mid-May" and that "we will let you know how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  in person, or just how much "mathematical maturity" I need to take it ... selections, so that you can introduce yourself, get acquainted, and check in. In freshman year, you can choose between either "traditional" advising

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... applications in earnest. Here are some updates from the Admissions Office ... currently processing more than 10,000 documents which have all arrived in just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011