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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  begins: Can the United States remain competitive in the changing global environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology ... My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  medicine was supposed to do, but I remember that I put it in one of those ... that I got up and didn't say anything at all. Elsewhere in the spacetime ... . I was startled to see one of the graduate students in my group there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  to ask how you're doing. I certainly can't speak for all of them since ... take, what to major in if you don't know what to major in, how to talk to ... ), was a particularly important figure in my freshman year. I, at the time

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  On Wednesday evening, right before the first 8.01 midterm, I had an inexplicable desire to drink soda. As in, I had to drink soda immediately or I would fail my test even harder than I was already going to fail it. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  specifically how I met or befriended the friend (in many other cases, I either ... remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT ... is "I make friends with the people in APO, the Assassins' Guild, the UA

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  the Art Scholars website:  “Established in 1998, the MIT Arts Scholars ... publications that students can have a varying level of involvement in! The most ... MIT. Cross Registering To fill in the gaps of the art classes we can

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  that, at the end of a shitty day or test, I can always just see one of ... percentages. But for the time being.. This Semester, I... ...participated in an ... . ...got a job for the first time. In fact, I got two. Having never worked a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  own. But every night I collapse in bed, sleep as much as I can, and wake ... pursue the sport. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, how I ... , that pursuing skating and MIT meant I would be subpar in both, not able

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back and with a full schedule. Here is a look at how I am keeping busy for ... starters, I wasn’t in a huge lecture hall filled with hundreds of people. It

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  This fall, I enrolled in EM.S21: Design and Make a Lamp. It's a 3 ... showed us CAD modeling. I came in to this class expecting to have a good ... base of the lamp in wood, I knew I wanted the body to be metal. My first

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... chunk of this, solely because I can. Three people from my school applied ... came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  out how to pickle herring! "In fact," McCormick continued, "I looked in ... In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and ... , in my graduation speech, with strangers I met at conferences. After I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  how big you can make your vessels. At the end of week 1, I ended up with ... : I didn’t go in completely new–I’d attended a wheelthrowing workshop ... pull evenly, as fluctuations in wall thickness can make your pot unstable

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had ... .  I have this friend who, lately, will not stop replacing lyrics in ... find good links in huge articles. I wish I could tell you what articles

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  standard upon myself. I can no longer rely on 'your mom' jokes to distract ... doomed by a lack of substance. I can't be boring. It's started to carry ... Institvte. It's been a long three days. I don't really care how space

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  mean, I bet you live in one of the cleaner parts.” I imagine a big label ... lifestyle doesn’t take advantage of the perks of living in EC—I don’t spend a ... like that? What are your hours? Can I even trust you anymore? (Absolutely

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... ). I would recommend sending us a note to this email address in mid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  so strongly of this that I had to buy it for him. (Seriously, Five ... was the last day to turn in your finished product, so I spent the entire ... Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  home in LA, we were talking about how we wanted to one-up it. The next ... in McCormick Hall for about six months. At that point I decided I ... professional photographer, he takes more time at each photoshoot. How far in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014