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• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  compositions for Monday 11. Laundry, laundry, laundry 12. Go to New York and ... -dollar fall retreat at a cabin in New Hampshire with the dorm, both of which ... off the week with an A+++ in 21M.271 and gradually regressed to a 54

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  Array (of radio telescopes) in New Mexico. This is what the Whirlpool ... I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... we made an epic cake for him, but didn't have pictures to show until

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  This IAP, I took part in a writing workshop at MIT known as Flipping Failure. In this workshop, I and other participants worked on developing a ... MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  that mimicked humans to get closer to us. Whatever the case, this topic ... scary, a smile in a different context from what we are used to can really ... feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  today. (In fact, I’m starting this post on a plane from Boston to Las ... . This post is hard to write. Not in the emotional “I’m not ready to say ... . But trying to rush that process thirty-thousand feet in the air just isn

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  paint job. Sometimes people get enthusiastic and want to touch each others ... lot to finish final assembly and march our plane into the hangar just in ... then headed out to Sonic (a drive-in burger restaurant) for lunch, where

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  't portray yourself in your application as who you think MIT wants to see ... to see how controllers manage the hectic load of Boston's four subway ... in mind. It was Tetazoo's turn last Friday, and to celebrate our

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  expanded to 22 campuses in 14 states. Camp Kesem at MIT, founded by Caroline ... . The program is open to all children ages 6-13 in the Boston area. I will ... in the same boat with whom to share thoughts and feelings, and a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  Olympiad the summer after ninth grade. It’s easy to forget how smart he is ... college textbook—and read it cover-to-cover. In seventh grade, he begged and ... —he had to play violin, he had to do worksheets in preschool while all the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  We are majoring in 21E, a joint major that lets you combine any ... about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine ... 've taken to meet the req's! Legend GIR = General Institute Requirements

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  interested in what you have to say about this. I'm referring to the story ... interested in your political views; this just isn't the right forum in which to discuss them. So what I'm asking you to discuss is not in regards to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  list are invariably awesome, and we hope to find a space for them in our ... about what the fall semester would look like (due to the pandemic) and how ... space in the class for students who have remained on the wait list.   To

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  the way people gather in the courtyard to build a giant fort, three ... to participate in it — and that doing so would make participating in ... the people I met and the ones I want to get to know better. Some of them

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  are in vogue, and we're not allowed to paint the walls anymore, but we ... , pliers, and thimble in the last few weeks (Sofia and Val have tools to ... choose to engage, and we have members in lots of awesome action

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  ’Hare airport was delayed, and it took over fourteen hours to get to ... glee and sugar in the elevator to the fifth floor. The chocolate and ... than any other event I went to. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  's journey to the Nobel Prize began long ago. Born in Washington, DC, he attended Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren, New Jersey. After graduation, Riess chose to attend MIT, where he majored in Physics (Course 8

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  work, and life is good. But in the meantime, you probably want to do ... , largely consisting of doing nothing, making random trips to Steak 'N Shake on weekday nights, and sleeping more than I had, like, EVER. And in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  note="and couple of ways to get to know other 2026s"]what’s next,[/annotation] so be on the look out for that. In meantime, enjoy the moment and ... You got in…wait…YOU GOT IN!!! You might be wondering, “What’s next

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me ... together to finish my degree. In fact I can proceed at a comfortable pace. I ... Do you know what it's like to only have two classes left to graduate

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  to so many new perspectives and ways of life that I just never even ... our friends in Fremont!), who came to Boston to hang out over break. On ... 's below freezing, cold enough for there to be ice puddles in the streets

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013