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• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  enrollment of each outstanding new class. While I don't want to minimize my ... parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... figure out how to organize all that information, or even determine the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  working on in their spare time. Maybe it was a really amazing new computer ... by training (MIT-educated in Course 2) so I wanted to know all the ... the new Maker Portfolios. MIT's Dr. Dawn Wendell: When Makers Apply to

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  particularly happy with how the blue-to-clear gradient in the frit came out. The ... learning about safety in the lab, since you're going to be working with glass that is literally thousands of degrees hot. You also learn how to "gather

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  walk, how I am or am not in the flow, to how it takes me time to relearn ... unspoken rules in a way that gets buy in from everyone?  How can any of this ... ice cream, like how I've seen others stand in front of food stalls

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  !), leading to a momentary, but non-negligable, conversation on how I should try ... shouted, "Wait, where does my foot go next? Wait how am I supposed to put my ... - Mom, I tried something new! Something that I didn't want to do at first

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  [annotation note='The MIT Museum is scheduled to open in spring 2022.']new ... almost certainly how you should get to campus! Or you could walk, or bike ... question, as we prepared for this move, was how to make this new building, at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to ... president of a dorm Built a CPU in 6.004 Learned how to CAD (computer ... Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  absolutely drowning in work and had to distance myself from my friends to get ... my life before coming to college and pursuing my interests in a cappella and guitar. I listen to different music depending on how I feel a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  106 degrees last week.) As we get closer to September the class of 2010 ... reading and posting to this blog will be new or first time Bloggers. To you ... will not hesitate to throw your two cents in to any and all conversations

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little ... on top of the Great Dome 13. Contribute to How to Get Around MIT 14 ... that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  Frank Sinatra in New York, New York: these vagabond shoes were longing to ... for everyone's sanity to be able to get off campus once in awhile). When ... shoes to go to school there. Not one bit. But if it was anywhere in

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  coming week, I'll get to meet more new people - maybe even youu :) Along ... laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound ... and staff. In addition to teaming up with the hospital/medical van

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  feel like a constant sleepover and you really get to yap and have fun ... whipped up in 20 minutes and got inspired so now i’ve decided to take this ... that it doesn't really get better from here"]SO NOW YOU GUYS GET TO HEAR

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over ... flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  the people I’ve met on hall, learning how to skate down in the tunnels ... Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have ... of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... with regulations. they get too attached to their murals, which makes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  impacts of a changing climate * How to model and analyze complex climate and environmental phenomena * How to analyze large and diverse datasets to produce reliable predictions * How to quantify the societal impact of climate risk

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  don't know how to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get ... comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can give me enough alertness to get me through the rest of my day... plus it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  to Earth. Artificial gravity can be generated in space by rotating ... takes a while to get used to. It is important for astronauts to adapt to functioning in artificial gravity before their missions to space. Junior Jenny

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... comfort in it once i got ahold of my senses again and remembered how to ... 't include me in their follow forever. in a way, it was comforting to just read

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021