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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  -Man Shoes, featured in my MIT college application![/caption] When I got to ... neighbors to see Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage in a Fenway theater ... experience, but totally worth it to see those MIT references in a Boston

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  management, once you get over the small hump of activation energy to actually ... other than maybe keeping a list of to-dos in Google Keep, or my ... made a valiant effort to get through my backlog of games. Since freshman

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  , because how the hell should I know? I got in to my first choice school, and ... background and ability to pay (why else would I get bullied in to sending in my ... . To get in, you must either be the next Newton, or filthy rich. Good

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  ’ for the 1st time in college, but after that i had to get on larger poles ... festivals for students in rural, underserved communities along the way! to ... semester, explore boston, get ready to UROP, and train for track season

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , or, in some cases, freshman year.  The differences meant little to me then. I knew I wanted to get into a lab at some point, but I wasn't in a ... to analyze how much methane is actually in the gas we've collected

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  "How to not be afraid of everything" by Jane Wong. I read this book in ... to hang in my room for the fall! how-to-dormspam. probably for ... ..."]YOLO."[/annotation] The Poems That Taught Me How to Love about Pablo Neruda's poetry

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to ... ’t believe it! MIT is like this entirely new planet in which I am yet to ... , I expected to get lost at some point. Everything is so new! Psets

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  semester dreaming of how the camera would look like--promising myself to ... stuck and have no clue how to begin (like me). I’m constantly ... students came in to build their own speakers out of MDF as part of a class

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall ... from last term, where by some miracle I managed to get all three. For ... .012 is and if you should take it in the fall and hey, how come MIT doesn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  room). Now get off my back, Mom. Uh, I mean.. now on to our regularly ... Delivery, check out: The 2010 Ring Delivery Website Article in The Tech about ... I blogged Ring Premiere and it would just seem unfair, wrong even, to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  more robots in the Media Lab." And to that I say, of course, that’s MIT alright, and we plan to show you more of that in the coming months, so stay ... By now many of you have seen our new promo video on the website. And

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  the thoughtful gift. I say this to show how biased I was against Kaur ... in our power to prevent something bad from happening without thereby ... , more than ever, it is so easy to save the life of a child in poverty for

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  hour to get the perfect outdoor tracking shot in [annotation note ... their days to help you make a short film. And for getting caught in ... "]simple![/annotation] So, here’s a quick step by step guide on how I managed to finish my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I ... getting burned in pixels, leaving ghost images on my screen. This happens ... plans from your store to see if they're right for you. I say get a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  can get to Kendall Square by taking the Tech Shuttle, but in case you ... 's the coolest way to get around.)But I'm getting ahead of myself. On to ... 'll need convenient ways to get to those places. What's more, not all of them

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... , organization, hope, and autonomy. Emerge would continue to support them in ... The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  's website to see if I could afford one.  The math never worked :( In late ... house in 2013.  $11k down gets you a $205k house.  As my house was nearing ... an offer in December and, after realizing that I was about to have $50k

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  , so this is my favorite way to order food. In addition to getting to ... from going to the types of social events that are just barely getting ... past midnight. These days, my Fridays tend to be a bit more low-key. In

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  Architecture department tend to host or promote a lot of these events, in ... know that DUSP is home to the largest urban planning faculty in the ... to arts events in the greater Boston area, including performances

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  ;grad students” worked long hours and seemed to get cool results ... she would be interested in helping to develop an OLW module. Honestly ... should be online in a few months, so you will be able to watch video clips

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007