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• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  country is one of stark contrast; some of the best health and education ... is also a promising environment with many opportunities to engage these ... challenges faced by the people of Jazmín. Here you can see houses on the hill

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  there,” “why would you pick a class that you can essentially take at MIT ... class to make my way there. Step 6. Learn things Here is a list of ... PSA: This is a really cool guest post by my friend Katherine W. '17

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  -care expert." Q. Can you tell us about your current research work? A. My ... ! Q. Can you tell us about an undergraduate course that you teach? A. I ... Gruber is a Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  chances of getting admission? Is there a way I can still have the interview ... having a particularly high level of math experience. If you can prove to ... at really getting to know somebody. And you're right that there isn't a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  book too. (There used to be a website where MIT students bought and sold ... , which is linked from your MIT ID card. When you want to buy some food ... 're sure you want that masters degree, I think a five-year program is a super

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  There’s been a decent amount of turbulence in the past couple of ... stairs. It was beautiful in a way that I can’t really explain. Anyway, I ... addition, MacGregor historically is not a top choice in the freshman housing

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  is realizing that you can't make agar plates using tap water, even if ... . And I do have a habit of doing this anyway - I feel like reflection is a ... discovered a country during IAP, I discovered that I could never wake up for 10

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  basement, there's a soundproof study area that's super quiet so you don ... chair again? Bryan: oh really, congrats! is there a volleyball team? i ... ). This entry is being co-sponsored by Diana, '07, a physicist who

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  , but there's no developed market for it. You have to create a need before ... ". But until you can talk to AI bots like a regular person, they won't see ... . and you have to cover your costs. This is opposed to a software startup

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  science and philosophy, there has never been a world where you can easily ... there is literally 0 clout + nobody takes it seriously hence you get a lot ... mean. mit is special because if you want to build a rollercoaster, you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  you going to ask countries in the UN to cooperate on a treaty addressing ... collapsed — that is, their catch has declined by 90 percent. It is a very ... can be done, but it must be done soon. We need a shift from single

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... Ave VARIOUS FRAT BOYS: (thinking) I wonder if that kid is a freshman ... Hardware ANGELA: Oh, are you buying 37"? That was the kind I was returning. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  You should use your current, legal first and last name when filling out those fields on the application. This is important so that your ... would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  was waiting for early action decisions. I know there's no real way you can get it off your mind completely; after all, you're on the MIT admissions site right now reading about MIT students' lives. But there are a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  video of the heavyweight men so you can see what the sport is like ... will to work as a unit. To not buy into that is to diminish the ... that it is one of the few sports that you can pick up in college and be

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  can't wait until after the license plate game. You know who Bruce ... independent theater located a scant mile and a half from MIT? But wait, there ... Corner Theater?! I seriously don't think you get how exciting this is. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  and advocate so that you can follow them. There is a sort of laid ... can tell you that this just means you paid for a $60 membership -- there ... /tourist attractions, so while you can trek it on a bus for the weekend, your weekdays

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  's blog for the day... Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don ... of the Bands is an event held every CPW where ten local bands come to ... : Shaye is a wannabe rockstar. Shaye: No I'm not! Yuan: Remember that girl

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  !, you can't buzz until Alex Trebek is done reading or you get locked out ... country's name comes from the Greek meaning "a single house," perhaps because there was only one temple in the area The answer (question) is at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  Langer lab, where I UROP. I work for a post-doc on nanoparticle drug ... afternoon spent in lab. Lab 1 is to build a fluorescent microscope. Our team ... OF MY LIFE. 1c) A quick dinner is followed by MITSO rehearsal. I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012