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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  college education, here are a few questions: 1. What are the skills you hope ... learning for you? Last year, Time also had a fairly interesting article that ... you think you will take? 3. What do you want to learn or know that you

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  various buildings that make up the campus. There's been a long history of ... of whom you might have heard about before), and I decided to spontaneously take a trip to Harvard Square. We used the tunnels to make our way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only ... be the year when things 'get real', at least as a Mech-e, and I found myself working harder than I ever have to keep up. But there's much more

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Primer trimestre del primer año Una historia de terror, diría… pero con un final feliz.

  

  primer año a fin de analizar las calificaciones de primer año. Contexto ... con “Aprobado” o “Desaprobado”. Si obtienes una A, B o C en una clase, en tu expediente académico solo queda registrado como “A” de “Aprobado

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  : Fencing Pistol Sailing Archery SCUBA And if you know anything about prestigious MIT PE programs, you might be aware of something called a Pirate ... won't be miserable like a senior taking 7.012. You might even enjoy it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Finality Just one more week.

  

  and productive every time I cross something off :) I have a list for all ... .20 (animal behavior), and 9.01 (neuro) - which is pretty much nothing compared ... occasional nap =P I creepily just used PhotoBooth to get a few photos of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  , 'but you have to be a good communicator to be put in charge of large ... Why it Pays to Be a Math Geek (from msn.com) Selected passages ... , that is." "According to NACE's Job Outlook 2005 survey, eight of the top

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Final Push Who needs sleep?

  

  This is it, MIT is in the middle of finals week and the final grind is upon us. My last final is tomorrow morning (exactly 12 hours from ... the material. I've just woken up from a nap, ran to the store, and am

  • by Snively '11
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  -person as a non-junior is causing a bit of a resurgence. somehow, the more ... 'm back on campus, but more than a year has elapsed, and i'm a junior now. this is disconcerting for numerous reasons. firstly, i feel like i don

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  goes to a student who lives on the east stide of campus, and the fund is ... -pretty-maker/organizer, Annie L. '15, a photographer, Raeez L. '14, and I set out to accomplish ... . (graphics/layout). I decided it would be a good time to start making (or

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  That's it ladies and gents, sophomore year is over for yours truly. I'm officially a junior, halfway done with college, done with thermodynamics, and ... to have achieved genius status. I've got a lot of ground to make up

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  watching videos! No, not on YouTube, but on MIT Tech TV (http://techtv.mit.edu/about/)! If you think MIT students are too smothered with work to let their ... … I swear you’ll enjoy them! Grand Prizewinners 1st Place: Godel Escher

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads, and nowhere is that more apparent than at Simmons Hall – my beautiful, spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball pit! And we can even draw on the walls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  sweetness of acidic foods after miraculin is equal to that of a 17% sucrose ... approved by the FDA as a sweetener or food additive, but is mass-produced in ... by chocolate. Someone else confirmed that there was a meaty flavor that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  , there's a story on the John Bates Clark Medal being awarded to MIT Economics Professor Daron Acemoglu. The Clark Medal is awarded every two years to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know how

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  relations. Selection is based on outstanding academic achievement as well as a ... The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  this is the least awkward of the 3 thumbnail options YouTube gave me. It does look like I'm having a crisis though...)

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  deconstruction end-of-semester atmospheres

  

  a haircut at this place my brother recommended--the guy there said he ... i woke up naturally at 9am this morning to a sunny day, feeling ... then up boylston from the library back to mass ave, picking up a sandwich

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  is my Blizzard Burrito [a collage]. ... A couple days after the blizzard, I walked around campus and took ... 're all pretty cute, but the hammershark is definitely my favorite. c

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011