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• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  . And where better to study a language and a country than by being there ... a little slip telling you where it is, and then you find the ... is essentially a fluid of electric bikes). And they can really kill you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  ? That exploration can lead you down unexpected paths where academic and ... this fall. Also, you can choose to opt into a convenient MIT Dining plan ... system, and where you can turn with questions about your own situation

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? This weekend is a tax holiday in Massachusetts. I sure ... on Amazon you can even get a free cell phone when you sign up for a ... cell phone! You see a shot over from his shoulder where he's clearly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  the country and leave you stranded in a city you do not know in a state ... across to the other side of the country. I've been in love before, where ... school's courtyard together, like there was a sense of pride in being with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  reasons. One is pretty simple- I go to MIT, and this is who I am. I can ... expand it millions of times more quickly than ever before. You can see that ... Time Magazine's Person of the Year. It's you. The person reading

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  : There is a good chance you’ve heard about this already, since a lot of people are talking about it. There is an article in The Tech regarding its ... the plan more depth. As I mentioned, there is an enormous amount of talk

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  It took me a while to internalize that a grade is fixed but one's reaction to it is not. Like I mentioned, 8.05 (Quantum II) was a rough time ... "problem? there's a problem? WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?" mode. My neurons fired

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  neutrality is a measure of the distribution of infrastructural power. We can ... ” is not a defense of neutrality, because algorithms aren’t neutral ... decision making can never be truly neutral, objective or scientific." There

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  to a close for all you high school students out there. Maybe summer ... pieces, this is an absolute must-read. If you can only bring yourself to ... Didion: Are you seeing a trend yet? I can’t get enough of this woman

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  is a good thing, because while MIT is a very wonderful place, if you ... are probably a little bit SOL. You can always cross-register at Harvard ... (who is suddenly not so little -- he can drive! weird). Soon my family

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  many ED/EA schools release their decisions, so if there is a chance you ... misformatted, you can mail in a correctly formatted version. Regular Action ... a great time)! You can find your Educational Counselor's name and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  . Clearly there is a huge benefit to investing early. Our friend Mint.com can ... said you love is still a healthy one. Yes in the course of one year at ... kitchen that you can use to cook food in, and if you get a few friends

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  weird." And it is a totally, completely, utterly weird place. You can take ... wear a tie??), it's more or less true. There is zero dress code at RIKEN ... - but it's a little unnerving. Especially in a country where one in ten

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  'm on to you, Melinda. In fact, I've kept the 2002 Time cover asking, "CAN ... they teach you in 18.702. Well, as a member of the MIT community, it ... a newly-bought laptop, it has already been rendered obsolete. Well, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  seemingly only a science in a purely semantical sense, is a hidden gem here at ... Sloan's Wong AuditoriumSome of you might be wondering what Model UN is in ... proceedings of any number of committees in the United Nations. You're given a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  . And what I’ve got is this pretty amazing flowchart my cross-country co ... before going out to dinner. Running is a great sport, but no one ever chose ... sleet and snow (October) (you think I’m kidding, but this is Boston

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  charge? Whatever you want.” Hmm... Eating at food trucks is a common MIT ... Lab. And this is the inside. Clover Food Lab, which grew out of a ... /CEO and host at this conference, is actually a graduate of MIT’s material

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  now) is a bad score. But there are a lot of people who think that it is a bad score, and there are certainly a lot of people who think you can ... /astro. We broke up. He didn't get in. He was devastated. You may see where

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  it here, or let you read the full text below: It is truly a deep ... might be a place where there were others like us. Where we could challenge ... , the most selfish thing you can do is not let them move on. Money is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  (a well-balanced diet if you know where to look). I used the money that ... winning is done (paraphrasing Rocky).   I'd like to leave you with my ... , because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016