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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  need in order to build a project, and you can shop around if there’s a ... isn't exactly something MIT is world-renowned for. Yet. But there's a ... into a host of international development issues. Whether your passion is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  always someone there for you when you live in a sorority. I sometimes have ... this house when they were undergrads. “Home” is where you go at the end ... This is the time of year where goodbye posts are pretty common on

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  with us, and your presence is what gives me confidence that if there is a ... you have to do is submit a project and budget proposal in order to ... of MIT with a startup idea—even if it really is just an idea—can get

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  ^"Every patch is a memory, every tear has a tale. These are the stories we wear." - Worn Wear Buying new stuff is fun. It provides that ... immune. But there’s also something sentimental about celebrating stuff you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  , and celebrate my 21st birthday in a country where the drinking age is 20 ... few interesting observations about this country: -It is a very long ... Fall with all the colors of the rainbow. This is so they can remind you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  . Participation in the ISOs is neither a requirement nor expectation of applicants ... . So if, like me ~10 years ago, this is the first you've heard of the ... ;   I also got to visit Kazakhstan, which is a strange, beautiful

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  't know where Clay got the idea he could fill out a pair of leather pants ... of MIT's Cross Country team, so he can afford the calories, and he ... ourselves, we played Would You Rather while cleaning. This game is really

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• 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 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 / 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 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 / 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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