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• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  directed laser beams at the same frequency to excite and measure a sample at ... to the lake shore, it’s just us and the geese under a cloudy sky. We ... and discover that painting is really fun and relaxing. I work on the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  That's it ladies and gents, sophomore year is over for yours truly. I ... not even close to done packing. But, that's what tonight and tomorrow ... has been a cruel mistress, but at the same time has taught me a lot

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

  Finally, a free minute

  

  Well, the last week and a half has been busy, to say the least. I ... everything done, and we got a great group of freshmen in the entry, as well as ... fact, all that hard; it's a lot harder to get into law school or medical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  and drinks that you could smell from a mile away. Beast tried to make ... coasters, swim the across the Charles river (YOU HAVE NO PROOF), and have a ... seriously. So seriously that we once had a FAC titled "The Tetazoo Cares Too

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  , because there is a sign specifically telling them not to do so. 2. If you ... -mail to the dorm telling them that barbar is, regrettably, out of paper ... . Sometimes. Well, there used to be a hammer. And I didn't know about it. And

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of ... student understanding and vary pace accordingly (also to ensure that the ... large piece of paper and a Sharpie. Trying to hang up this paper on the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  she attempts to summit the treacherous titular mountain. There is a lot ... , and [annotation note="and if you believe otherwise that is just the ... . Fact: Learning is a process, not a competition, and I’m excited to be

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  Mendeleev. (See? You can go to MIT and still be a rockstar!) Along with the ... is included in the term "extended family," and she thinks it's great ... ? (By the way, here's a general rule to pronouncing MIT numbers: the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  -shirts (the technical term is "swag"), and there was plenty of that. This story ... and tie to go along with that belt. *I've gotten a few comments about ... ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  terminal to Terminal E. The MIT airport shuttle is a green Peter Pan bus with ... voucher to have dinner in one of the residential dining halls, and there ... help bring the campus to you! There's a lot more excitement between now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Misadventures of Carl I may have acquired a shopping cart...

  

  to our apartment and out into the world. Here’s a few snippets of Carl ... Costco, and we had just missed the next shuttle back to campus. We ... we spotted it: an orange shopping cart. And alright, to be fair, the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  that we've taken (I'm a course 9 major and she's a double major in course ... and the obvious intersection of her two majors. It's also what a lot of ... I'd summarize them a bit so that prefrosh and incoming frosh can see

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the families since this process is a tough one for them too. I took that to heart ... this is the answer that all our applicants want to see when the decisions

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  Let me begin by saying that thanks to CPW, the rest of high school is ... and CSAIL for a tour, which is when the fun actually began. This is ... various couches in the lobby. Jon had to separate from the group and go to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  the Powers like robots in a Japanese hospital. And then there is the ... introduce us to the story of Simon Powers, a wealthy entrepreneur and inventor ... approaches, the technology is unfeeling and utterly unable to comprehend the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  course, we take that information back to the team and present it in a full ... , extracted parts out of that and applied it to how the newspaper put out a ... – Engineering Leadership. It’s a short class required by the GEL program, and

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  take a minute just sit right there I’ll tell you how I became the ... Square (I know, I know….give me a break, my title is long and I’m not a rapper) In Piscataway New Jersey born and raised In the backyard is where

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  get a start on the college exploration process. For that later group I ... episode that I appear in is #297, so there are many, many other great ... I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  in, we will review them, and the decision will be reviewed if there is ... that we need to make a decision on your case. I get the sense that some ... longer than in others; there is no deadline for receiving the grades other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  that Prof. Maier had already been there and reached the same conclusion ... (D-NY) suggested using the 14th Amendment to the Constitution as a ... lectures - the storytelling discussions that the six of us had come to know

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011