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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  records in the dead ball era. Same for songs. I swear I remember the lyrics ... them. Others are just cool links for things that happened at MIT. The ... in MIT's Infinite Corridor" - some students broke the world record for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  garden insulates the building and offers a quiet haven for residents ... After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  students for the purpose of exploring math. On the Saturday morning that I ... formulaic approach to life for the purpose of college admissions. I may have ... their passion for math. Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to sit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  ), and it's one of the true ones. Looking around just my floor, I see Vicki ... redhead be the only acceptable colors? Wouldn't purple look awesome? Yeah ... . Andrews wasn't all wrong: the “Don't do drugs” bit still holds some weight

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  the Class of 2021. Thank you for all the wonderful updates that many of ... The May 1 reply deadline has come and gone, and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. During the past week, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that ... 's probably also difficult for you to think about the world beyond MIT (don

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  the real killer, all the exams for the entire year happen during a 2 ... study over Christmas and Easter break. In fact, for engineers, the exams ... studying over the holidays business? Well, for the first week or so I was

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Citius, Altius, Mens et Manus In the words of a great woman, "Yay, a hack!"

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The United States won 9 gold medals in the most recent Winter Olympics in Torino. ..and many thanks to Joe '06 for showing up with this photograph at 6:30 in the AM. Bigger? Even bigger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  they’d turned off the air conditioning for some reason and we were wiping ... the emotions they spur in me. For this post, I thought I’d put my liked ... A few weeks ago, I visited a friend at Harvard. She snuck me into the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  immediately applied. I thought I would be somewhat qualified for the job now ... was then scheduled for Monday, 8/31 (The day I moved into my new ... "Why do you want to be apart of CodeIt?" and other things. For the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  flies!), and am also preparing for the collegiate championships during the ... conquer the IRONMAN--just incredible! Shoutout to everyone at Culmann for a great semester, and to Floor 1 for being the best floor too! https

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  justice instead of problem sets for a night. The week continued. I ... great things for classes: "Fifth Avenue, Uptown," "The Greater Common Good ... farewell gesture. I added a tier for grandeur and skipped over some of the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  have to work for them. This observation was prompted by the fact that ... was the first semester for many things for me. Yesterday, I had the ... get the reference? Until then, for those of you finishing off your

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jenny Hu- Adapting to Artifical Gravity Junior Jenny Hu worked in the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory to study if people can…

  

  nearby sites such as the moon and low Earth orbit. For NASA to carry out ... gravity and used her as a test subject for many experiments. In the future, Jenny hopes to develop new vehicles for the exploration of Mars.

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  the papers one at a time to do so. Looking for papers with a last name ... advisor for the rest of undergrad, and he even wrote one of my letters of ... . Like, this last summer when I worked at MathROOTS for the first time (a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  , this is the feeling i think of: that i'll always have my work cut out for ... for incoming mit students in the bay area, and a handful of current ... you're friends with, because you're on campus, and all the undergrads

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  is make truffles! The Laboratory for Chocolate Sciences at MIT is a ... IAP stands for many things. For those people just chilling on campus, It's A Party. For those people taking 2 classes, UROPing, and working

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  cold plunges a habit for the serotonin boost that followed. When we get ... as I imagined for water a few degrees off freezing. We stay in the ... overdue pset for 6.7800, Inference and Information. The class gives seven

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

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  for particular high schools, but at MIT we admit the best students ... Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more ... watch Randal Pinkett PhD '01 win the TV show "The Apprentice." [read more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  , including wrapping up our fall travels, developing more content for the my ... all the posts from the beginning, and also check out the student blogs: Mitra, Kevin, and Allison. Tomorrow, the entire admissions staff will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004