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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  all-nighter over a HASS paper, decide to major in Mechanical Engineering ... to department open-houses, and declare a major in Physics. Putting the ... as an intended Physics major with a Music minor, switched to Electrical

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  Hey friends, I'd like to pass along a message from Jennifer Li, the ... opportunity to explore a diverse number of science, math, and engineering fields ... you're a high school student living somewhat close to Cambridge, MA, be

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... using their talents and abilities to actually making a difference in the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  commit a...healthy...amount of time to extra-curriculars, but outside of ... . Ooooh. But the magic wears off after a couple weeks, to be honest, and soon "free food" isn't a good enough reason to walk across campus for a 2

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  for 30 minutes and went to a lab meeting and started an e & m ... borrow in the next 15 minutes?” Real blog entry coming soon to a theater ... the meantime, I leave you with a taste of pictures to come: Bonus

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  it is you need a shoe horn to get their heads through the door) This ... matters is the fact that you have to help guide a hormonally driven young ... hope to give you a few pointers that will help you and your child

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  /reforms/goings-on in the Middle East, a Japanese student group to hear about the ... a 1,000 mile drive from Colorado to Oregon. Central Oregon is pretty ... finding a place to live. To Craigslist it was. After crossing off hundreds

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a bit of a culture shock that made me want to better understand my personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  with a few friends to the Collegefest in Hynes Convention Center (it's next to the Prudential Center.) Admission is free if you have a Student ... then it's not to be missed! Oooh, you can also get a lot of Starbucks and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  process, we must also be careful to provide a broad spectrum of the MIT ... decided to add an Early Action (EA) round for a couple of reasons - first ... looking to hire almost exclusively freshmen to maintain a balance between

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  a leader) of a team entails. From aspiring to be voted captain to ... , all relate to a time crunch. This time crunch presents itself in a number of fashions. First, on a day to day basis, athletes have fewer hours

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  took a few days to get the essential furniture set up. Boxes were so ... initiative and hop on Craigslist to look for one. As for my own room, I have a ... took me almost a month to get my hands on a desk; thanks to my initial

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had ... the first step on the road to recovery. My phone is a RAZR - not one ... want to look up on Wikipedia] if you had a smartphone. Except you don'

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in ... was our turn to fly again, we flew the untimed cargo mission, carrying a ... into the lawn to the sound of a collective grimace from the crowd. At

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  to use a CNC lathe and a CNC mill. For those of you who are unacquainted, a lathe and a mill are tools used to machine metal/plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  in me was hyped to hear that. The arboretum is a good ~5 miles away ... spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be ... ] 10/10 amazing place to spend a day. Go picnic with your friends, or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  'd always said I wanted to paint a mural on Tetazoo, and I'd had my eye on ... ’s orientation meant (and still means) a lot to me. So, two months ago, sitting on ... than just a knitting mural on a wall. I’d like to think MIT’s mark on me

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  email from the president, three days ago: i decided to go. i picked up a brown paper bag with a grilled chicken sandwich, and sat down ... engineering and in sloan business school, and a visiting student from germany

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  a particularly good entry, they happen to deviate from their work and ... will inevitably follow, from denial - searching for a clipboard log - to vengeance - spamming the owner of the guilty site - to acceptance - writing a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  about keeping a car in the city. I love to drive; I've for a long time ... 'm listening to the radio and driving (in a still-fully-attentive sorta way). I ... moved twice this summer (!!), it's almost a necessity to be able to drive

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010