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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  , Biological Engineering) or just a suggestion as a way to fill the CI requirement while helping out with a major? Daniel W said: You're required to ... need to do after that is a HASS concentration and another HASS-D, and all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  counselor/official to submit a school profile only if available. If your school doesn’t have a profile already (many international schools don ... A school profile is a document that provides contextual information
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  technology?" Here's the story: I went to a school called High Technology High School, and a lot of my friends and I would semi-jokingly refer to us as ... name and I was too lazy/uncreative to think up a new one. It made a lot

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James ... mouse person to a fish person" and how a trip to Germany during a ... challenges and hopes to finding a cure.

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  and stayed out until sun up dancing to mbalax music - a type of modern ... music scene from world-famous Senegalese drummers. I'm failing at a way to ... This week in blog entries posted by people who no longer go to MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  a gap semester to work full-time at the Media Lab. I did, however ... their dinner plans with friends. They've said a lot of things to us in the ... to be a good idea.   July Hilariously, MIT admin accidentally

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  -- Hardware The Robotic Life group in the Media Lab is looking for a UROP to help with a project applying sociable robots to the real-world problem of ... to be more successful for a longer period of time. Responsibilities of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  So, my wife just popped by my office; it turns out she and a friend are on campus to see a lecture upstairs by Nobel Prize winner Ted Hänsch ... workout with MIT Kung Fu...) [Finally, to answer a couple FAQ: No, we haven

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A New Year and a New ‘Do bryan.mitblogs.com gets a little makeover.

  

  So most people start off the new year with a new hairstyle, but since I don't have that much hair to play around with, the next best thing is to give this here blog a new outfit for the new year. What do you

  • by Bryan
  • January 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to ... 'll transfer you to her voicemail. Me: Okay, thank you! I left a message, and am ... A little over a month ago, the American Astronomical Society posted

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Primer trimestre del primer año Una historia de terror, diría… pero con un final feliz.

  

  primer año a fin de analizar las calificaciones de primer año. Contexto ... con “Aprobado” o “Desaprobado”. Si obtienes una A, B o C en una clase, en tu expediente académico solo queda registrado como “A” de “Aprobado

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better ... how to talk about anything but science? A. Well, most of us don't. But ... host to a wide variety of versions of campus life -- from the typical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along ... Bombers What Bomb At Midnight ------------------------------ Just to show you how much I love mystery hunt, a few old blog entries: Mystery Hunt 1

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  two weeks without hearing exactly how to prevent a catastrophe: "Close ... 't mean that someone knows how to cook a pepperoni 'n' cheese Hot Pocket ... body to Mars" is "periareion." My dorm, Burton-Conner, is the best. Even

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  , good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post ... -MIT-student fashion, I forgot to respond.  For context, I’m chomps - a foodie and '25 ... year as a private diary to document my food adventures in college. While

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  a biology major to read ethnographies in which the author (an American anthropologist) claims to have gotten malaria in Africa because a rival sorcerer ... weather and went out to Chili's for dinner, then shopped a little at The Pru

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring break Q&A! ask me questions :-D

  

  everything was virtual. But even then, people still found a way to make it fun ... CPW events going on that you won't have a shortage of things to do ... go to a college, which was my plan after high school, I'm not sure what

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 23, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  we have a whole new batch of murals, thanks to the talented artists ... MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads ... , spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball pit! And we can even draw on the walls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!

  

  To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  to venture into the Museum of Modern Art with a friend from Senior Haus ... own. Was I dreaming? There are a couple of proposed solutions to the ... being denied access to a place that is a home for my hopeful heart and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016