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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  International Colleges & Universities, a higher education directory. I have a few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MITES, RSI and WTP applications due next week The three high school summer programs hosted by MIT have their application deadlines next week.

  

  open exclusively to high school juniors. MITES and RSI are free; WTP is subsidized and offers financial aid. Here's a little more about them: Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) is a rigorous six

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello. Having been out for a week I ... real holiday falls on a Sunday. So you should be able to submit stuff ... will respond to everything but it will likely take the better part of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  and over eighty to plan. It functions as a giant bathtub, connecting two ... Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get ... life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  exposure. The experience.") Well, I'll write a whole blog entry dedicated to ... ([email protected]) a link to it, though if you aren't able to host it ... will be forced to make a really lame one, and then make up another person

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  scenes to change things around a bunch - some portlets will be retired ... . A girl basically paid a consultant to help her reinvent her entire ... , not just MIT) have a responsibilty to find a way to take the pressure

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room ... much of Bad Ideas, unfortunately. But I did make it a point to go to one ... . Personally, I find this a lot more exciting than Mystery Hunt. I mean, there

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  about living in a group like this is having to be organized about meeting ... to sit down again and have a discussion. We also have to have semi ... sharing a suite. You also have to operate as a unit, so there's a lot more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to ... Massachusetts will vote to repeal or keep the law. As a transgender woman, my ... MIT and it’s wonderful people. MIT is such a great place to be queer! I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  credit limit. To give you a glimpse of what a week of my life looks like ... 9th grade and well, I figured if one class was going to be a disaster ... going to be thrown into a class with virtually zero prior knowledge and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  obesity. To find the receptor, Mike and his colleagues are using a technique ... equipment. Mike helped to build a database called the "massome" where you can ... does not always yield the best results. If you really want to work in a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  used Coursera a lot in high school to take various Data Science ... people tend to overestimate their unhappiness about not getting a job, as ... 's a limit to which your life satisfaction increases with your income

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  , I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... . Basically, anything that is designed to quantify a process will not only be ... created to measure. Maybe I’m just a nerd who has taken a lot of tests in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  fumbling to turn off the recorder in the last few seconds. Despite going to a ... name a living scientist. I wanted to help counter that a little bit by ... some computer systems next to her and a little mini rocket.  

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  contemplated going back to sleep and worked on my urop instead. then i took a ... positive thing to people's lives. this is a good feeling and i'd like it to ... , commemorating nostalgia. i saw a tumblr quote today: "if you want to learn what

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  were on crutches for weeks, thanks to a broken big toe. Senior year ... your forehead, you approach a lifeguard and announce that you are here to ... 's possible to arrange to take the test at a different time. "Try going to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Cells, Cells, and more Cells you've met me at a very course 20 time in my life

  

  pipetting, so I was a bit nervous at first. I really had to force myself the ... wanted to apply to be a blogger :') (in the least stalker-ish way possible ... extra rewarding when I'm actually able to solve a PSET problem. It

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long ... live with a large number of friends, though instead of a dorm with 18-to ... brutal. i was reeling from moving to a new city and living in a house with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  A N T S Being off the meal plan has forced me to venture further into Kendall and Central squares to obtain food and given me a new appreciation ... waking up at 4 a.m. to stumble into the boathouse for morning rowing

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  out. With no one to provide monthly reminders of what a well kempt hair ... year he used his computer skills to obtain an internship at a local ... hop around the world. Afterwards I was able to take a picture with the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012