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• Blog / Academics & Research

  don’t build the torment nexus and other such cliche advice for frosh

  

  in 2022, and now there are class of 30’s. By the time they graduate I ... while it’s still socially acceptable. I swear it will be so much less ... important as it is to know how to self learn, it’s a lot more efficient asking

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 18, 2026
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name in processes and communications?

  In Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series, true names grant power over the named, and to be told someone’s true name is to be given their trust ... via the Registrar’s instructions.']name in MIT’s directory and other
• Blog / How to Human

  free listening and being there for each other

  

  It’s a sunny day in Cambridge. It hasn’t rained in a few days, so the ... hotspots by way of everyone’s favorite junction: Lobby 7. It’s around 5 PM ... , ready to walk onto campus for… whatever you might need to do that day. It’s

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  . First patented in the 1980s, but only became widely used in 2011 by Intel ... pitch), in rapid-fire: Session 1: Quantum Science and Engineering S2 ... insurance companies. S2.07: "Electron energy loss spectroscopy of 2D

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  the palm of your hand.” “Really? I always thought it was faster. It’s ... .” “Just trust me. It’s a lot much faster with your thumb. Just always keep ... tiny. “Who’s your favorite supervillain?” We buzzed in to give our

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my living room in Ithaca, New York. It’s ... PhD. There’s a coda to that story. Over a decade ago (!), when I was an ... 1960s, and I ended up doing my graduate work at the same observatory

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT ... funding. Many master’s programs are not free, so sometimes there is a ... different. This is also a symptom of growing up, not just being in a master’s

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  What up, squad!! It’s been quite the week for MIT Women’s soccer ... corporate partner, and a $5,000 budget. My team’s problem was to figure out ... Transportation to my soccer teammate’s high school econ teacher."]user research

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2022 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2021 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  this, it’s pretty much impossible to host an effective group gathering ... technology that has allowed us to stay connected, it’s an exceedingly poor replacement for face to face interaction. Then there’s other issues. Say you

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where ... and culture of their residence halls.In the ’90s and early ’00s, these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  Hello, world. It’s been awhile. Mostly because I’ve been swamped. It ... option and emoji support?? I don't think so.   Here’s a snapshot of ... -percent-compatible-are-you-with-peter-kavinsky-from-to mitrecsports.com/join/member-amenities ghc.anitab.org youtu.be/IFA_0xirw3s

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  and hazards in a walker’s path, especially oncoming pedestrians. The 2×2″ device, called Toe the Line™, was developed by researchers in MIT’s STr ... ;   p.s. april fools

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  : it’s in Boston! (well technically Cambridge, but you know, still the ... colleges, I’ve definitely considered this a unique opportunity. There’s a ... African Students’ Association (MIT ASA) and Wellesley’s African Students

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  (for a visual summary of the trip, scroll down for pictures) “Let’s ... weekend in late April is helpfully situated before hell week(s), i.e. the ... sunset together by a lighthouse? Really, it’s just pure rom-com material

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  year I didn’t fully since I cook for myself with my dorm mates and it’s ... , sweetened milk--varieties Americans invented. So unlike my mother’s soymilk ... Chinese radio and talking. My mother’s soymilk is thicker than the store

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  . Life’s entropy continues to increase. It’s a paradox: the more time I ... function at any point. That’s how chaotic it is. Major Evolution: Math & ... Center. The view is wonderful. Noam Chomsky has an office there, so that’s

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  entire campus in a powdered-sugar cast.   It’s incredible how different everything looks covered in snow. Maybe it’s just my untrained eyes ... the time we made it back to dorm row. But never fear! There’s some hope

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016