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• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  all the accepted students! Last year, a number of "MIT Class of 2013 ... linked to here on the blogs (although I wasn't a part of the "we", then ... * official. I'll see if they guy who started it will make one of the bloggers

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  100% of MIT undergraduates study the humanities, arts, and social sciences. At MIT, we consider the humanities, arts, and social sciences ... disciplinary areas and encourages the development of sensibilities and skills
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  But first I'm going to talk about the Toons. Some of you might ... . Well, that a cappella group is having our last concert of the semester ...  a cappella. Of course, the concert's not limited to just singing, because who

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  , being physically, mentally and financially protected from the realities of what a lot of black people live through in this country. The fact remains ... bought by the blood, sweat and tears of the black men and women that came

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  One of the academic differences between MIT and Cambridge is that ... concept of Office Hours But the difference doesn't end at class size or ... 's appeared in the last 8+ years' exams and you'll leave with 5 pages of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  Harvard announced that they were evicting the vast majority of their ... value in a detailed account of the exodus from MIT from the perspective of one of its students. I included the daily new case count for MA in each

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  heating up the front seat of my compact car. I was drinking an ice coffee and listening to one of my favorite programs on public radio and the ... begin to ask the questions and reflect on our use of technology, if we

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  entry that would exceed the length of The Old Man and the Sea, and so I ... desk, I spied a whiteboard in the hallway with a suspicious bag of candy taped to the side. Thanks to the educational value of countless Halloweens

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

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  software Picasa, unsurprisingly affiliated with Google? At the request of ... Mitra would secretly like to erase all evidence of her existence from the ... blackboard skills beyond reproach. One of the most popular lecturers in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  parts. I loved the camaraderie of people all grinding to finish their part of the project — there were vital sections of the project that I never ... . Seeing everything come together was so rewarding. I love the feeling of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  -druhdruhdrum sound of the crossing signal on Mass Ave is still audible as you pass ... faint hum of those Zamboni things which are busy scrubbing the hallways to a dull, dirt-free sheen. In front of you is the Infinite Corridor: by

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  crumbles a little bit more, but then everything gets kind of settled in the ... add water, you're compromising the thickness of the sorbet and just ... bit that the crumbles of fruit are going to melt before they emulsify

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  many of you got the chance to explore the Cambridge area. So, I figured this is the best time to tell you about some of  the things I first ... is the furthest north I have ever lived. Here is a list of almost ten

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  will say, the best part of final projects is when you are done with them ... 've created something really cool, and gradually, those moments of I-made-the ... that based on my perception of it as a sophomore)  :D From the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  , the result of student activism in the 1990s to demand better access to ... staff dashboards, which, as part of the broader MITVote initiative, has helped substantially raise the registration and voting rate of MIT students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  tired by the end of the day! But I am really happy though since I am doing ... of the MIT iGEM team. What is iGEM, you may wonder: “The International ... competition, advancement of synthetic biology, and the development of open

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  , having four tests in the space of about a week was pretty common, and ... stress out about the consequences of not understanding well enough, and screwing up my grade for the rest of the semester. It all started last

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  put on by the Museum of Science. Co-produced by Amanda Parkes from the ... ' piece "Piezing" gleans energy from the movement of the wearer's body ... collection of solar paneled accessories. The pieces are each so ornate it is

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  . Rockapella is probably one of the most famous examples of a cappella.) Kim ... in our undergrad days). These are, of course, just a sampling of the ... Jamboree, All A Cappella Extravaganza, and the 7th Annual Battle of the Bands

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  common carnival Of passions and regrets, And gives the world a glimpse of ... summer has been full of new colors. Last semester was not the best, and I ... dedicated to doing a bunch of random projects and learning activities. The

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024