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• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  : "In a paragraph or two, describe to us a YouTube video, and why it is ... videos that were submitted, in a fairly random order: Large Hadron Rap Hear My Train A Comin' (Acoustic) - Jimi Hendrix Alive in Joberg Rick

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  /attending a school like MIT is that in a milieu of such strong students, it ... Museum of Fine Arts (MIT students get in free! Can't beat culture for free ... map and realize how absurd that is. Schrodinger's train, perhaps? And

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit ... it to mud. Recovery begins in April, when it is no longer snowing, and ... [/annotation] even with recurring episodes of tent.     This is a guide to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  the food line a campus dining? How much is the average financial aid award? How much of that is covered by loans? What is your overall ... much a school costs. You are in the process of determining where to apply

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  how much do I need to score in order for it to help?" A good AIME score ... course will end in a couple of weeks time?" Yes, that is fine. You can fax ... Ben, do you know how much it will hurt me if I have a really bad grade

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  , and once caught a cold in 90 degree weather. I’m still not sure how that ... considering how understaffed he is, but I’ve been sick pretty much every other ... ’t called in a week. I’ve been kind of hosed. Mom: Are you sick again? You

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... -six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they ... , sustained periods. What's sprinting for us, is a comfortable pace for them. A

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  is: Basically, you get a crash course in robotics and controls, and ... that to which it was accustomed...–is always lived (in a certain fashion ... This semester, in MIT terms, is “chill.” With only one technical

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  a plane in less than 48 hours heading back into the land of problem ... ’m excited to finally move in. I’m especially excited to be a blogger for the ... a week meeting and greeting freshmen, holding REX events in B entry

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  Africa in spring 2015 and how the Clinton Global Intitiative is changing ... top universities in the world is being right next to another one of the ... desire to have a positive impact in the world.   Aldrich Hall, part

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not quite so. I'm a senior who's majoring in Course 4 Architecture and will ... self - aka we're going to be writing a memoir! The professor is Sherry

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  Fellow in Native American Studies. In this role, David is leading a new ... ) is a PhD student in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford. She graduated ... (Ojibwe) is a youth robotics inventor, activist, and advocate for youth who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  '07 is printing out in dazzling color as you read this, and nary a good ... graduate I.M. Pei, is built in the shape of a 30-60-90 right triangle ... Someday I must tell you how I did it. Whoo! It's been a while, hasn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  then plan to form a pod with these people in the spring"]staple[/annotation] with was a whole process in itself. Thinking about the spring and pods ... like, socially. And no matter how I try to frame it in my mind, making

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what ... students write their thoughts about life in college in blogs. These honest
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How awesome is MIT Physics?

  The MIT Physics Department is one of the best places in the world for research and education in physics. Fourteen of their alumni and eight of their faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... has a hole in it; and Belgian dark chocolate, which is kind of ... Store is a book store. In the basement, however, the Harvard Book Store is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  . but in a group of three, it gives the impression of a triangle overlaid ... perceive a triangle. this is a gestalt effect. we can then imagine the ... 't perceived, and broken down to its component parts. in a general sense, maybe

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  get into a good college, or it is simply the fact that we wake up in the ... cool 8th grader (because don’t we all feel that way in 8th grade) that is ... . I wouldn’t shut up about how much I loved late night psetting with

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  i will never be a student again, that there is a world in which in 2 ... . and i'm there multiple times a month, and it is a joy to keep him in my ... , how much i'd changed in various eras of life, i said something about how

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025