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• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  change the space with wicked lighting setups. So much is the same: our ... with me which is super fun. two people who are not me have slept in my ... of my childhood bedroom is from when i was a child, and i never spent

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  any questions since she's in the MEng masters program, which is only for ... Ethan '05, who is currently in the MechE program, but he hasn't gotten ... 't considered for graduate work at MIT, is this true?" In lieu of responding to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  deciding... "Anonymous" wrote, "I have a Q: is MIT gay-friendly? (intl here ... visited." As an international, I don't know how much you follow American ... much of MIT) center focused on research and teaching in development

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  , Year, Major, Place of Birth, Dorm Hi! I’m Yuliya, a senior majoring in ... in the brain. Although the science on this is very new (the papers we ... .” And that has been a lot of fun.   What is on your shirt?  My

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Awesome Robot Competition? LIVE?? Check out the 2.007 Final Robot Competition! LIVE May 12th/13th!

  

  -elimination tournament on Tuesday! Quote from an email: "Each head-to-head match is a ... Do you LOVE robots? Do you LOVE Wicked? Do you LOOOOOVEE FREE BODY ... class and plan to write a longer blog about our experiences, but we couldn

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  is heavily concentrated in two assignments (a small project and a final ... , just to share how my semester is going. somehow, 1.5 weeks into classes ... .33 - Research and Communication in Economics a sort of pre-thesis class, where we

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  classes offered this fall...and realizing how much I wanted to take a bunch ... Regular readers may recall that I've been teaching a bit in ... description: There is often a tendency to consider technical systems as 'purely

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  much of a case for why self-knowledge is important, and I’m not sure I ... him. This friend is single and would like to have a girlfriend, and ... surprised, simply because it's not how I operate. I'll confess that I spend a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  they unaware or do they just not care? All things considered, this is a ... . This class has been through a lot. In 2016, many of us voted in our first ... posts is how they continue to ring true from years ago to just three weeks

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  folks that it is much more challenging to live in hardship ... we started a Black Student Union in our school to build community, but ... in school? That last question came from a student at a high school

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... was born as a tradition at MIT. Yes, the ring is known as the Brass Rat. Why? Because it is made of gold and features a beaver on the front. Why

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  though I definitely didn’t need to invest so much time and energy in it, I ... figure out which events we all had in common (lol yeah we went OFF)Here’s a ... as one of the three CPW Chairs of East Campus a while back (maybe in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  ) come in after the January 1 deadline. We are much more understanding of ... write down in your application. This is okay. Just be sure that when you ... passed. While highly recommended, the interview is not a required part of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  on me. In the end, a biology major likely wouldn’t have changed much in ... not becoming a doctor. I regret how much time I spent feeling abjectly ... … couldn’t deliver. The day after the exam, I laid in my bed for a while

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  semester, is no doubt a requisite to Course 4. While I love having my little home away from home away from home, it is pretty isolating in a way. I ... case, reviews (as you will see...), etc. Apparently, there is a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  , people seeing each other in a trusting, positive light. The result is a ... not result in a bad education. Penn State is ranked 64th worldwide by ... deal with the fallout in terms of my mental health. This town is not a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  /trailers without electricity and running water." In case you don't know, this is a ... sure you're in the right place?" Me: ... Proctor: "Is 8.012 even in this building?" Me (bristling): "Um, yes. 8.012 is DEFINITELY in this building

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  the heck out! But I'm sure if anyone is learning a lot from robots, it ... dreams because all I wanted is to have any job, and not live in the projects. Now that I'm going to graduate MIT in a year I feel like I should

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  question was about how outreach is valued in the professional scientific ... pointed at me: "yes! question?" Me: "You talked a lot about how the public's perception of science is changing. I was wondering if you could spend a few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  . For those too lazy to google it, LiveScribe is a pen that does something ... 's usefulness in action. But what's REALLY cool about the company is that it was founded by a guy named Jim Margraff who is, you guessed it, an MIT alumnus

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009