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• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  What is the particle in a box model? How to make ice cream at home ... in? Fainting Goats Nomadic Cultures of the World How Tea is made Why ... overview of go playing computers 10 tricks you can do with a hat How to tell

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

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  in recitation, and I finally feel like this is a Course 6 class that I ... : "This course is a survey of important topics in the social and cultural ... in edtech, so I think that this will be a cool thing to work on. This

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  Concert. Here is a somewhat complete list of the history of MIT Spring ... : Nirvana Played MIT. Perhaps MIT's most (in)famous party is Steer Roast. Each ... Roast is a celebration of mud, meat, and music. Mud, because of the mud

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  . I’m a senior in college now, meaning I did my recruiting process ... outdated. This is how I went about the college recruiting process for soccer ... camp is where a college (or colleges) hosts a soccer training session

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ... a semester to pursue any research question we can imagine. This is a particularly special class because it is required for everyone majoring in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application ... days to be processed. Materials are not automatically loaded into a ... don’t panic. While it is important to submit your application on time
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America ... about MIT. (Thanks Richard. The check from Tim Beaver is in the mail ... MITAdmissions put something together in a form you might understand:

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I ... ", or "root-level" friend is one that you personally know and like. A ... of a "friend^2", etc. That would make things so much easier, for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  (2015), we awarded over $48,000 in prizes. Q: So if a student is interested in INSPIRE, how should they proceed? A: To start, all you really ... In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  special lady in Minnesota, along with a couple of trinkets for my family. My ... have no idea what the Dirac delta-function is) and a likewise interesting ... -so-cute-yet-not-very-intimidating mascot) crowd surfing later in the night? It was the perfect end to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers ... the Lab back in June, but had no idea how it worked; at first, I didn ... . The platform is based on a dual heated chamber concept. The upper chamber acts as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  some context: web.lab / 6.148 is a web development course offered ... you were a student in web.lab 2020, but you never had to use this stuff ... time, and marvel at how this is the first time you’ve ever seen the green

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  coming and a lot of puzzles will happen. mystery hunt is how i first heard ...  thinking about how i would go to college in a place like this, and now i’m here ... specks, burying everything in dust. a phreatic eruption, we would learn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t stop me now! I am a satellite, I'm out of control.

  

  "Braveheart" is "rated R for brutal medieval warfare." By the time you read this entry, Mitra and I'll probably be in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, preparing ... Protein Odwalla Bar for energy, ten dollars in case I pass out and need to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  is basically what it was. There was even a Trashion geotag on Snapchat ... Robin - "Our design is a tribute to the Standing Rock-DAPL crisis where ... Manolya Altan) (Angles de Décadence - "A bold and sustainable outfit is

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  knew me from this blog -- perhaps this is making a difference (feel free ... was a huge mail day. The records staff is currently working through 14 ... ; Alumni goal: Leon Hsu   Sadly, a loss in our first game of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  ’t help but think about how much I’ll miss these constants when I’m lost in ... , my first response is to say Missouri with a somewhat sheepish ... realize how strange this phenomenon is because it’s just oddly important to

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  free lunch after accidentally walking into a Joi Ito (Director of the MIT ... professor gave had free coffee and biscuits for us in class. Love Course 15 ... coffee break in between psets.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  process out there, but it is still useful to learn how other places do ... manages what is essentially a small army of a few hundred volunteers. These ... students who work in 10-100 and help welcome people; McGreggor (and a few

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  collapsed — that is, their catch has declined by 90 percent. It is a very ... : Daniel Pauly and Jay Maclean, In a Perfect Ocean, 2003. --- What happened ... otherwise known in the course catalog as 12.000 - Solving Complex Problems, is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007