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• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  to be expected from MIT right? But I made it through... of course ... looking forward to escaping the bitter cold weather of Boston. So where did ... -long "semester" where students can take classes if they want, or just enjoy being

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  and really wanted to help us build it, so he showed us where everything ... way fewer than the 124 RSVP'd) and we had an AWESOME time. We even made it into the front page of The Tech! I made some movies of the

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  psets. Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects ... , the entire course is weighted towards exams so that psets are seen as a learning tool. In other courses, psets are a substantial portion of the final
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are volunteer opportunities available?

  At the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center (PKG Center), you can connect with a variety of public service projects in local, national, and global communities. The PKG Center can also…
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  technically competent. But those signals are widely accepted. Signaling moral ... game are not bullshit, especially if you otherwise lack the resources to ... Suzanne Collins, there is a moment where the narrator, Katniss, says: “It

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  (Read part 1!) I will start with a disclaimer--there are definitely ... the culture--when there’s something wrong, people are invited to fix it ... dropping this class--those scores on psets are about what we look for, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  . *** What are you gonna be doing this summer? I’ll be meeting up with my dad ... ’m excited for the solid plans, but also for the ones not made, the swaths of ... of needles? But there are things that stick with me. I can’t believe

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

  all of our students are broadly educated in the physical, natural and
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Are We Dating? Till blogging do us part

  

  Soooo someone asked on Sam's blog: Are you and Mitra dating? I wish! You ask a fair question, though. After all, Sam does lean uncomfortably close to me in pictures. Plus we do a lot of fun things together Sam

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  the original uninteresting case where either scenario results in loss of ... one over the five. There are however three problems with this principle ... necessary however—in particular, if we are to prefer saving a person over

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  When are decisions announced?

  Decisions will be released mid-December for Early Action and mid-March for Regular Action. We’ll email instructions for accessing the decision letters as soon as the official release date(s) and time(s)…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  incontrovertible (all sources below). Carbon dioxide levels are higher today than at ... . Countries in the developing world, those that burn the least fossil fuels, are ... , while policies and international agreements matter, grassroots efforts are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  * Sonny Bono (of Sonny and Cher) being elected mayor of Palm Springs in California. * The first mass demonstration against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. * Sub Pop Records,…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  alternative. Two of my favorite times are 10:23 and 10:24, particularly because

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  You Are LUSCIOUS I lusciously answer some of your questions

  

  the student bloggers. These weblogs are here to begin to capture for you ... /tour/overnight/meal -- especially if you are an admitted student who is deciding between schools. The ... , they present it with a flourish and announce, "You are DIVINE." I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Some languages do not effectively distinguish between blue and green. By now I think there should be a category called “e-mails that Sam has received from Hillel,…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  films ever made, which by virtue makes it a—gasp—silent film ... shown, a large orchestra would play a score made especially for the film ... made, because Fritz Lang’s vision of utopia and its implications

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  me spend on the things that are actually important to me.  --- Knowing How Much You Spend Keep track of what you spend, because chances are ... and I would always be surprised at where all the money went. I may not

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  , New Hampshire, all to finally walk 34 miles back to where I started. I ... : Do I know where to board the Concord Coach Line? How will the weather ... some point looking up where exactly the South Station Bus Terminal is. As

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2019 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  Class of 2023 has been spending their summer deciding where to live with ... this process are the so-called Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2019