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• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  lounge at MIT where a group of people are clustered watching a movie on TV, and you'll see open laptops although their owners are still very much ... GREATLY helps with productivity, since there are no speakers on these

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  competition there are iconic achievements: the gold medal, the yellow jersey ... . It's not a perfect metaphor. All MIT undergraduates are encouraged to ... keep blogs are the most active bloggers and best make the transition to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  many of you — students and parents — are concerned about the future ... analytic and human skills you will learn-by-doing here at MIT are the exact ... are the global leaders in the near future. One thing that I am certain

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  on-- There are very huge stars, man, in the sky, and from somewhere ... they are laughing at me, and all around me is racket of these cats not ... into the pace of one while the other is in my head. Where “I Know a Man

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  singles are not for the claustrophobic, the faint of heart, or in this ... lofted and the futon/chair are underneath, and the desk is basically a foot ... "PLANETARIUM FORT" name no longer really applies. Which is where you come in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  Juggling Club, I found a whole community of people who are also inspired and ... connections, the desire to push expectations and norms, are all things that can ... beautiful and exhilarating. And even here at MIT, where the people can spend

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  for seniors) right now. My walls are an uninteresting shade of white. I arrived on Saturday from Florida, where I was spending time with my family ... shaped though it may be (there are...fourteen corners in my room, but it

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  As I've discussed on this blog before, MIT MedLinks are awesome. Got ... Links are sick, they MedLink themselves. (What do you expect me to do - go ... most people are quick to say that they're just fine. In fact, if there

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  Today after the admissions info session in Kresge (where it also took ... explanation. Let me try again. First, here are some excerpts from the article ... came to MIT, but certainly there are analogies with scientific models of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  Fellowship -- concentrate on issues and communities that are of particular ... committee will choose the team from the individuals who apply -- but you are ... Singapore. Before their departure interns are trained in the language and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  . (Note: Only tourists take pictures with the cows. Boston residents are WAY ... , you have approximately a two-week grace period in which you are allowed ... in the winter. Nor'easters are like hurricanes, only way more fun. 4

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  : me too= Diana: there are quads, doubles, singles, and triples on every floor (These are actually pictures of my quad from way back when ... remember those bio psets where we'd google the answers or die trying Diana

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  fields that are totally unrelated. For me I love both physics and ... are different options you can follow to study multiple fields. For two ... come to a little over 400 units, where four years' worth of "normal

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  , these robots are autonomous, but one twist is that the robotics problem is ... applauding. Pictures two and three below are of one of the most impressive ... interesting questions asked was, what are the team members doing now? Richard is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  /ACT, or who can find a forthcoming opportunity to do so safely are ... so safely are discouraged from taking the test, in order to protect ... [annotation note='Here at MIT, President Reif recently announced that we are

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  is imagef***, where programs are images and each brainf*** command is ... are esoteric programming languages (esolangs), which are impractical and ... intrinsic meaning are whitespace characters. Anything that isn’t a whitespace

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  of how there are so many dimensions to MIT. Angela: what is this work ... androgynous and/or nonbinary. Here are our initial sketches (left: Audrey ... it out :'). wait are you in [annotation note="dynamics and control I"]2

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  : choices are easy (unfortunately, because the options are few). The best ... United States?" There are more than one romantic lighthouse and Winter ... ). These are all pleasant getaway spots. The reasons I wanted to go to Salem

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  blogging not being a real job, some people are professional bloggers.  And ... to feud with political pundits who are full of hot air (*cough* Joe ... the auditorium filled, but the overflow room where people watched the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  technologies. This January, teams comprising a total of 35 students are working ... (Urban Planning) ’12 is blogging from Cambodia, where the D-Lab team ... in Siem Reap for a little over 48 hours and are currently spending the

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012