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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  's not Tennyson or anything, but... Oh MIT, OH MIT Many are the reasons ... nature of our souls. Smiles and joy are also spread As gentlemen burst ... house us in a place where we can be inspired and taught By one another

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  , and I’ll probably read another book after finals. For now, here are the ... that human life is worth way more than shoes. This book made me question ... problems. I like that they are very transparent about their frameworks and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  materials are alloys, where many different materials are mixed together to ... —  where I shared a [annotation note='I later learned the Class of ‘86 had ... I declared Course 2, where I took [annotation note='Jim taught me 2

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  -home learning-sequences, of which all of the videos are free to view online ... and it has gotten me more into chemistry, but lectures are lowkey (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  . Weekends are for recharging. Where are you, PNR? *hosed: in a constant ... which I performed my competition free program. It was good practice for ... short program, and moved up to second after the free skating portion. With

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  wrote, "I was wondering where do you watch hindi films in Boston. Are they ... feel there are things that you did not cover completely in your ... India we are interviewed by Mr.Ravi Meattle and unlike MIT's procedure of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  Roma Inn, where they were giving out free food anyway. Good times! We ... islands in the Adriatic? But, then again, as an MIT student, bad ideas are ... you don't see above is that we are facing a couple, hidden from view

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  handing in on time, there are no more days where I have to worry about ... wearied mind. A place where residents are not afraid to look the creatures ... Picture this, it is the summer time, and I am finally free from the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  I have this wonderful thing called free time, I'm ready to start ... over the number of characters in my major. Most of you are familiar with a system where majors have names, like "history," "psychology

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... (unfortunately, the rippling surface of the fabric made the code hard to scan), one ... is an annual event at East Campus every IAP where  people get the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  from scratch to see where you are now in contrast, in particular what you ... feel like a slacker... so without further ado, here are some answers to ... as soon as possible after your grades are available

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  big city lights and into the "suburbs" of Cambridge (which is where MIT ... two towns are great if you want to relax, and Somerville especially can feel like magical world without stress. The events and locations are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  policies are subject to change for each entering class. Please refer to this ... crazy events and crazy amounts of free food, we're actually here for ... classes and exams offered, but I didn't have any idea where I was applying

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  of free time thinking about possible experiments and troubleshooting ... obesity. To find the receptor, Mike and his colleagues are using a technique ... equipment. Mike helped to build a database called the "massome" where you can

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  Clinic for Students! WHEN? Monday (THIS WEEK!), 12/5, 11:30-2:00pm WHERE ... . Filmmakers are Abhijit V. Banerjee, Arundhati Tuli Banerjee, and Bappa Sen ... 's on Sunday the 11th at 8pm, and it's FREE! Formed in 1949, the Logs

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  around the country and world. This IAP, however, I had the most free time ... take home my creation too.   ...cultured myself, We get free ... 's been a few years since I'd been to either. My friend and I made the trek

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally ... Cambridge, Massachusetts. You are all so bravely navigating this transition ... growth that has made me the version of myself I am proud to be today

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... the days of yore - the good ol' pass/no record days, which are now a ... Maxwell equations, Gauss's law, involved calculations that were made much

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  are only relevant to my first semester. I'm going through them now (3 ... ! Though MIT isn't as large as some other college campuses, there are lots of ... MIT trying to find new places to study. Some of my favorite places are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  'm finally free to come back to the blogs (: It's not that I haven't been ... brave through your first semester here: Keep an open mind. There are ... thought you'd like are actually quite likeable. For that reason, keep an

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012