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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  medieval literature in a game of pixilated world domination. And I can say ... , battles, effects, and I would take bullet-point notes to stash away in my ... department. It was in this class that I met that venerable professor of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... -challenged person (read: I can still get lost with Google Maps), I wouldn't trust ... dead end where the cleared walking path suddenly just ended. I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  them. However, in total, 72 units was too many. I skipped most of my ... this in another blog, but I did nearly all of my readings this semester! I was in a writing workshop that assigned 60-100 pages of fiction per

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live ... an RAA and I can confidently say that they are a group of really great ... honest, I got to know the other people in my seminar but I didn't really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  ? On on side I can get a PC with tons of programs, downloads, familiarity, and 'cheap' prices. On the other side, I can get a Mac with it's super ... there were seven Apple laptops in the car. I switched to Mac right before

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  all day to tell me, because she knew I was involved in FIRST in high ... dining plan where you pay a set fee in the beginning of the semester and receive 1/2 off of all meals in the house dining halls. You can read more of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  about the school that I’ll be attending in just a few short months. My CPW story can be summed up in three pictures. Friendship: From R to L ... ;class="photo"> Um… Speaking of pictures, I apologize in advance for the poor quality

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  life. At times, when in a place where I was under a beautiful night sky ... , and the cap of my telescope has a hole in the middle that I can open in ... school night at 3:00 am the following day? I planned most of the trip in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  -recently-visited-by-Quentin-McArthur emailed me a laundry list of excellent questions that I could answer in less ... in a while! See you on the Internet sometime,” and then I figured that ... . After one month, I started to think in MATLAB instead of in English, but

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  is cross section of my semester in screen shots. 1) I hit exactly $0 ... actually using up all the change in your wallet before you can accumulate any ... ordering the Indian food I have open in another tab. Peace out, cub scouts.

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long ... , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... professors that I have something to offer... when in fact I'm not sure I have

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  , I had worked in a scientific lab, so I knew that these mythical “ ... ways… Last July, I was sitting in front of my computer at work ... ’d be interested in becoming a content creator for OLW. Of course, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  -control to only let the emotional floodgates open a little. I apologize in ... graduating high school and moving into college, I graduated in a lot of other ... nothing to do with why I’m sad in that moment. It feels a little more

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• 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:…

  

  Despite the fact that I've lived in the Boston area for the past four ... was in college, but I had just never done it. Mostly I use the city for ... hurricane in Boston since I've been here, other than the remnants which come

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

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  real thing I can compare this to is ESP, and in that sense it's actually ... that I'd imagine different people are interested in. In the end, I decided that I'm just going to write about everything I'm interested in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  carly SLAY jepsen concerts > psets

  

  fact that I can't even remember what it was.) I feel like Carly Rae Jepsen just had a large impact on everyone's psyche in elementary school. I ... , her album E•MO•TION came out in middle school. I remember coming across

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I ... metropolis of Saco in a couple of hours. I really wish I'd taken a picture ... his guest check framed on the wall, no kidding. I paid in two

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... you'd be surprised by what happens. III. As I write this entry, I can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about Model United Nations at MIT. I covered this issue somewhat in this entry, when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  knocks.”  “Wow!” I replied in joking indignation, but swiveled past him ... Multivariable Calculus exam. I filled in the solutions, turned in the sheets, and ... ’s moving into Alpha Delta Phi this fall, and I’ll remain in Random, while

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014