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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  .72), where students work in groups of three or four working to solve a problem ... to this area, though you can die instantly from such an injury. On a ... ." Professor Blanco is looking for some students to build a full

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  installed) to download a licensed copy of Eudora. Also available at that ... -and-drop Windows tool. f) Want to put a period after your middle initial in the MIT ... say that "having a pass makes you inclined to use it." To get a pass

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  do a distractor task where they had to remember a sequence of letters ... Bylinskii, helped organize. Speakers talked about methods to approximate where ... electric eel and the tentacled snake. I was there to present a poster of the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  , and I am overjoyed that I was able to find a group of like-minded people ... cooking as a method to anchor myself to reality, as an attempt to rebuild ... got a perfect score on whatever exam you have to take for dental school

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  ... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to ... was too scared to ask any MIT profs for favors (I am a huge chicken ... 're supposed to write a little cover letter/essay about your qualifications

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  impression that finding a place to live during the school year would be easy ... between properties, and a giant tear in a friend's jeans as she tried to ... occupants that was below 7, bedrooms too small to turn into doubles, a weird

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  Student Center for a glazed stick. 11:25 - 12:54 PM: Party in lab where by ... with my advising group 4:00 - 5:00 PM: Visit to the Towing Tank where ... to Shaw's to buy sorbet On a side note, I am very excited to add this

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my ... works for tons of people; I'm partial to the setup of frat rush, where you go where you want to go without four solid days of alphabetical order

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few ... was a limitation on the size of the cups we could use to drink apple ... glass I want! And now, living in a dorm where I am in charge of my own

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  been, a "morning person". When I was a child my mother used to start the ... play a similar role to that of the Graduate Residence Tutor (GRT) in the ... the Student Center. I look forward each evening to when I get to take a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  clothing (a la Gwen Stefani). Sorry, trying to find motivation to keep doing ... was too young and stupid to know what a postmark was. That's probably ... "abogado," or "lawyer." This is because the Spaniards who came to the New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  a city where i didn't need a car to get around, and could just rent ... east coast doesn't hold a candle to the west coast in terms of japanese ... " align="aligncenter" width="750"] walking to the beach from work is a bit

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  follow Nance's "Beaver" act, but managed to draw a few laughs. I was disappointed to find out that people still didn't know what a UROP was! I have ... lab of a Nobel Laureate, get a paper published, and go to professional

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  : *reads* The key to making a concise mathematical...blah blah...find the ... that blogging is therapeutic and thus would lead to a similar outcome of ... ." Unfortunately, there is only one way to become a master at MIT and it's in only

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  I’ve been too hosed to write a post that requires beyond ... drive with Mira, another pika resident, to a nearby lake. I’ve been ... to be calmed by a swim in cold water. Mira tells me about her past

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  /molecular/cellular biology department with a lot of people who like to do computational stuff ... departments place a strong emphasis on teaching students how to think about ... , if you want to be a good scientist or engineer, it's important to learn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  How NOT to be a MIT Student (aka. my daily dose of stupidity) *sets ... short). ESP is a student "club" at MIT that seeks to provide educational ... students may teach a class on ANYTHING to their students. A sampling of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on ... first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead to a second ... enroll. We'll give you a financial aid package and you'll have time to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  to make a shortlist of the changes that I made or had to make when ... in a long time, the only person I had to be responsible for was myself ... want to do requires a delicate balance and strong time management skills

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku solver, which will read in any Sudoku puzzle and figure out a solution to ...  (Piazza is basically a site where students can ask questions and instructors

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012