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• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  ="Independent Activities Period, aka the month of January where students can take a long ... take such a famed class, I decided to give my [annotation note="have I ... class ran from Monday to Friday with a scheduled 1:00-4:00 P.M. lecture

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... little arguing I could do to change her mind. Clearly, I needed a ... a fire alarm and have everyone in my dorm freeze to death in the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  hardcore organic synthesis to building a giant cardboard box in which to ship ... into oil. How do you turn a turkey into oil? Well, Chester, according to ... a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  as luxury staterooms, restaurants, even a casino. To minimize noise ... compartments throughout the ship and compress it to manage onboard weight. The ... 's worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center straight to a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  't have a cohesive campus until 1916, much to the lamentation of some ... be Gastronomical Engineering, a Course dedicated to making and ... positions; but we refuse them all, for we wish to show the Faculty that a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  and looked around the courtyard… only to find a complete lack of wood to ... , a measuring tape that someone is going to come back to. Every color of ... freshmen get to explore the dorms, meet the upperclassmen and decide where

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  something, to have my niche. I've been struggling a lot in finding my place ... ." But he has a point. I don't know where this deep desire to prove myself ... 've come compared to where I began and I revel in the progress and the work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  five minutes before. I try to slow my breathing as I find a seat. Simmons ... ships on display. I take a diversion to The Alchemist and take in the way ... make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  to the West side of campus twice, even though it is only a 10-minute ... perfect 1/8 of a sphere, which allows it to be supported at only three ... , as it can take a while to light up. Travel to the right down Mass Ave

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  instead of someone who's lost and drifting at sea, trying to find a way back ... shipping and delivery takes a while"]YamiBuy.[/annotation] I watch a lot of ... of breaking recipes down into simpler steps to make it seem a little

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  . What better way to get to know your hall? So a lot of you have ... online are a good place to start. And there are plenty of research opportunities out there totally unrelated to where you come from - the summer

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  -year-old a short bus ride away. One day, while I was explaining how to add ... . I was getting a tuberculosis skin test, which I needed in order to ... partner and I were supposed to teach a group of kids (ages 6-8ish) about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  "find my place". I'm going to find a place. And I'm going to have to work ... I saw going to college as a rebirth. I really disliked high school. College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a finite time horizon. Infinite games where the goal is to keep ... to see beyond his local bay, his glorious ship in reality just a small

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  , I have a confession to make to my fellow VMars fans... ...Ready? I ... a re[s]pon[s]e to thi[s] pot, but rather a concern regarding the ... ]hould I [s]ign the part on top where it [s]ay[s] I waive the right to review

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  Room"]the samuel adams brewery/bar[/annotation] where theere were a bunch ... grave that was next to a stump with these pretty mushrooms. I forgo ... and found a bench to sit on. The number of spelling errors significantly

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  folded a kraken attacking a Crawfordian sailing ship for the 2006 Origami ... . For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting to attend 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II) office hours, but instead I found

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  to get acclimated to the new environment, find a fun community or club ... completed classes on difficulty, pace, and other factors on a scale of 0 to 7 ... courses, recitation sessions, or checking when it's best to take a certain

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  everywhere. We went to a restaurant downtown where we ordered large ... Kappa Sigma (aka Skullhouse) has a tradition where the senior class goes ... renting a van once there to take all the way back to Boston. We must be back

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017