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• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  . The platform is based on a dual heated chamber concept. The upper chamber acts as ... I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers at MIT, centered at the Mediated Matter group in the Media Lab but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  all the classes I didn’t take you seem pretty unsure for a girl so in love with her major

  

  , just like the class drop form, is due in a week. I keep forgetting to ... ] [annotation note = "honestly don't even know what this one is called but it's a ... have a super helpful scheduling website called Hydrant, which is

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  finding appropriate roles for architecture in society. It is a place where individual creativity is cultivated and nurtured in a framework of values that ... amphitheater, a little blinded by the brightness of sun and snow. In searching

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  published a paper in Science, one in Neuron, and one in Cell Reports. So I am ... professional aerospace engineer does in his free time. Build model airplanes ... , at work? And the answer is ARE YOU JOKING? He’s always been a model

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  , and ridiculous amounts of confetti, this event is a must-see for any MIT ... . Your experience in 2.009 can depend a lot on your team, so I feel super ... first obstacle by frantically jumping in a potato sack. Pink team won the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  As I start writing this, I have a midterm in exactly 24 hours. I ... of October, and the semester is in full swing. I still have most of the ... already. I was working hunched over like a little goblin in a cave with a

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  I have stated this in this short blog post, but there is a lot going on in the world, it is a confusing time, and I want to make sure it is ... Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  ”, and the run-time is over a half an hour in total. Who knows? Life is too ... guitar. This has become a pretty intense hobby in the past few months; whenever you have a moment of free time, you're sitting there, jangling

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  -hazing agreement, which also made me a little bit uncomfortable. MIT is actually ... 'll excommunicate you from MIT, lock you in a pillory, and melt the key MIT's nuclear ... engineering majors (do you know what an engineer is, really?), and a career fair

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to ... .... Yes. Yes, that is in fact what you think it is. A monkey made entirely ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  think a big part of that is it's not really in the nature of the science ... in the Science Times wondering who is "the next Einstein." Could it ... was David Bauer from New York City, who did a project on quantum dots

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  's a million fun things happening in the Kendall/MIT Open Space it is ... It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: I am growing an ... pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  revolutionize the way colleges advertise. MIT is no longer a photoshopped ad, it ... . The goal is to try to show a bit of everything. To be fair, 12 students ... necessary. POTENTIAL APPLICANTS: MIT is a wonderful school. It is difficult

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  have a lot of free time on top of TSL (we were putting in about 5 ... 't really on either of our minds. And we were lucky enough to be in a position ... Summer We did a remote UROP and Frolicked in a VR lab Starting in

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a ... attitudes is essential to discovering and expressing who we are. Sure, Mrs ... : dyed hair is a stereotype of my dorm, East Campus (among other dorms

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  [LIVEBLOG 🔴] Making My ENTIRE Comic Portfolio BEFORE THURSDAY AND ALSO EVERY OTHER PROJECT IS ALSO DUE THIS WEEK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

  

  'd be free for an interview for a card in the next few weeks. She said ... , but my phone is dead and I realized that a rock got stuck deep in my ... . [Which is something I'm realizing I don't have a lot of left.] Saturday

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 4, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  Now that CPW is behind us, I am beginning to return to my life as a ... . This movie, shot in 1915, has been described as "a legendary classic ... friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  that’s who we are hiring”  Pikachu shocked face 😮   A sweaty handshake A spit shower 🗣 and quick talk This is all I got ... job be mine?🎶   Please accept me please I want a job so badly

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  see is a bunch of numbers spinning up and down in preprogrammed ways ... ; certainly, the world i believe that i live in isn’t real. it is a mere ... ago. i created a new world, i booted up survival, walked around in some

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  . In the photo essay that accompanied the article, they showed a picture ... -- I blogged it here. Also in this picture is Rachel Glennerster, the ... semester, a class I profiled here. Last week, Time Magazine announced

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005