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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  people who tested out of a lot of our required courses and were already ... fact, I know a transfer student at MIT who did exactly that, and now he ... . Regardless of your opinion of him, he is at least definitely one of the best in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  queen you are at MIT is a pale shadow of the drama queen you were in high ... thing that's happened to me in the last few days is that Adam and I went ... . In my defense, I'll say that I'm a lot less of a drama queen than I was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  organically in the form of a hobby, or perhaps an inspiring book. Others may ... , there is a goal, the destination to your journey. There is no winning path ... in a wood cabin. As the raindrops patter on the window, you seek

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  , under a few bridges, which is harrowing in itself, and into a romantic ... , but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the ... a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  bikes. As someone who lived in Washington, D.C. for a few years, trust me ... . Surprisingly, it tastes better in Boston! The typical Boston accent is a myth ... is the furthest north I have ever lived. Here is a list of almost ten

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  . According to CMS/W: The curriculum in science writing is designed to enable ... writing major is an option for students interested in science journalism ... designed to work as a complementary major for students majoring in science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  'm a little cheesy sometimes - what else is new? Luckily, I have about ... here is not a right, but a privilege - I might even go so far as to call it an honor. And unlike in high school, where there are a lot of other

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  dexterity. There’s a ton of people in MIT who play the piano (and everything ... grave (in sheer delight, not ghostly rage). There’s also a piano on the ... mean, why would it need scrutiny, right? But in a markedly different way

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the months ahead. Here are a handful of tips I have for anyone who applies to ... things are in your application before you hit “submit”. There is no single

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  wiped out by a single antibiotic. In the same way, cloning is boring since ... friend who was on his way to a job orientation for the World Wide Web ... be serendipitous. One day, he ran into a friend who happened to be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  the U-Haul in Central Square, which is about a 15-minute walk from my ... and back into my dorm room. Moving-in day is my second ... back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  should make that a blog post!" So here it is, a lil post about how crazy 6 ... class in the sequence, 6.0001, because I did a bit of coding in middle ... 've done serious coding in a good while. At MIT, there's often an attitude

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  groceries, here is a reference for food prices. In general, to see how expensive an unfamiliar grocery store is, check how much they charge for a few ... Image courtesy of greggavedon.com   The following is a guest

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  , an area with a distinctly European feel. Live music is everywhere in ... [by Janet Li '12] A house decked out in Mardi Gras swag in the ... standards in New Orleans. Course 11—Urban Studies and Planning—is

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  art is also a history of agriculture, marking humanity’s complex relationship with the land...In this era of impending climate catastrophe, it is ...  projects. After the first class, I was sold. I even passed up an offer to skate in a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process ... it out. Basically, it is a super-easy way to synchronize files across

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  holding a fantastic event TODAY in our Sukkah on the Kresge Oval. We'll be ... that isn't Kim or Rizos or Lzhpb*n!xobile is code for "JEWISH!" in Hillel ... equally German last name is also on Hillel's mailing list, so at a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  students who are interested in MIT's faculty-led ensembles such as the MIT ... instrument. 1. Do you have to be a music major to perform in MIT's ensembles ... concentration, and some who choose to declare a music minor or major - but the

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  , the probability of its extinction in present circumstances is low. A ... a larger scale, proposed in a 2011 study published in Nature, is to ... Today is the fifth annual Save The Frogs Day, a day to spread

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  ://webmail.mit.edu. You'll see a screen that looks like this: Click for 123K PDF This is ... e-mail. The service MIT uses, Webmail, is a fairly standard service ... interface is a little confusing, ugly, and bare-bones. The two main

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008