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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  —but to me, art is still the escape. Of course, writing in particular is a ... will describe to you in painful detail in a later post."]my three-month internship in Seattle,[/annotation] a group of intern friends and I decided

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  a comics shop in Boston. In my daily perusal of Wikipedia I came ... enough to appreciate it. Not that everybody at MIT is a Star Wars fan. I ... year (Burton-Conner has a free rental movie collection) to brush up on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  to Software Engineering in Java 6.178 is a six-unit class offered only ... 、私は日本語の勉強をはじめました。韓国語をもう話します。日本語はすごく面白くて、もっと勉強したいです。ゆっくり日本語が上手になりました。来年「MISTI Japan」に行くつもりです。 Japanese is a difficult language, even as a fluent ... . Approximately 60% of Korean vocabulary is not native Korean but Chinese in origin

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  In September 2021, when I posted about the new Welcome Center that is ... the Welcome Center a good front door to the Institute. In order to do ... labmate) Dr. Alexis Hope, a designer and researcher based at the MIT Media

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  Each year we aim for a class of approximately 1,100 students. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend ... with the uncertainties, we also keep a wait list of students. We won
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  Summer is a great time to visit colleges in Boston. There are more ... visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities ... is lots of construction going on around campus and in Boston; our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  (seriously, 41 kbps? WTF.) for five and a half days. This is probably the longest I've gone without real internet in a very long time -- when I went ... first lab job. With the NIH experience under my belt, I got a UROP in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  means to "improve diversity" is a complex question. As we say in our ... [annotation note='Which is how a majority of students in the United States now ... At MIT Admissions, our mission is to recruit, select, and enroll a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  ="Big: an initiated member who is paired with you to be a guide, mentor, and ... college experience and changed who I am as a person.” “Being in a sorority ... , their sorority is a place full of people “who I deeply admire, who are

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  , imposter syndrome just sort of, exists. It’s a voice in the back of my head ... graduate, and so, in two years, I should have a degree in mathematics from MIT. Fact: There are plenty of people who are “ahead” of me in math

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  is to surround yourself with people who are free in ways you’re not ... is one fact i am absolutely certain of: i want to live in a world where ... how i decided what to do after graduation. this is a condensed version

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  times so students can come in after their full-time commitments. 42 is a ... director of pedagogy in a school with no teachers, Lou’s job is to make new ... Note: xTalks: Digital Discourses is a seminar series from the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  children who have a parent who has passed from cancer, is currently in ... First Year (OFY) who is in charge of these things. note that as the years ... if you are someone who is quite new to coding or unconfident in Python

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  dinner: achieved. Pepper Sky is SO GOOD) Wednesday: Wednesday was a LOT ... : One of Petey’s former students came in to give a talk about his work at ... wrecked in quiz bowl practice. (Free dinner: achieved) The front slide of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  tuned in to her feelings, while he is a kid who frequently feels angsty or ... unleashes a poisonous yellow gas on 1800s Seattle. Anyone who breathes it is ... : Apocalypse came in the form of a deadly pandemic, and now the world is reduced

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  change that is necessary to slow climate change: promote plant-based foods ... :  70% of the world's fresh water is used for agriculture. Almost a ... here.  Vegan Before 6 (VB6). This one is similar to Meat Free Mondays

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  this is speaking from personal experience, I think living in a fraternity is on par if not a little less expensive than living in a dorm ... that being in a fraternity gives you access to a lot of upperclassmen who

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  essay is really an opportunity to focus on who you are and the ways in ... a thoughtful and intentional approach.  In my mind, there is a ... is important and what you would like for a reader to know. Student: Oh

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  in. And who knew that a Course 6 undergrad with no previous experience ... , with a focus on privacy policy. I was actually studying in Switzerland ... infrastructure projects. Taken together, the data collected on individuals in a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  make a difference in terms of culture and accessibility. 2. "How hard IS ... field is simply to get experience in it; through UROPs, clubs, project-based ... Hey there!  Haven't seen you in a while.  And by "seen" I mean "you

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013