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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  or bombs," said Smith. ''I don't drive a car, and I don't kill people ... ; eventually, we will pull it out and have a nice column of space for the fire ... Petite Anise, Haiti) that will serve (in porridge form) as a binder for the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  each folders are the summary cards (or "E-3 cards," I have no idea why they're called that). For the next month, the admissions staff will be ... will be an exciting month. By now, I've read my first folders of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  graduate, with at least 1 in each department along with various other rules ... offered in 5 terms: Quarter 1 (Fall semester through October-ish), Quarter 2 ... day 1"]student-athletes don't usually take PE classes

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  procrastination). What I’m trying to say in a haphazard way is that things will ... still not sure (that’s me! [editor's note: still me!]). But you will still ... strongest suite, or that you’ve always wanted to try a capella [editor's note

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  undergradates at her daughter’s sorority house for a year or two, I felt it was a ... responding when the door alarms goes off late at night or very early in the ... matter how late or early the hour. What that also means is that when you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  : inanimate objects [carousel image1="89666" image2="89662" image3="89668" image ... along with the drawings, but you get the idea. [carousel image1 ... . This was our conversation: [carousel image1="89713" image2="89715" image

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  platonic, hey we’re both single so might as well do something situation, or ... ’ll invite our mutual friend Bob too” or showing up while leaning hard into the ... with someone in a romantic context. I was in class until 1:30 pm, then I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  typically often used as a verb. It refers to an action or a series of actions ... or difficult it is, but I expect that—whether you're a casual reader, current applicant or unusually developed rhinoceros—you can probably solve

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  I do not know if I have mentioned this on the blogs or in public ... project, so here’s a list of the 10 most useful lessons. 1.  Lightning ... rarer back in September, before I had access to as many makerspaces, or

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  's yeast (is it dead or alive? I can't tell), I tossed Loaf #1 into the oven ... all over the dessicated grids of my post-semester calendar: 1.Baked ... keys obnoxiously expired while I was busy playing minesweeper* or

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  Any time I have disappeared off the face of the earth - or just from the blogs- it can be blamed on one of two things: 1) The Shift and A ... or that one key up top with the incomprehensible symbol on it? Oh, wait

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  nursery room for other newborns. He saw twenty or thirty other boys and ... live in the dorm assigned to you, a permanent room will be assigned once ... for $1.25 in about half an hour. Yeah, they were ridiculously happy

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  . Perhaps you are as sheltered and/or clueless as me, so I'll break it down ... screenings, discussions, or last week's "Make Your Own LGBT Valentines." As the ... about tolerance or intolerance, or justifying or glorifying or encouraging

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  mean finding a school where he or she will blend in without a trace? Not ... your son's or daughter's abilities and college chances, it's a good idea ... disappointments or reversals in your own life. That way, whatever the outcome, your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year. Which means that we will have to find a new housemaster. The new housemaster will be chosen by a committee, which is comprised of other

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  misty background of my mental landscape. Knowing me, it really is one or ... ? 41 minutes.   Soon writing season will be upon us. College and ... ! And also according to a recent emaill, if I don't blog, I will get fired

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  Summer's sunlit streams of serendipitous socializing (or solitude ... , because I'm sure the rest of my blogs will have enough run-ons and comma ... campus, you don't know anything. (many scholars and religions will argue

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  things as seemingly objective as motion or time are influenced by how one ... to do is shift your point of view, and things will feel much better ... matter whether you were accepted, wait-listed, not admitted, or even if you

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  an informed decision as to whether or not he/she will truly be happy ... . Those of you who will be applying to college in the next year or two, do ... inform decisions, either in regard to admission or in regard to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  paid or earn credit for it."]UROPs[/annotation] from the Tangible Media ... first 1.5 years at college because nothing seemed that interesting to me ... . Coding (almost) every day I wrote a 1.8k-word post about how tough

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023