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• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  If you're considering MIT, you probably like to build things. Throughout my childhood, a small walk in closet in the basement of my house was ... sets (likely well over 10,000 lego pieces by my 13th birthday

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  those desires in a new way. I can confidently say it's one of the most ... major. I can't say I'm 100% confident in declaring Course 20 now, but I ... , visiting family in Delaware and New York, and traveling to Cape Cod with some

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  to be able to orient yourself in such a way that you can stand on a ... when you haven't seen your friend in a while. Being away from the 'tvte ... down some stretches of road are so flat, I swear you can see your own

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  what you want can be done out of the box with Disqus." Disqus is a ... yourselves. In the past, the commenting system has been relatively simple ... "threading" of comments such that a distinct topic or idea can be pursued apart

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  the line, and you learn quickly to take it in stride, get back on and ... Dance Team, stared out at the crowd of giggling students attempting, in pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  looked down at my rollerblades. “Not with those you can’t.” I pulled off my ... for. A perfect farewell to summer.             Kudos if you can ... emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  less when you're out there in it. because that's really all any of us can ... . At MIT in general, and this semester specifically, you have all been ... of the latter. Whether you graduate in a few weeks, or in a few years

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  Chinese before coming to MIT.) How did you first become interested in the ... speak Mandarin in a professional setting. Will: Before MIT, I can recall ... practicing my language skills I had never had. I can't tell you how many times

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  mountain hiking in a blank? how can you capture the brilliance of a sunrise ... , Autumn is slowly creeping in. You don't notice her at first - but there ... didn't design its interview to quiz you and reveal the shortcomings in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  following are true", she said. "You want to be a part of this once in a ... in a show, but would like to try something new this IAP. You are ... In eighth grade, I was Tessie in my school's production of Little

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  nature, you can be in practically any science/engineering major and get ... powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in ... nanotechnology, it’s quite understandable that many students are interested in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  there are things you really want to do but can't bring yourself to begin ... similar or different from my own. I can't emphasize this enough: you are ... -out refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  those of you who don't know me, I'm the new Chris, replacing the old Chris ... complete my master's degree in Comparative Media Studies. A few weeks ago, on ... the people. Every day I spent in the Lab was a day surrounded by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  . You may even recognize The Goober from his appearances in some of my ... from that weekend so more of you guys can recognize him the next time he ... 's "Can I play in the Simmons ball pit????" (Yes, my dorm has a ball pit

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  up nicely when he posted on Facebook today that "the differential in ... up at 8:30, sat in bed cooing at pictures of adorable baby zoo animals ... friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  them in a comment. Be fruitful and check it out. Another question you ... menorahs. Oh no! I'm afraid of fire! Now, you're surely asking, "Can you ... . If I don't see you, have a happy new year, and GET YOUR APPLICATIONS IN

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the ... to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  . Round two came around 11pm in the form of steak tips. I can’t tell you ... unauthorized boats in the lake. "TOGETHER WE CAN WIN THE WAR AGAINST AQUATIC ... photographer, as you can tell by the superior photo skills.) We partially

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  compounds that you can only make in percents, but it would be nice if you ... in the comments section! You can also e-mail me personally, or any of ... past almost all the dorms in West Campus. Stop when you are greeted by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  past few weeks in preparation for this weekend's events.  You can see the ... event, and "How Many Feet Can You Eat" Subway eating event.  But I still ... squanch, which is my hall's mascot, but as you can see, it ended terribly

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013