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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  localization – how a robot can figure out where it is in when you place it ... is symmetrical! Can any of you guess what the bubble wrap is for? If ... undergraduates. The EECS department is the best in the country and has pioneered

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  and dying? I can hear my mom in the back of my head saying yes, of ... work and to live with a goal, to plan for a job in which I can help other ... contemplative lately. In my first few weeks here I had tons of questions, but they

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  with keeping myself alive. Can you believe that? I have to remember to ... in a mug, a spoonful of water, and add whatever meat/vegetables you ... (pancake glizzies), where you wrap a sausage in a pancake. 10/10 [caption id

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  propped up in bed and listening to the Toy Story soundtrack. Anywho, I ... wading through it* OMG guys! You made a CollegeConfidential thread about ... just now realized that what can start as a simple guess as to an

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  , athletics, and just about anything you can think of; when those passions mesh ... walk out. When you’re stressed and busy it can be hard to remember why ... you can check out all kinds of cool things happening at arts

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  ="IAP = Independent Activities Period. In January, MIT has a brief J-term where you can ... previous credits to use. 5) You are now in your new major Last spring, my ... .06, 16.07 AND fall unified, baby! you truly can have it all! more on this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  wisdom I can't make up for myself. Readers, what do you think? Is self ... needed them: The Care and Keeping of You before I reached puberty, Don ... . James' books on "Living the Simple Life" by involving your kids in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... ’ve realized in the past semester that I can be really hard on myself. Sometimes ... for? As any college student can tell you, that’s a really scary

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  this class (you can see a ball rolling down a ramp in mechanics, but you ... them in more detail than I will if you’re interested in learning more ... of the benefits of getting sophomore standing is that you can get this

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  that you can study for and do well, and there are classes in which ... summer, so if there are any features of MIT that you believe can be easily ... brain can successfully absorb, and learned what it was like to have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  me assure you that I graduated with a MechE/BME degree in 2008. I have ... changed, as I am still (sort of, I’ll explain) in school at MIT, doing ... Science department, and the little dome barely visible behind it. Before you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  to the department you're interested in to see what programs you will ... are buzzing... the semester seems to be in full swing. This semester is ... set on pursuing a degree in course 16 (aero/astro engineering). After a

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiVYEjp0Ww&ab_channel=SaltTech We hope you are happy! Take some time to celebrate with those who are important to you; we'll have more important, cylindrical information for you

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  we can still learn a lot from the interview. And you should be ready to ... interviewer can move past this prejudice in the course of the interview, but if you can remove your nose ring easily, you probably should do that and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  . One thing is certain: if I am invested in you - and you know who you are ... to really process all of this. In a nutshell: after four incredible years here, I'm going to be leaving MIT in July. I'll also be leaving

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  MIT." Here's what you guys looked like from the stage (can you find ... I was fairly negligent in documenting my adventures in photos. Alas. Well, I'll show you what I have... The early hours of Thursday found me

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Seven Years of Good Luck MISTI paid for all the MIT Japan interns to meet up this weekend in Kyoto.…

  

  buildings in Japan, and from the top you can see Kyoto Tower in its full glory ... nostril, you'll supposedly have good luck for seven years. Eager to soak in ... This weekend MIT Japan paid for all the MIT interns in Japan to meet

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  you imagine sitting down in that skirt?   Then, after you have ... . One of my HASS classes is in French IV, which I was frightened into taking after realizing how bad my French was while studying in Europe this

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  surprise you. There are (unfortunately) some in STEM fields, even at MIT, who ... Boston area come to you with problems in medicine they want to solve. I ... Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  awkward scenes that leave you squirming in your seat. Awkward situations at ... Danes, Jason Schwartzman, and Steve Martin star in this supposed comedy ... spends her nights reading novels and making charcoal drawing in her dark

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005