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• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  question, “What scale do you use?” In truth I didn’t use another scale, and ... certainly can be value in soliciting input from others while collecting ... Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  "Oh yea you guys don't have armadillos up there in yankeeland ... 2018 meetup in a couple weeks, so if you are in the area and an admitted ... here in Texas - people up north are yankees, and people who live on the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think ... IAP, and then maybe I can make it as far back as last semester. Fortunately for me (and those of you who want to hear about 6.111 and my other

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  role we have to play, and I can tell you I consider nothing more ... vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I ... , for some reason, chose to enroll in MIT's hardest physics class, dubbed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... putting in the work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_106057" align ... these TVs all around the room so you know what part of the lift you’re on

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  stitching supplies mailed to them by the admissions office so you can stitch ... !" setup for this year in my new basement! If you're an adMIT, bring ... am employed this year, in an industry that wasn't absolutely devastated

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  us. A couple of days later a kid in my suite had similar symptoms, went to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite was blue-masked, then another guy in my suite appeared one day with a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  Hello friends, As you can guess from the title of this post I am ... --it’s not always some big thing that stops you in your tracks that you couldn ... exactly sure what I had, but I was basically either in bed or at MIT Medical

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  updates and discuss what you’ll do in the coming week. I’ve been fortunate ... espoused as the core tenet of the MIT undergraduate experience—that you can ... information, like a bad AI: “so true bestie” (this one is great because you can

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  or barrage through. i can really see my strength in this environment ... fever you can't sweat out and i've learned to appreciate the lyricism and ... living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  circle 😊. You can learn more about the team at https ... you close your eyes, you can hear the sounds of the car, which often ... tell you more than seeing it. You can hear everything working together

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  people tell me that math is important in learning computer science (drawing ... something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I really like topics that are based in math, or at least involve a good

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  Bike stations (BlueBikes are shared bikes that you can find at stations all around ... Last week was MIT in Hard mode. Psets, a midterm, papers, interviews, presentations, you name it. Plus basketball practices started Monday. My Google

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique, accelerated classes, just do research, or participate in a MISTI program, among ... girlfriend in Washington D.C. It wasn't until a couple days before leaving that

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  amphitheater, a little blinded by the brightness of sun and snow. In searching ... cold to type, but hey, that’s the outside for you. The class I took over ... some background with the people who make it. In lecture, we learned

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  $11,000. Now they're holding a social media contest where you can people ... in the world and being in an environment where people are always ... undetected concussions has become too prevalent in young athletes, and Ben, as

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  impart to you in one post. If you are a current MIT student reading this ... -recorded, they can record in scenes as they go rather than doing it all at the end ... lot of other stressful things in everyone's lives at the time, so all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  you play guitar once in a while. Creative outlets~~" "Got it, Mom. And ... 're not in the best state of mind. Growth, where we learn how we can best ... I want to dabble in it. I used to run a YouTube channel dedicated to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  people involved. They can't. Similarly, I can't give you the true lowdown ... ramble on about, but there are things that I can't/won't put into a public ... about various MIT policies and policy changes - I put some of this in, but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  conflict that you can imagine and he told some heartbreaking and inspiration ... fill in the gaps =) I still can’t believe that they scheduled these ... working in the Biosafety Level 4 facilities of the CDC, and I wasn’t about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008