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• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  Just two and a half weeks and freshman year is over. I'll spare you ... like: STRESSFUL! Just like in high school, a favorite strategy of ... present in exactly one week (seriously, Toy Design is freaking me out right

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  I'm in Washington, D.C. today for a work trip, so I write this blog ... the D.C. area. In retrospect, I should have just flown in last night and ... what it is about yet. In a Harvard class I took years ago, the lecturer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  . You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not you go to MIT. It's the truth. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2007. 2006 was the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record ... ://web.mit.edu/spotlight/lookback-2006/ for a look back at the spotlights. So what’s in store for 2007

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Liv Tyler was originally named Liv Rundgren. Her mother, Bebe Buell, was concerned with Stephen Tyler's drug use and therefore ... the US tied with Italy 1-1 in the first round of the tournament, I think

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  !) of dissolving salt in hot water to make a solution strong enough to ... scientific merit from the perspective of a chemical engineer. Well, if you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  full article about the physics breakthrough, click here. For all you out there interested in learning about some other cool physics research

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  hope you're listening!   Marilee Jones, the dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is well known in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to a selection committee meeting: it was the first day of international

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  (Current Debates in Media): This is the capstone class for the CMS major ... and debate about various things happening in the media at the immediate ... in the world. I didn't know that we actually had to debate each other

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  . When I walked in, there were 20 +/- 2 girls sitting on the floor, wearing ... , which meant that I couldn't see myself in the mirror - a blessing, as I ... trickled in, and sat down. Ashley welcomed us to the course, and explained

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  campaign. I was called up on a random night in October by my friend Sathya ... T. Adams was working on in Iowa called the Young Entrepreneur ... in between all of my other commitments. Since I was travelling a lot

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us, shake it off, and get back up again. We ask that you converse civilly and ... you, as that is the spirit of these blogs and our whole process

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  've been extremely lucky to interview at all of the top five programs in biology, and eat lots of free food and stay in free hotels and fly using ... home of a current student in the program. Sunday, Feb 26. I take a tour

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  computer shop party in a parking building. I took a lot of pictures, but it is hard to not look like a little baby city new person when you pull ... rock: Last week-end, I went with some friends to a boring little town in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  Starting anything is hard. In fact, starting is often the hardest ... the cover, the pad of post-it's I carry with me at all times in case I ... there are only so many hours in a day, and physical exercise just isn't a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  fall, even in spite of my tremendous workload, made me want to spend time ... 'd done in many months. i wasn't sure what to do—i always prioritized ... with my free time. i hadn't done anything creative in ages, and i never

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The second semester is similar, except that if you pass, you get a letter grade
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  place around Boston. Did you HEAR that?! Ice cream, biking AND inter ... time riding in a group, and I'm still a pretty novice cycler. ... About ... there. We passed one of those machines that tell you your speed on the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  ’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you ... involved putting seven shelves’ worth of class supplies in boxes and moving ... organized and labeled and it’s actually really nice. Classes began in full

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020