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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  Moungi Bawendi won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in ... these displays work! The exceptionally pure light that quantum dots emit ... hitting your eyeballs right now. With the 2023 Nobel Prizes still fresh on

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  Sadly, I did not come up with the title pun myself, I saw it on ... about it. Someone asked me today what my 2023 resolutions were, and I ... could improve", that would probably not bode well for my future. I don

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the Class of 2023 is arriving on campus for their orientation, which happens contemporaneous with ... about the different parts of campus that you otherwise might not get to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  Boston.  Rhode Island - September 23, 2023 The Northeast Regional Amtrak ... Hampshire- October 9-10, 2023 I live on floor C4 in Burton Conner, and our ... methods, including (but not limited to): Soaking a paper towel in

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  inside joke turned into a source of pride for not only the fraternity and ... more… [carousel image1="92989" image2="92934" /] POV: it's 2023 Now, fast forward all the way from 1958 to 2023. How did I end up here on this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  working on, like the results of the MIT 2023 Talent Show: [embed ... in my freshman year that I did not do was join clubs, specifically ... the clubs I was interested in, I ultimately decided not to join any

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  from people who were not admitted on Pi Days past sharing their own ... as though there was everything to lose, all the work you put in, the ... promise this decision is not going to be as painful for as long as you think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  ’s hardness. Background But first, let me address a question that’s undoubtedly ... hardness value of about 20 HV, is about as hard as paper. In other words, not ... ://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardness. March 2023. [2] National Park Service. Mohs Hardness Scale. https

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  in Cambridge for summer 2023. I would be working on a more technical ... Cami '23 and Shayna '23 —  spent the last few years working on a UROP ... EC REX party before its 2023-24 renovation)[/caption] MIT was a great

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  not know me at all because I wrote blogs back in the dark ages of 2008 ... Chris Peterson's fault. Well, by 2023 I'd run four marathons and was ... scheduled for August 2023 and began training! I was at a marathon-level of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  . Instead, I live in an apartment with a roommate who works full-time at a ... fraternity house, but not Greek affiliated). I’m so lucky that my current ... , undergraduates usually take four or five classes. Taking only one class works very

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  challenges with this, not least the fact that the 2023s themselves only lived ... the years and years of stories attached to each piece, may not get ... belabor this point, because that's not the point of this post. really, just

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  March. If you are deferred, you are not expected to send us any new ... ,251 students that we will not be able to offer them admission this year. This ... difficult decision to receive, but trust me: it works out okay in the end

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  without prejudice in Regular Action. If you are deferred, you are not ... pool, we have also informed 2,815 students that we will not be able to ... trust me: it works out okay in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full ... not used to being "older" and "wiser." i took classes with people two or ... students and even [annotation note="it wasn't creepy do not worry

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  -elect; her term will inaugurate with the New Year on January 1, 2023. You can ... the best work required drawing on the full range of human experience and ... the Supreme Court and the fact that we do not do give a legacy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... ’ve worked so hard to get to. In an audiobook? None of that is up to you. I ... life, and there’s not much of a message here. Maybe a recommendation that

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks

  

  've watched in 2023. Movies Favorite Movie That I Saw for the First Time This ... , and the Lady with Not So Much Money It's a really good movie. I had no ... People The Show That I Do Not Explain to People That Show About Actual

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  Eva: I'm not linking this because it's private but this is a Google ... to the 12/9 MIT Class of 2023 Ice Skating Event Cami: Tweet on how AI ... ="This is not sponsored and I have never been."]a upscale mini golf bar in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  , and part three. Hour 70: 7:50 AM PST, January 6th, 2023 location ... , my body has not developed any aches or pains over these 70 hours. All ... open in coach, and the lounge is not yet fully awake, I suspect. It is my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023