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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  few of my friends are participating in - Spokes: Biking Across America ... necessary! Science! (a sample of classes: “The Algorithmic Beauty of ... from Turner, a fellow resident of my floor Burton 1, and the one who

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  fantastic amount of energy to create a universe.” ^ I'd give it an 8. Maybe ... have a fantastic amount of energy to create a universe.” “[referring to ... has happened every day of my 20-year-old life so far (not sure whether

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  daily journal to varying degrees of success. I tried to keep a diary when ... I started this blog post in the summer with the intention of posting it then, but the lists kept growing. Here are some of the things I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down the symptoms of workaholic withdrawal through the ancient zen technique

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  conclusion that I want to start eating healthy and keeping track of what I am ... healthy foods and keep track of my calorie and vitamin and nutrient intake ... going "take vitamins!" (Hi mom.) As a part of my healthy eating craze, I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch-long mattress in the middle of the Charles River, drifting underneath the hulls of ... illustration of my less-than-seaworthy vessel? Crafted from “heavy duty” vinyl

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  good hopes and  Imaginations of the universe,  Digits, letters, and ... -illustrated incarnation of MIT’s mascot Tim the Beaver']Tim[/annotation]has become a quintessential representation of MIT culture. I love that beautiful little dude. It

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  : we can meet Two hours later, we’re at Park Street, one of the stops on ... central park in the middle of the city. We talk. He just came from debate at Boston University, a few stops down the Green Line. They debated asteroid

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  to help develop a mathematical model of the electric properties of ... property to keep track of how composites containing carbon nanotubes hold up ... two major goals going into the beginning of this summer. One was to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  be completely free of pets, save fish), along with an accompanying ... freshmen, Arielle Lubin had a litany of tasks to check off before classes began at Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week, including

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  much of something that really matters out into the universe without ... Once, when I was younger, I poured the entire contents of a carton of ... side. My dad, being the upstanding keeper of never throwing anything out

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  it with a road 45 degrees offset from most of the city, how hunters ... afraid of upsetting the chinese government, and so on   ii. of ... , so i will try to give a concise summary based on my understanding of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  continue with the math part of my degree. At the very least, I knew 18 ... overwhelming sense that I need to talk about all the difficulties of spring semester in order to present you an honest picture of life at MIT. There is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  ’t take into account the full range of aid that we offer, since they are ... : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of ... kind that is often read by a half dozen people within MIT. It's sort of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  a weird time. A lot of people say IAP is one of MIT's best offerings and the most pleasurable month of the academic calendar, but I don't agree with either of those sentiments. I like to think IAP is a sort of

  • by Ella T. '25
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  little space as possible offers the best protection. Both of them were ... year full of blades. If you are interested in supporting the victims ... of someone’s grandparent being shoved, beaten, or slashed goes viral

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  shades of brilliant, MIT handles grades. On a 0% – 100% scale? Maybe “A ... Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... screenshot of how your MIT grade report looks like online. Note: Your grade

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days ... -day weekend and every single day of the weekend was the most beautiful day ever ... statement of purpose for grad school, or a practice GRE essay, or one of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  could be assured of some admissions offers, but I didn't count on being ... and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of ... with the list of "deal breaker" variables. Who was I and what was

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  public outreach a gajillion notches - $11,906 worth of notches, to be precise - by receiving a very selective award from Google (of equal monetary ... , which as you can imagine costs a heck of a lot. Having a local regional

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012