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• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  outside Kresge that was the venue of the College of Computing celebrations ... Criminal,” appeared on the windows of my usual second-floor study spot at the ... announced the founding of the new Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  research has to offer. By the April of my freshman year, I declared 6-9 as my ... mechanical engineering degree programs, 2A in particular has a set of ... completion of a degree. But imagine going through college without a single

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  university shields us from the recession and a sea of red shelters our tiny ... Getting Home Instead of flying, my boyfriend Cory and I took a bus ... around a few blocks of New York City for twenty minutes and then arrived at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  't offer something to meet every students' unique individual learning styles, we have a variety of programs to choose from. MIT’s first-year learning communities offer a distinct kind of learning environment that
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  officers at many colleges and universities will travel across the country to ... a similar version of the question, “Do you care about this life ... violence during my first year of high school? Can I write an essay about how

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  institution. the university that is on the lips and minds of so many people ... in session and i have...an assortment of feelings. i guess my last post was a lot of feelings, but there's a lot of feelings still. too many

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  with your choice of “Prestigious Big Name University with lots of money ... Here are a couple of other good questions that I have been asked by ... ...Referring to the application fee:“Full name of the applicant must be on the money

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  you a fan of the Lord of the Rings universe? JRR Tolkien studied Old ... advantage of MIT's subject offerings any other way. ... of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  information released by the admissions office of almost any other university ... legendary, landmark effort. Ben's central use of blogs to speak honestly and ... feel the same way. With that said, let me give you a little tour of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What programs does MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) offer?

  MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) runs outreach programs under the School of Engineering at MIT for underrepresented ... students free of charge.  
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  of scope offered by our humanities courses, which is sort of the best ... /14/15 at 9:26AM: So now, a few weeks and a lot of press coverage later, I ... , which is as complete a record as anything else of offbeat communications

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  Bertuccis Brick Oven Pizzeria is the Breadsticks of Cambridge, MA. This is ... order pizza, but then ask for a bag of those famous pizza dough rolls to ... dinner a few months ago, Bertucci’s was the obvious choice of venue. It

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  previous posts why I decided to take a Leave of Absence this year. The event ... undergraduates were sent home last March. I was frustrated that so much of my happiness relied on my proximity to a university campus from which I could so

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and ... learning exactly how their graphs are derived, and probably plenty of formulas. At MIT, you would get a more condensed summary of this theory, but

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there's just one more thing I just thought of yesterday: laundry. Where are the ... doing laundry is never a problem. The price of 75 cents per machine might

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  So, I'm from Columbus, Ohio, home of Jungle Jack Hanna and the ... !) and pick the movie -- March of the Penguins. It was awesome, although I think it would suck to be a penguin... I'm not so much a fan of the -80

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

   really tired. This isn't a universal experience—a lot of my friends spent every moment ... my CPW! Interspaced between pictures of Boston and campus were other assorted pictures—midnight karaoke, bleached hair, and lots, lots, lots of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  : "May we offer you a drink of life's water, a water so replenishing and ... , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  '."]Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science[/annotation]offers a ... 'm doing research, the main part of my actual degree. To be honest, so far, I ... signed a job offer two days ago (!), so I guess that means the next year of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  resident of Green Lake, Seattle for a little over a month now. There's very ... really goes above 80 degrees, and enjoy the infrequent summer drizzles. I ... parks and lakes, and lots of friendly neighborhood cats that love

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020