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• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  dinner at Pika for the first time. It was kind of cold, and I was tired ... ) for an interview. By the end of the week, I had a UROP at Choi Lab. It ... it turns out that at 10:45, Matias had sent me an email with an offer

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  year at mit, i decided i wanted to help teach a class. there are lots of ... activity to satisfy all of these objectives at once, and in general it ... some context: web.lab / 6.148 is a web development course offered

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  , sitting on stage at Symphony Hall.” “Pops” is a portmanteau of “popular ... The Planets suite. While the orchestra played, Spock sat at the front of ... ’s chair at the front of the stage was right next to the conductor, so that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  on my project since day one, but ALSO the week of our last mandatory ... Mondays and Wednesdays for recitation (my recitation is at 11am in 24-402 in ... gives out 1 pset a week of variable difficulty and length. The shortest

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  minute lesson and the top 10 players with the most XP at the end of a given ... Duolingo for that given week. At first I was rationally apprehensive of ... , coincidentally at the bottom of Diamond League, and with a week between the end of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  ?"). At the end of each lecture, I felt mentally drained from the anxiety ... better. It felt like a clusterf*ck of students just hammering away at ... choices for me and, at the end of the day, that's what it truly comes down

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  until the end of freshman year, at which point we can declare "undeclared ... though, do you know of anyone at MIT who was a member of FIRST, or recieved ... Neha is a male) was the team leader of FIRST at her school, and basically

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  especially helpful at the end of the weekend. How to get into their room ... to offer (and stuff your face with free food!). Join a fun group of ... Class of 2020 (<3), now with fewer minions memes. CPW 2018 is next

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  "middle of campus" where the most undergraduates would be at any time ... Cormick. Distance: ⭐ - Simmons is at the far end of west campus on the north side. If ... dinner at Next more often than anywhere else. In the harsh winds of IAP

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  the Courseroad of all the classes I took at MIT, it's hard to pick out a ... improve at over the course of time. I had binders and notebooks filled with ... and I were Protobowling feverishly. For those of you who weren't quiz

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  of the fall semester, that offers a chance to meet every chapter ... friends seemed like a nearly impossible concept. At the beginning of FPOP ... better when I see one of my members smile brightly at me and stop to have a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  at MIT and affirmed by the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association was voted on and approved at a meeting of the Faculty (Records of ... 've also seen called the Office of Publications. The Office existed since at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  2400. A close friend of mine (who is now at Dartmouth) got a 2350 using ... put passive studying at the start, middle, and end of all my study ... also good at doing the same thing for a wider range of topics. I also

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  and have lots of people yelling at me that I claimed that their major ... , Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive efforts to document all of them, I split the entry into 2 parts

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  true that most people have a degree of choice in what they purchase or ... for the cost of shipping heh~ they’re expensive, but at this point I ... very healthy--it’s the end of the semester ok. At this point, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  time at all, I could bang out essays that I was proud of, and loved ... , where you make reference to it. Summarize your points at the end of each ... grade shot up to the bar I set for myself, way back at the beginning of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  almost forgot that I had pictures from the last few days of the semester to ... files at the moment and I'm too lazy to really search for them, so I ... minds, right? OK. Yesterday was the first day of IAP. What am I doing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student! Incredible faculty We are a research university that places a great deal of ... , currently on our faculty and all of them teach undergraduate classes. In fact
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  at us and goes "Um, are you two over 18?" My Brain: "Of course we are ... of private). The lady looked at us, looked at our badges, and said "Um ... . Maddie and I planned on leaving for South Station at about 11:45 PM so at

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  It's nice to meet you. I'm a new freshman at MIT, a member of the Class of 2009. I was admitted early action and received the news around ... schools and committed my near future to the progressive locale of Cambridge

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005