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  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  This semester, a great thing was born. MIT hosted its first annual “TIMtalks”, in which MIT students who have invented, implemented, succeeded, or failed at a wide range of ventures…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  Classes Freshman year is generally filled with GIRs(General Institute Requirements) and while there isn’t much leeway in what classes are taken, it’s important to discuss what those random string of…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  broadened the scope of his project to research all childhood disabilities in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  hello from seattle! Also, another nerd circus. (re: Chris (M)’s post from a while back) Oy! Welcome to the much-belated “what I’m doing this summer” post. I’m working at Microsoft!…

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  early to MIT without attaching a research abstract. However, my research ... to apply with the research abstract? Is there a competitive edge in ... also great at academics and research. Byce asked: "I too was wondering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  Hey all, sorry to be absent for… what has it been by now… three weeks? That’s inexcusable for a freshman blogger! So I will have to make it up by…

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  I don’t make schedules or use planners. In fact, I don’t even use Google Calendar. It is slightly amusing to see fellow classmates toting multicolored, multi-ringed, colorful planning books complete…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  I feel slightly weird to be typing away on the MIT blogs again, when the farthest thing on my mind right now is MIT. BUT – I feel like if…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  researching and developing and contributing to all the good stuff at MIT that I ... . However, at Squid Labs, I started to realize that I could learn and research

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  It’s official: my first semester at MIT is over. After finishing four finals in three days, I packed my bags and headed back home to South Bend. By the time…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  Dear friends and fellow CS people, My name is Kevin Wang and I’m currently a junior at MIT majoring in course VI-III. Melis has graciously offered me to write a…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  telling you aboutThe MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research ... be funded for research at some of India's top institutions is quite an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  -winning genetics research on DNA and whatnot. Well, if I understood correctly, it ... doing "cosmic ray" research or something when, oops, the "ionic cloud

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  – researchers fold to academic pressures and compromise on the quality of their

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  relatively narrow area of research, i will also miss the opportunities i have

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  I’ve been too hosed to write a post that requires beyond-brainstem activity, so instead, enjoy my weekend foray into lifestyle blogging. Saturday 9:00 a.m. For breakfast I eat cereal and…

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  This semester, I’m taking a class called 21.01, “Love, Death, and Taxes”. It’s a CI-H⁠05 Communication Intensive in the Humanities, Arts philosophy class, and it’s a grand old time! The…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  ’ve laid out below. Research schools that are a good fit. Do you want to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  This [annotation note="Independent Activities Period, aka the month of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique, accelerated classes, just do research, or participate in a MISTI program, among

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  problem sets, meeting my research deliverables, organizing my floor’s next

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024