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• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  busy. “There’ll only be more of that as the semester continues,” he says ... the horror stories of upperclassmen being too hosed, too busy with their ... The rhythm sets in. It’s a steady rhythm. Roll out of bed at ten in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  >=3 semesters of theory classes. The first few weeks (the Intro Period) are spent ensuring everyone has a common base of experimental ... is a test-run for the workflow of a “full” experiment. For the intro

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  writing (with more words), but my work builds upon some of my high school interests. Back in high school, I was really interested in the art of turning ... The first month of the year is a beautiful time for students here: no

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  More than anything, I'd say that MIT offers a merciless crash course in time management.  You've got tons of things to do, as well as even ... time for anything. Fortunately, there's two periods in which most of your

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  ; high school –> college"]pretty much linear direction of my life ... reading, creative writing, and mentoring with a bunch of high school ... really happened to me before. Preschool through college, it was kind of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  Happy New Year, lovely folks of the internet! Kids 'round these parts are back at school today - I dropped my brother off at school this ... have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  ?" And there was Xavier '11, with a bag of Bertucci's rolls. (Bertucci's is a common source of pizza and rolls at MIT.) And that made my day ... President, or more colloquially, the Mommy. As Mommy, I was in charge of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  Learn offers courses based on the idea of learning through conversations. Over 3 ... University of Edinburgh offers many interdisciplinary, highly focused online ... . In case the overview of the University of Edinburgh online offerings

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  . Also make certain you apply to a number of different schools. The chance of getting into any single school is quite small so you have to have a ... the list of schools to which you have been admitted, forget about those

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern ... embarrassing well-what-do-we-have-here pose in front of a nonsensical slide that ... everything is going in a positive direction. :) The rest of the summer was

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - as a high school junior. Pounds will graduate from Crystal Lake South High School in June ... LONG / Northwest Herald CRYSTAL LAKE - Molly Pounds' love of horses

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  campus during the week due to the general hustle and bussle of psets, I ... hours of wonderful original content. But before I continue you may be ... their poem to the best of their ability. After they've finished a few

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  . I began searching for answers toward the end of last semester. School ... French class, our "final" consisting of a one-page composition in the past ... naturally at 8 a.m. on a daily basis and I've found a semblance of work ethic

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  I was out meeting a friend and some of her friends that I didn't previously know last night, and the topic of school came up. (SIDE NOTE: that ... think the problem stems from not having a good word for "friend of a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  than many other schools but we didn't have the luxury of knowing what day ... great schools, in fact some of you have applied to four times as many ... could have a great experience at any of those schools, just like I could

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  Just the other day, I joined a handful of parents at my 15-yr-old's high school. We were there to listen to a presentation about a new ... and students stood up in front of us weary workday parents, who were

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  that offers up so much wisdom and perspective to all of us. I can't wait ... , especially this last semester, memorable and good. Here are just a few of them ... reiteration of my Peace Corps rec letter for you, but let this be a public

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  So I just read this article in Time Magazine about bringing schools out of the 20th century. So putting this in the context of your ... don't know know? 4. What type of environments are most conducive to

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I ... two-second timer instead of ten-second." "You better run." "Don't worry!"

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some of us you already know through the blogs and other means. Some of the ... couple months; I think you'll like them. Today, you can meet the first of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005