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• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  nonlinear series of glimpses into my freshman year at MIT: —   ... “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear ... about the college experience that drew me. Fresh out of high school, with

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  subject of what we learned at MIT came up. Now that this semester’s over, I ... whole point of college to take classes and learn things? At MIT, I ... . Because of Baby Rudin and 18.100B, I can now say that I've stared at a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  of the 6 kitchens, but has a muffin tray in every single one?? None of ... , and I talk about my favorite things of this year. [video width="1280 ... 'congratulations' at the end. i tried to make it a caption but yo no se. "]Note[/annotation].

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  Being a student at MIT can sometimes feel like drinking from a fire ... the water pressure. They are a friendly and easily accessible hub of support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a visiting committee at MIT. At the time, MIT faculty and administration were ... 't expect them to do all of our work for us. Some people at MIT are

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  rock on the outside of a meteor entering at 70 km/s. Conventionally ... the latest research exists in at least 29 states of matter, including ... published in next January's issue of Science. At some point, our lipid

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home ... am currently sneezing at a rate of around 1.3 billion times more ... defines as the “sudden involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  BREAKING NEWS: Stu Schmill '86 Named New Dean of Admissions - go wish ... students reprieve and respite from the constant deluge of problem sets, essays, and tests so commonly found throughout the dread halls of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  We salute you. They say sometimes about MIT that of sleeping ... everybody, certainly; at times rewarding, and at times quite painful. Eight hours or so until I'm done with this unhealthy week. My weapon of choice

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Results from the Photo Scavenger Hunt On the bright side, there's alt-text!

  

  seemed like a good idea at the time, but the results were sparse. The two ... Summer Glau. Speaking of winning, here are the winners:     So congratulations Elizabeth and Mohammed (respectively) you're the winners of the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go ... 'm in the second group stunt and the partner stunt and the top of the pyramid at the end) Last year at Lip Sync: (you may have seen this

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get ... those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike auction for all abandoned bikes at Next House. It won't be until the 2nd or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I'm spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I've been on the east ... . :-) Today, I had lunch with Daniel and Ben at Anna's Taqueria, a quick ... I will continue with the series of photo entries -- they take some

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  classes at the start of the semester (a total of 72 units) and ended up with ... ; That’s basically a whole February. I spent an entire February of this ... of the semester all the way until the end, recording the exact time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the 149th commencement ceremony in the Institute's history. At and by way of the ceremony, 1,054 undergraduates and 1 ... , when i was at my lowest, i sat down with one of my former advisees and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  fighter planes flying over at the end of "The Star-Spangled Banner!" And ... you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5 ... before) and gave Megan a call at around 5:15 AM. Much of what Megan says

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  Solomon '06 did stop by to drop off a copy of the new CD by Resonance, which ... web, on email, or over the phone. The date of the mailing will be ... busy time! Most of us are very behind on email, phone calls, etc

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  implement a lot of my requests into MyMIT - YES! 5) Well not this week but last week... the new Alias season began. In general I don't have time to ... actually part of the plot and (b) the kids are just so much more intelligent

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  Staying up all night while staring up at the stars, eating loads of ... summer camp, right? Not quite, it was part of sophomore Shaye Storm's summer UROP at Jim Elliott's MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory. As most

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  previous posts, I was heartbroken at some of the people we couldn't take. All of us in admissions were. But at the end of the day, we have x number ... 't get in? Will you look at my app and tell me what I did wrong? Why was I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005