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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  small cost to us: the cost of a new CD, a shirt or a night out at a ... rankings by those sketchy university ranking websites. I guess a lot of ... chosen field of study. At the same time, I couldn’t imagine keeping myself

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  A [annotation note="at the time of writing"]few days ago ... think about just how disconnected I am from people at home—some of the ... memories of my past grow hazier. I'm fortunate my journal captured at least

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  talk about science at MIT? I mean, obviously it IS the institute of ... two amazing days of skiing in New Hampshire - a bunch of the ESG kids ... Sila queries: How good are the social departments at MIT? And, at the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  waitlist? We offered 389 applicants -- approximately 3% of applicants -- a ... accept our offer of admission. Some years, we overpredict (as in the past ... the offer of admission from another college before May 1. After May 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  contradicts the previous one. I'm sick of being offered a limited-offer ... shot of passengers sitting at the gate. "In the event of a change in ... of my airline, or as high up as possible. My Good Sir, Have you ever

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.

  

  is also the Irene Diamond Professor at The Rockefeller University. "Dr ... So HST -- the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology ... '76 and Martha L. Gray, Ph.D., HST'86, the directors of HST. Read their

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  entry is mainly aimed at the prospective Class of 2013 - yes, the ... . I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at once. I still haven't even read all of them. Which is my loss, really

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  Sin Meters. Finally, at each stage, the teams received a certificate of ... at the "Mephistophelean Institute of Turpitude." We were given a ... Discipline of selling one's soul." This opened up a whole new series of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab space in the gorgeous new building, but it's taking longer to get the lab ... those of us who faint at the sight of blood, there are lots of other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  seem very nice; the lady offered me one of her crackers. We're flying ... Sierra Nevadas," he replied, with sort of a snooty glance at the stewardess ... alumnae-turned-astronomers at various institutions. I e-mailed all of them

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  complaining about dining?*" She looked at me. This was the moment of truth ... . There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was Susan Hockfield, MIT's one and only president. A friend of mine pointed

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  years swiping your CharlieCard in and out of MBTA stations. Visit New York ... friends drop you off at your home at the end of the night, but don't get out ... . You will probably end up on the wrong side of the street at first. That

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  coaster at East Campus, won a game of Scrabble, not done laundry, jumped on ... stack of free bowls, devoured pancakes at 4 AM, walked through a room ... at MIT, and it's clear that the insanely complex flavors of this

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  MIT Admissions webpage in hope of a new entry every hour. Anyways, since ... New House, Next House, and took a tour of Simmons. After that, Fangfei ... have to say, this is one of the coolest drapes I saw at East Campus. Wow

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  knew about it, and didn't blog it. Of course, this was at a time when I ... prize of a computer and a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida ... because there was only one temple in the area The answer (question) is at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  . Literally dozens of opportunities for you to explore new research or get a job ... , so I have to grope at people for help (get your mind out of the gutter ... ’s a supreme amount, with all kinds of help existing at every door. The

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  that grease, dust, and oil be added to that list, at least for those of us at MIT. [1] Who'd have thought MIT doesn't own the rights to Calvin ... crufting (see: crvfting) is an important part of daily life at MIT. Although

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  A couple months ago, I wrote about how to make money at MIT. Much to our collective dismay, there is another side of the coin: spending money ... to take care of pretty much all of their expenditures, choosing to live

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  featured on the front page the New York Times, or that dozens (hundreds?) of ... a spectacular job at telling the many different stories of MIT as ... , I suspect, is because at least some of the commentary is moving to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• 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 ... lol” kind of way, since one of the first things I had to get used to at ... me, one of the few things that were happening were trainings at the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023