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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  " new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came ... helping establish a new inter-disciplinary Energy Minor at MIT, which is ... that abound at MIT. In the classroom: 8.21 - Physics of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  At the beginning of this semester, we were really unsure of what ... we were not getting a good understanding of the concepts, and at the ... entire time at MIT essentially. We would have probably taken 6.839 Advanced

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  at the beauty of the message boards on campus? Honestly. There’s just ... world of vectors, DNA translation, and the ideal gas law. I’m staring at ... one of many things. I’m thinking maybe an alligator with rollerblades

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously ... extremely valuable pieces of information :) 9.52 - Stat for Neuroscience ... interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  exploring a new city on my own (I'd always been picked up at the airport before). There are plenty of events for parents at CPW, and lots of them do ... see, very concretely, the huge range of opportunities that are on offer

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  . Students have the option of either staying at home/traveling/doing whatever ... opinion, one of the coolest times to be at MIT. By browsing the IAP ... for Cancer Research at the beginning of IAP and continued until the end

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  -you-can-eat dinners that each of the five dining halls have to offer. Which dining hall ... variety of food Maseeh offers. As someone who observes a halal-diet, my ... Although eating at Next House involves a 15 min march to the end of dorm row

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College ... 'Belle and Sebastian University.' I was like, 'Belle and Sebastian! Awesome ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  system. Polarization At Disney World, Universal Studios and other 3-D ... that charge, my friends and I were able to score free tickets to the New England Aquarium to check out Sharks 3D. There was a catch, of course

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  at the University of Washington. We (well, some of us) played Settlers ... conversational French improved more in those two weeks than in years of classes at ... !) There were 36 of us on the New Mexico campus, out in Socorro (more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  from the University of Minnesota, that humans swim equally fast in syrup ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel awards ceremony in H****** Square. The "Igs," sponsored by a bunch of Mensa

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  -down triangle. Alan Guth, father of a theory describing the early universe and my ... physics." Most of the others have paragraphs, or at least a few sentences. I ... Calligraphy". It's an exhibit of New England insects called "The Art of Survival

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  that are parked on a small ramp at the end of the match. Teams get 6 jam ... , so no worries.) At the end of the regional, everyone packs their robot ... regional, but you would never know. Lots of fun to be had. =) The MC at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006