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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  . Following the advice of the scientists and heading towards 6-120 you may have ... busily, people running around in lab coats with clip boards, and caution ... final prototypes to an audience of industry representatives, parents, and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  , something especially appreciated at an institution notorious for being one of ... simultaneously is a blessing and a curse -- it takes the pressure off of work much ... Boston roughly once a month to go out and eat and explore the city. But

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  This past weekend was the legendary Campus Preview Weekend at MIT and ... went.) I was instantly stunned by the campus and the intriguing ... getting settled in my host's dorm at New House 2, I was pumped and ready to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  , most students take the General Institute Requirements and learn that the ... lately is that MIT is a competitive and cutthroat place, and that ... instance, many people in Boston do like the Red Sox and say "ah" instead of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really ... and solve problems. Although a lot has changed since White was a grad ... takes away from the Institute. Hence tests. In Laura's entry, Eric asked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  closet at home, and found some …. Things.  The sorting process started out normally. We went through the stacks of stuff, and pulled out hidden things ... , and memories, both cringy and happy, came flooding back. This container

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  extremely jet-lagged state, turned 21, and spent the last two weeks of IAP ... Fellowship and join "the next generation of tech visionaries." Perhaps this ... You and MIT. Among other things, this page says: Opportunities abound

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  freshman advising seminar with Professor Nigel Wilson and Senior Research Associate Carl Martland, from MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 1.A24 meets every Monday at 3:30, and promises to personally

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  life and the universe instead of vector cross products and tumor ... Fridays are sneaky. Theoretically, as the last day of the week and the only thing standing between you and two glorious days of freedom and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  doors, new carpets, new paint, and everything. Mikey's gone on vacation ... couch, and put my feet up on his desk. The downside, I guess, is that I no longer have my protein shakes and favorite notes from applicants

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  . Thanks to those of you who read and commented! I then realized I shouldn ... of various skills and abilities, freshmen ranked themselves most ... Education Director), and Professor Ed Crawley (GEL Co-Director) about their

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  the eggs and each egg reached maturity, it would take only three years ... 3, 2006. ""At this point 29 percent of fish and seafood species have ... clear trend, and it is accelerating. If the long-term trend continues, all

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  first president born in the United States and the only president to speak ... Protobowl, going down Wikipedia rabbit holes, and playing Sporcle quizzes. I have a lifelong goal of trying to make it onto Jeopardy, and so I view

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  , I looked into my internal state, and I found...calm. My troubles hadn ... while, and in the sense that I haven't really been engaging in self-reflection at all this summer. Usually, when things go wrong—and things have been

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  between points and lines that Andi alluded to in his post on duality (though ... for MITAdmissions Math Month, and thusly there will be some math. And ... material I learned (and still love) from the UROP I did the summer after my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT student group ESP (Educational Studies Program) and taught by MIT students and community members. ESP seems to contain most of my Random Hall

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  next to a 360-degree student-built gyroscope ride in the middle of one of ... our dorms and watched my roommate smash random electronics on the ... seems to be the number-one catered item for all events on campus and

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  appliance in most countries outside of the US and apparently many immigrants ... electricity and the job can be better accomplished by hand washing ... cu. Ft.), I hope and pray that somehow, perhaps for Christmas, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  Institute. The main ones are the Activities Fair for student groups (Sat) and ... week!!! We are thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2022! GET HYPE!!! For the past week, our inboxes have been filled with CPW reminders and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  Some days are wonderful. Others are tough. And then... there are ... task harder, interaction tougher, and footstep heavier. The day feels oddly still, like time has slowed and all that’s left in the world is you

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 4, 2024