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  14 Questions with a Course 14 Professor 📈📉 An interview with Jon Gruber!

  

  personally found the real-world analogies and anecdotes in lecture to be far ... equalities, compromises, and costs. I also ventured, on one rainy afternoon ... Harvard, healthcare policy, economics research, technical writing, and more

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • May 6, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  learning with the MIT Glass Lab, and I had an absolutely amazing time. Here's a walkthrough of all the different things I made this semester and ... glassblowing, I'll include some explanations of technical terms too. (And if you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lonely but exciting road and choosing to traverse it

  

  A few days ago, I was minding my business, cleaning my room, and ... , often theorized to be about twigs’ relationship and engagement with Robert Pattinson that became the subject of much hate, negativity, and racism by

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  United States?" There are more than one romantic lighthouse and Winter ... weeks when final projects and exams become real threats. He said, “Yeah ... few accommodation options. Between historical hotel and reasonable inn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  different type of burger is named after a state, and Sam can name the toppings ... , and they're awesomely helpful. (Yes, awesomely is a word. At least, it ... was good because I was up bright and early on Saturday. I showed up at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  ." Instead: "I'm going to figure out my weak points in Physics and work my way ... "I'll just get by this semester and be more organized next semester ... remaining due dates and to start studying right now." Now that I have my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  of "prease" if Biology has taught me anything) and finally become fully fledged frosh and other alliterations! Want to eat ice cream on toast for ... 're adults now and that means you get to make choices. Of course that also

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Freshman will be taking their General Institute Requirements (GIR), Freshman ... and learn in an environment that better suits your style. The problem ... with large lectures, numerous recitations, and shared suffering (I joke

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  semester's worth of essays - and music!!) back though!! :( Haha - so this is ... , and you'll see open laptops although their owners are still very much engaged in watching the movie. Walk into any communal psetting area, and you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  additional information about life at the Institute and it also helps the adcoms ... ) understood. That was my big :( moment of the week, but the trees and the ... in Taiwan that we only have two seasons in a year - "wet and hot" and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  and the freedom of summer are 1) a 20.380 final presentation, 2) an HST.426 final project, 3) presenting this final project at a showcase, and 4 ... , but not without a great deal of internal groaning and an overwhelming

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  and ejaculating, and me in a state of shock, unable to say anything but ... “Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with road crews, sailors and ... danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  , we were roughly equal proportions Christian and Muslim. Each day, the Muslim students and staff would gather under the roof of a building opposite our hostels and classes for prayer. And each Sunday, the Christian

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  University. I am currently working on a number of blog posts that will be ... and I really want to give you guys everything I can, as far as the past ... am a course 20 (biological engineering), and I am in my 3rd year at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  to rigorous AP or university-level classes in our Junction and Delve ... , 2008 Right after school ended, I hopped on a plane and embarked again on ... Taiwan), and eating great, cheap, awesome Taiwanese food again. I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  from our early admits and current applicants. Shortly thereafter, we sent ... Chimp to send emails to prospective and admitted students. MailChimp requires ... and we sometimes have to tell you things about stuff.   But what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  students who are thinking about joining the class of 2015, and/or those ... attendees have not been and will not all be admitted (in my mind, I viewed it as elimination round 2, and was hoping for Survivor-esque challenges

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  Coming off of a state-of-mind-altering weekend in Maine with people ... profound blog post, so I’ll go ahead and zoom in on some the crazy things ... ; Bane of my existence, and I know I’m not alone. For 8.01 – the intro

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  inspired by a friend's wedding in Malaysia. It was a hot and steamy holiday, but well worth the visit and time away from the office. I'm still catching up on email and various projects I'm behind on since returning from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  United States (1700 miles). And I complain about 120. He can also open his ... bike there after 3-6-0? Matt and Jose are going. We can invent a dance ... Hop with people you know from all branches of MIT. Jose is course 6. And they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005