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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial post, I'd like to briefly introduce myself, and then talk about how to succeed at MIT. My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT. I

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  to August, and I’m about to start at the Zoom Institute of Technology ... last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of burnout and exhaustion from all the things I was trying to accomplish on not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer an online degree?

  MIT doesn't offer online degrees, but we have world-class educational opportunities available to everyone online for free through our programs administered by MIT Open Learning.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  , State, and Utopia in 1974. This book would capture the public imagination ... controversial claim of Anarchy, State, and Utopia is that the only justified ... had never consented to. The first part of Anarchy, State, and Utopia is

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  entries page before, I'm Mollie. I graduated in 2006 with degrees in biology and brain and cognitive sciences, which means that I'm going to have my ... in developmental neurobiology at that other university in Cambridge

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  's 0400 Saturday morning, and my roommate and I sit listening to whatever Pandora has queued up for us, sipping homemade sweet tea and tossing ideas ... Science to Student Life, the best way to get free food and every tangent in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  and their families. As organizations, institutions, and individuals have ... and exploring MIT, or who are concerned about changes to their academics and extracurriculars that are beyond their control. My elder daughter is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  contributed by MIT Institutional Research to the Common Data Set (i.e. what powers the US News & World Report and other rankings systems). Now, I ... fundamental confusion between our admissions process and the results of that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  . The phenomenon is called Campbell’s Law, and it states that the more any ... pretty tech-savvy Institute and a similarly techy high school.   ... . wow. First up, 11.125: Understanding and Evaluating Education CI-H HASS

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  pandemic disrupted, but here in Cambridge, vaccination rates are high, and so ... ://youtu.be/Ofp26_oc4CA livestream of me posting the blogger app and prospective ... admissions blogger? MIT students are the Institute's best ambassadors

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours away from MIT by road. My family has limited funds and no car, so I was ... juniors. So I coughed up some cash and shuttled between nine different

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  a chocolate martini when he comes to the states!), and forming ... I'm a senior! And it's November of my senior year at MIT! Crazyyyyy ... living group and my hall and everything surrounding MIT culture, now lives

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  from many different states with many different characteristics. I sit ... community? a university town? Sometimes I'll use the power of the web to help me out if I'm not already familiar with a community (and you'd be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  the issue of social action within academic institutions. The title of the talk was, "Rights and Responsibilities: The University Connection ... means to be truly unbiased, and our responsibility in wearing the mark of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the President of MIT?

  Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022.
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  doing research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (she's course 12 and ... and management science What else are you doing this summer? I'll be working for Lockheed Martin as an engineer and project planner when i get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught ... and socially confident, and you lose points when you do something cringe ... MIT and experience an assortment of campus life and events

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  , except in a good way. Half of the class was taking it in one room and the other half was taking it in another room and thirty minutes into the hour ... to Boston on a red-eye flight and was feeling quite removed from my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  state school and thrive! You can go to a community college and thrive! A ... star and cultural icon John Waters. I love his movies and what he's done for Weird Culture, so of course I had to go. blurry and far away

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which is best known for its ... . It's otherwise known as the coolest and most useful project ever, at ... NHGRI and had headed the Human Genome Research project. At the NHGRI

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006