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• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  'm really interested in; and a math degree would inevitably involve many more ... hinged on me really enjoying physics classes, and I’m just not sure how ... ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2025 i3 videos megapost

  

  their housing survey and choose where to live on campus. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off the community, physical spaces, and unique

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  allowed in Senior House and no one wants to live with Institute White if ... larger room with people I've been hanging out and doing work with since ... Tuesdays and Thursdays) after a term of never having to get up before ten is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  . It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years. I wrapped up paternity leave last weekend and have been at the Harvard Summer Admissions Institute since Sunday. It starts at 8AM with breakfast

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  and don't have a formula or weigh any part of the application. Although ... . Basically, we're looking for students with broad interests, both academic and non-academic, who have taken a rigorous academic curriculum and done
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  , sacredness is held to be enhanced in proportion as truth decreases and illusion increases, so that the highest degree of illusion comes to be the highest degree of sacredness.[annotation note='All text on this blog post comes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  from Bentley University and started an Indiegogo campaign to feed 100 ... , the outpouring of responses from high school and college students alike ... something more meaningful and larger than myself. What surprised me was how

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  pounds, and has 28 feet? No ideas yet? Let's try another puzzle. What do ... [] and a little art? If the hints aren't helping, I guess I can give you ... about daily events and free movie tickets. On the right hand corner, there

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  still am - I just got out of my 8.02 final, and I have 5.12 tomorrow.), I ... board, waves chalk in the air.) "See? Blue." "And now I'm reminded of an ... dosage then you'll be dead, and the differential equation we just spent the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science ... As many of you know I am a FIRST Robotics nut and Kool-Aid drinking ... traumatic brain injury, the NFL continues to sell photos of "big hits" and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  State Park and southeast Massachusetts' many cranberry bogs (did you know ... Crossing, Boston's main shopping area (along with Newbury/Boylston and Quincy ... the wait was an hour and a half, so we headed down to Cafe of India

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  have approved), and so this was somewhat significant. It turned out that ... shoes exhibiting the minimum amount of traction possible, and so it ... . Biology recitation began, and I kept thinking about blogging and shoes and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  up and running than everyone thought it would, so I decided to come home between classes and write an entry about the Brain and Cognitive ... .) Brain and Cognitive Sciences (or BCS, or course 9) is a small

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

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  computer, and screamed like I’ve never screamed before when I saw my ... and mass balances, right? I’m also on the Varsity Cross Country and ... themselves well dressed if their socks match," and “real engineers know the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  information sent in early summer, and CPW observations if you went to CPW. In ... officially called Residence Exploration (REX) and unofficially called Dorm Rush, allows you to visit and attend student-planned events at all the different

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  education to the public through longstanding institutions like OCW and MITx ... media and the election, and so for the past week I've been meeting with some of my advisees and helping them pick their classes. A number of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  specifically. However, many of MIT's larger departments offer courses and other ... nanotechnology are Mechanical Engineering, Biological Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering (Courses 2, 20, and 3) - but Physics (Course 8) and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  , and then marched to the State House to continue protesting and rallying ... , and I've already had about three outfit changes. Not only was today MIT ... around the world, students, parents, every day workers, and more gathered

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  in the midwest and mountain states, which have not historically been as ... than 30 countries and includes hundreds of thousands of student participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  War II and deepened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia’s financial shakiness was magnified in my family by my parents’ youth and ... salaries and some help from the government, was just enough to buy half a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011