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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale ... weirdos and nerds; it’s no longer uncool. I joined anything and everything and tried miserably to do it all, Getting new emails by the hundreds, on

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  get institute holidays and have to still get our problem sets done), I ... ... and a sense of loss of the warmth inside of me... blah, blah, blah." And while CPW will probably indeed fill you with a sense of warmth and the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  through Buildings 56, 16, 8, 10, and 3, and emerge from the basement of Building 7. And when you register for classes, you speak of taking 3.091, 8.01, 18.01, and 21W.784. Tell someone you're taking "Physics 1," and they

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  , Physics professor Scott Hughes, Professor of Urban Studies and History Robert Fogelson, and Foreign Languages professor Margery Resnick. It's cool ... presidential election, Massachusetts public schools, university riots in the '60s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Touching grass scenes of spring

  

  outside, and to my horror, it was sunny. Worse, it was warm. Twenty degrees ... Last week I saw someone screencap my blog post and post it on /r/ApplyingToCollege. I'm flattered for something I've written to get 211 upvotes, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  and happy New Year! There's a new kid on the blogs, halfway through the year, because MIT is out there to switch things up and do things people ... cold at MIT right now (13 degrees). What does cold mean? Cold means snow

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and ... . '10, and I am indeed an MIT student. (Eight months after receiving the ... , where it's okay that I wear t-shirts and flip flops in December. When it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  , Stephen Colbert interviewed Richard Hersh, a former university president who ... ). Stephen, though, had some unkind words about MIT, and moreover didn't seem

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• 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."…

  

  dedicating $150 billion over 10 years for a new clean energy R&D and technology fund. This initiative represents "the largest and most important investment in science and technology" by the U.S. government since the Apollo

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  mechanical and ocean engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... , Scotland, authors an article commenting on alcohol culture in the US and her ... from buying alcohol in off-licences and set a minimum price at which a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  brothers' souls and minds, members of the Massachusetts Institute of ... : James "Big Jimmy" Roberts and Howard Brown. My annual donation to MIT ever ... Jimmy and Howard Brown. The part of the article that most touched me was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  undergraduates who already call MIT home. Our early admits hail from 49 states and ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... .mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and password

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  't have exams. I love making things, and I hate exams. 6.8371 - Digital and ... scene. Autostitching can be used to make panorama shots and even "mini ... "Deconvolution and Poisson Image Editing." Basically, image deconvolution tries to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  Broad Institute and asked if she could bring her entire class to the talk ... Institute, and is affiliated with many local hospitals. Eli and Edythe L ... are posted on the MIT events calendar), and they usually are are very

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  Institute Requirements in a blender and added basic neuroscience - I have to ... classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... structure and functioning of organisms, tissues, and cells. Chemistry and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  't from one particular category of my thoughts - they are very random and i ... through them. sometimes it's fine to take a weekend off and not be "productive". feeling guilty about not being productive isn't healthy and is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  abroad, and it's been refreshing to not have to rely on my broken A1 ... : In-N-Out, Asian food, sourdough bread, cheaper prices, and Home. The past few weeks ... -to-5, cooking, and adulting (read: making sure I pay my bills on time

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior ... students. It’s been a week since we came and classes are starting

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, and Rhode Island, followed quickly behind by Virginia and Pennsylvania. For a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  So it's pretty interesting if you take a step back and look at your life for a second. Whether you're a current senior and getting excited for CPW, a current undergrad and getting excited for CPW, or a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011