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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  submitted your application and now comes the hardest part, forgetting about it ... ): For me, the second month of college has ended, and what a wonderful time ... with visuals and links. * The month started and ended with visits from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers coming out of the woods to ... are the Institute's best ambassadors. Admissions officers can explain complicated processes and provide words of wisdom, but we can’t write about what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  organized by students — at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." And ... and things, with small instructions and reminders and smiley faces. And ... lists of todos, instructions to myself, things to check up on, and so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  follow along on my six weeks of adventures in Michigan, Texas, Seattle, and ... where I grew up! I decided to start the trip early and hang out with the ... state of Michigan, Michigan has two peninsulas - the "upper peninsula

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  settled in the dorms of Jeju National University. Then we went outside... The sky was overcast, but I spy with my little eyes...OCEAN. And then ... teachers gathered with the program coordinators and Korean teaching

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  at the University of Michigan, visiting Illinois and Ann Arbor were ... Thanks to all of the students, parents, and EC's who made my ... (and huge crowds!) in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago (both the city and

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  see me and other MIT students in various states of disheveled, unshaven ... having fun I'm working my butt off and am probably in various states of ... becomes more entertaining when you right-click it and select properties^^ I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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