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• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  loved and accepted and celebrated. "The arc of the moral universe is ... over, and many emotions are running through many people on campus. Many ... is the same. With a sigh, I walk into 10-250 and try not to think about

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  , papers, and reading, but for most, they degenerate into a remarkably fun ... procrastination, as it was 70 degrees with cloudless skies all weekend! I plotted my ... Intercollegiate Service Organization (BISCO) and we have monthly activities at the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  offer made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  University of Denmark). Investigates the significance of wet underwear and ... . Svenson and P. Barnes (Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research ... » (2006) Presented by B. Audoly and S. Neukirch (Université Pierre et Marie

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  we looked at were Baylor University in Waco, TX and the University of ... Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive since the beginning of time (i.e. 1938 when ... was a rich sense of community that developed out of this house and it

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  excitement and anticipation I had on my first day back in 1996; I wish I could ... version of chemistry A humanities, arts and social science (HASS) elective ... best suit their needs. And even within the courses that are required

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  of classes, work, and free time. We got a four-day weekend for Columbus Day, and I took full advantage, with an overnight train trip along West Virginia's scenic New River. And now it's starting to get cold here in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  an “Institute of Technology.” A semester and a half later, I can say I ... the balance between being an artist and a student at an “Institute of ... feeling a bit of déjà vu and lasting trauma from college application essays

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly ... about something, in the shower or while walking home from school, and then ... fragments and bits of rhyme and little sketches of silly little science

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I ... and over and over again: See, the weird thing about the Patriots this year (and the last few years) is that the team has been consistently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  On Wednesday, 70 degree weather spurred MIT students to sport cute sundresses, flip-flops and shorts. Today, we are in the midst of a winter storm ... reserves are drying out, glaciers are melting, and the world’s supply

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  I walked into 21M.302: Harmony and Counterpoint II today to find this ... hours: However, when Dr. Hughes started lecturing I was polite and put ... bass and the correct preparation and downward resolution of the sevenths

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  "kuya reggie" or "kuya john dave". and people in lower years called me ... degrees (celsius), with the daily mean being 28 degrees. in the summers, daily highs are 35 degrees. during the rainy season, from june to october

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• 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 / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  Both my father (MCP, '87) and I spent some time here at the Institute. My dad, as you might deduce from the letters and the year next to his name, got his Master's in City Planning, and in a way, he planted the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• 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 / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  's true that you apply for the MIT degree and stay for the people. Lean ... and uncontrollable, I return to the list. I remind myself of what I know ... MIT: People Are Good. To some degree, this idea has been reduced to a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021