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• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  about throughout college and high school, but things which that have ... in the sense of rushing to try and get an answer. yes, the answers to these issues are needed, and needed sooner than ever. but the way i think

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  from all across the university, and getting to fully immerse myself in ... , all my friends started posting, and it was honestly so nice to see all ... westward, some for grad school and some for work. Andrea M. ‘18 and I got an

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  having a room in the Institute itself are apparent, and these, together ... been part of MIT since the Institute’s earliest chapters. By 1884, 23 years after MIT was founded, the Banjo Club and the Glee Club had been

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  wasn't worth my time to apply to this university, but rather to emphasize how devastated I was by my rejection."] university's honors college ... that I tell over and over again to anyone who will listen to it. But I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  turned out, it was a Boston University fraternity and was understandably ... french fries. The brothers of Theta Xi saw our excitement and offered to ... of the frats, which are largely on Beacon and Bay State Road. The house

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  excited to commission as an Officer in the United States Air Force, to have ... roller coaster, and gain an experience that very few people will ever know ... and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  degree angle.     The car kept driving and I, rapidly ... stay almost entirely off the main road for safety, and I get to bike to ... , on my way to work. And the most complex of these is the traffic circle

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  to ask it anyway. My school offers a class called Intel Science and ... experiments and things. Since the Intel class is offered to freshmans and I wasn ... MIT ever since they were little, and the letter also stated what each

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  offer insights to improve the social, cultural, and political impact of ... Care in the United States, HASS-S And, while I'm on this kick, the ... concentration in Computing and Society that I am stupidly geeked about and want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  Today in Boston it was 41 degrees Fahrenheit and rainy. Random Hall had a massive potluck Thanksgiving dinner with our housemaster Nina and her family, and several smaller Thanksgivings branching off of it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  site of the future Koch Institute! Nestled between the Stata Center and ... . Finally, a nearly 270-degree panorama of Boston and Cambridge. You can see ... Earth, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences Department - I noticed a few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  completing GIRs and more about offering a project class that works to make a ... Freshman will be taking their General Institute Requirements (GIR), Freshman ... and learn in an environment that better suits your style. The problem

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  school year, two events occurred last Thursday and Friday that required a ... ) and the end-of-season fencing banquet. Here are some thoughts if you ... Poses and Pictures of Hands A data summary-esque analysis by Ceri

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  institution. Only the US Air Force Academy, the US Naval Academy and the US ... 11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the ... who built the Apollo Guidance Computer and Buzz Aldrin ScD '63 himself

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  ; versatile and diverse, they offer a quick yet intimate glimpse into a ... calls home. With a walk-up window and indoor seating, the cafe offers ... , thai tea, coconut, and ube, Maprang offers a variety of pastries, cakes

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  California, Irvine: 2.86 lbs San Jose State University: 2.04 lbs University ... /Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear ... today--two speed missions and one untimed cargo mission--so that we would

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  'm writing this after finishing my third and final CP* event, which was some of ... these chances to meet the Class of '24—they're wonderful and hilarious and !!!! I love talking to everyone and sharing in their enthusiasm so! much

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  , and hopefully attending, the institution. To me, at that point, there ... accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me ... the Chicago and St Louis schools. Nothing really stood out to me until

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  Institute millenium problems and won the Fields Medal for it, and now may ... . The question was "1024?" and if you immediately responded "Hey, that's a power of two!" you would be offered automatic admission. I hear that we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  taking that lifted knee, turning it 90 degrees-ish, and kicking across ... , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... explore new interests and experiences. Push myself to do things I would have

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021