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• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  're heavily involved in university research (particularly MIT) because "[they ... English words, I can describe things in a non-caveman-like way this year ... . Anyway, after all that excitement, we got to the hotel and checked in. I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  basketball, as of late March. Our season ended in the first round of the NCAA ... ) mechanical engineering class, and (1) thesis in order to graduate. And that ... Short Stories 2.002: Mechanics and Materials II 6.UAR: Seminar in

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  I managed to be at least as busy as I was in October or November ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... Markov Chain. I drafted most of this post in the eerie, apprehensive calm

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  few of my friends are participating in - Spokes: Biking Across America ... cooked up the idea for this adventure. In the following Q&A conducted over email, Turner indeed describes Spokes in more detail. The

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  if you have any real problems but at least your summer will be in order ... meat that will, in the future, help the local slaughterhouse to determine meat quality. I am located in Leon, Guanajuato but I have been able to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  that's probably only offered at MIT.) Hey all, No school is perfect. At college and in high school, you get occasional weeks where things just don ... three midterm tests in three of my classes, and an essay due in my fourth

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series ... fandom in general and Harry Potter in particular have shaped contemporary ... arrived in New Orleans, I was interviewed on camera by a producer for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  Acrylic in a 60 Watt Universal Systems Free Standing CO2 Laser Cutter Laser ... scratch!   Step 1: Visualize the sign in your designated space ... and visualize pretty much whatever you want in 3D regardless of what you

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how ... … Xian: I used to worry about being the oldest intern in our cohort, since ... , it's not like you're the oldest person in the company by any stretch

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  are concerned, MIT was in the 1980s, as it is now, a school that offers ... Things are actually pretty calm here in New England, even with the ... excited, sure, but the third win in four years for the Pats is nothing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in ... night in my early years here. i treat myself like i would an old friend. i take my shortcomings in stride and i don't shy away from acknowledging my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  in cities and ambition, paul graham writes: “Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred ... brains in Silicon Valley, the message the Valley sends is: you should be

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  third UROPs, offers were made to me unexpectedly in casual conversations ... best-known biomedical engineers in the world. He holds 500 issued and pending patents and is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to this... I'd just like to remind folks that blogging is not in my job description, nor is it in Matt's. It's something we do in our spare time because

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... pretend i live in PST: Procrastination Standard Time (utc -69) and call it a ... relieved to hear that I’m actually travelling now, in contrast to last year

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  of the process in obtaining a UROP[/caption] It's a great opportunity that MIT offers to their undergrads. However, getting research faculty to notice you in the first place can be a daunting task. But it doesn't have

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  compel stirrings like that in other people. I never saw what was powerful ... who seem too preoccupied with aesthetic, because aesthetic can get in ... would read papers that seemed to offer brilliant observations about the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  regulated by institutional, state, and federal policy. And, while we offer ... development) backend is awful and really gets in the way we needed some better ... better use of our incredible wealth of content in old blog posts Here's a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  always having baked goods to offer. She studies Course 6-3 at MIT, but in ... -to-make recipes with the rest of the world. If you're interested in learning to cook ... started another in the Atrium (between 100 and 200 Technology Square

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  Cyberspace. I am also thinking about this week's topic in CMS.701, echo ... result of a personalized search in which a website algorithm selectively ... with their viewpoints, effectively isolating them in their own cultural

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016