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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  the father of the inflationary theory of the universe - and figured, in ... random proctor and explained the situation; he suggested that I was in the wrong building, which irked me (in the wrong building for my first final

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  that in less than 24 hours you'll be in New York and playing with toys ... the two o'clock bus and settled in for the ride. The Chinatown bus has ... issues. It was hard to sleep on (bumpy) but we got some naps in. When the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  's status as one of the oldest colonies, definitely more than could fit in a ... not fw blithely gallivanting in PR without educating yourself and being ... reserved tickets for rainforest entry a month in advance (they sell out fast

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  In my last entry, way back in June 2013, I painstakingly bid good-bye to life at MIT and in particular, to the MIT blogs (direct quote: “Farewell, MIT blogosphere”). But I’m back!! Just in time to join other

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  new job in a few weeks. I took the offer. I told some teammates. I told ... )[/caption] So, in spite of it all, we’re still alive, and we're still writing ... changed. CJ lives in New York, where they work for Stainless, a company that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  doing well in school. It's a lot of free time for me to be a tryhard. For ... warned me against ever taking it in the fall. I think the course staff realized that, though; they stopped offering 5.60 which is the full semester

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] A Day in the Life of a Clown College Student by Joy X. Clown College ‘29

  

  year, I received a letter in my mailbox that would change my life forever ... the exact opportunity I was looking for. In my senior year of high ... CPW where I will actually be a juggling homeless person in The Guy Who

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  address what every college and university has articulated in its mission: to ... In 1966, B. Alden Thresher, an economist and the first ever Director ... Stu, and on many other people in our office too. The book has been out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  Patterns is the name of the curriculum that is being taught in all of these ... -Shapley   The rest of the week was dedicated to more offline exercises in the morning, and coding exercises in the afternoon. There definitely

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  --become the center of the universe." now i am sitting in the grass outside ... departments, from the terrascope program, from mit libraries, students in engineering and in sloan business school, and a visiting student from germany

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google ... universities to which you'll be applying (including the financial aid ... helps in the process. Talking with your guidance counselor. We will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  'Belle and Sebastian University.' I was like, 'Belle and Sebastian! Awesome ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of ... people who lists all the colleges they got into in their AIM profile. (As

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  from a shallow area of water in the Cape Cod area. (public reminder to ... 't learn in 8.02 was how 3D glasses worked, so I decided to Google it. HowStuffWorks.com had a pretty good explanation. 3-D Viewing In a movie theater, the

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  and pick the place where you fit in best with the culture and residents ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... published in the Tech in a center-spread titled The Daily Confusion (see e

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) A ten year ... admissions authentically, but we can’t write about what it’s like to live in ... classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class, and so forth

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  below in the comments, all the way through midnight tomorrow... If you ... MIT Class of 2017!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it ... ), please contact Michael Yang in the Admissions Office to request the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  see more offerings around campus. In addition to Clover, we have four ... most of their food preparation in a “commissary” (sort of like a shared ... trucks to install GPS in them so they can be tracked constantly. 3. How

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  Action applications than ever this year, 6,541 to be exact. Just as in ... talents in music and art, their athletic prowess, their love for the quirky, their various interests in cooking, origami, computer programming

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  In the old days, when I was in college - when dinosaurs roamed the earth, or at the very least when Facebook didn't yet offer photos or ... Facebook didn't suck - where was I - ah yes - in the old days, when I was in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  specifically. However, many of MIT's larger departments offer courses and other ... related. Can I get involved in nanotechnology at MIT? Absolutely! In ... Instrumentation Lab, which Melis '08 worked in as an undergrad, is also involved in some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009