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• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  , accelerated classes, just do research, or participate in a MISTI program, among ... girlfriend in Washington D.C. It wasn't until a couple days before leaving that I noticed that I would be in town for [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn't feel real. In ... in the "before times," of course. We wear masks in class, and because ... absurd amount of fruit snacks in the past month. Despite the covid

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  just the Germany-Sweden eighthfinal World Cup match taking place in Munich that afternoon, but there were a lot of people walking around in ... always wear these in Bavaria? Because they are kind of uncomfortable. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison ... , a theatre/band/choir star in high school. I was the only person in my class to make all eight plays and musicals held during my four years in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the ... 't see the genius in that one yet). Anyway, how is the music department at ... high school, I had the pleasure of singing under Dr. William Cutter in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  Edward wrote: "Are the differences in education systems around the ... evaluated in context. "In my country (Kenya) students who sat for the national exams are ranked by province with the best 100 candidates in each

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  night, i ate dinner at et, one of the independent living groups in mit. i ... live in my room in east campus, but i'm trying to spend more time in et ... steak in the shape of mettaton's face, dog salad, instant noodles, popato

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days ... earlier return in case of limited flight availability or other extenuating circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  In third grade, my parents sent me away to sleepaway camp for two ... had the idea to measure me again. I had grown a quarter of an inch in a ... ’ve grown a quarter of an inch in a week. (Or, like, some unmeasurable non

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  placement in the hall, the dining halls are back up and running, and the weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back ... grapefruit, and sat in front of my Real Analysis class (18.100A) for a solid

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  tracking transaction flow whenever someone covers another in regular mass ... her final Jeopardy answer. At this point in the game, she'd been ... experiences in great detail. As a Jeopardy contestant, and even more so as an

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  (majoring in Course 2: Mechanical Engineering) Geez, we have a lot of Course 2's in French House. Where is this one right now? Microsoft campus in ... 'll figure it out, my dear. * * * Adam H. '15 (majoring in Course 18-C: Math

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  'm actually here to talk about, albeit in my characteristically verbose but ... in that. Thankfully, you do have a wonderful resource available to you in the form of your freshmen advisors. Freshmen advisors are faculty

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  required core classes in science, history, and math. One at a time, teachers and students stood up in front of us weary workday parents, who were yawning and fidgeting in small hard plastic chairs under the harsh

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  Gruber received his Bachelor Of Science in Course 14 (Economics) from MIT in 1987, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard in 1992. Since then ... . Gruber received his B.S. in Economics from MIT, and his Ph.D. in Economics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  Square Theater, ticket in one hand and notebook in the other, I wasn ... in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze ... !). In addition to staging performances, Central Square Theater works

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in ... in the long run that only degrades the full impact and true value of what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I worked last summer, is the largest corporate logo in the world. So I'm here in Germany, meeting up with tons of MIT interns while staying at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  Today after the admissions info session in Kresge (where it also took place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were ... , associate professor of literature, shows in her new book, "Collaborations With

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  Under 35 for his pioneering research in comparative genomics. When I sat ... that awards generate. Kellis was born in Greece, but moved with his family to France and eventually arrived in the U.S. in 1993. Manolis, his

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006