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• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Holy Grail of Hacks Returns and everything it took to get there

  

  makerspace and created a giant spreadsheet for people to sign up for mass ... with a 3-way outlet splitter for a net gain of one outlet. Lastly, a ... for testing. And then, it was Saturday, April 18th, and a crowd was

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 3, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  14 years later what I've been up to in the past one-seventh of a century

  

  -obsessed Course 8 major with a penchant for iconic phrases like, “Could this ... pivot to a career unrelated to your major. Optimize for life ... -graduation life, here's a sweater I knit for a bunny at my local rabbit shelter, who

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  ?" and the song goes on like this for like 23 minutes, because there was a ... splashing for a while and the harp plays festive arpeggios that lead us into ... old adage "Chemical engineering is the practice of doing for a profit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  anybody, except for this one Russian film version with a lot of broken ... Guildenstern with an inflatable pool toy, swims around for a while, and then ... pictures of the production "for the safety of the actors," so here's a bunch

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

   This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... ’t worry! If you are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  Learning Materials for Biology aka. THANK YOU MIT FOR OFFERING A CLASS (even ... (Creating Digital Learning Materials for Biology) This course is a student ... best medium (or one of the best) for translating that lesson plan into a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  business is not an option for most people, though it is a convenient way to ... job and being out of the loop for a few years can really reduce your ... just to have you leave a few years later. I know how important it is for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  for a comprehensive list of all events being hosted this week as well as ... MIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested. There is a ... I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  MIT portal for the locations and times of these events, and for a comprehensive ... I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend coming ... opportunities for Admitted Students coming up in cities around the globe within

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the ... simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn ... cadets a few weeks ago. It is statements like these that make me very

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

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  there for a cheese croissant and a large tea before my 6:40 AM train to ... is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for ... recklessly complaining, but here goes: Today I had a to-do list of 23 things to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the ... created a mouse model for the Th2 form of IBD by creating a Th2 response in ... Investigators, The Tech, and Counterpoint. Issel was also a teaching assistant for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A World of Pure Curation an interview with holly h. 18'

  

  ’s really hard for me; it seems really Meta to me to not only make a body of ... of a final project for an independent study I did last semester. So ... like a dividing point, to make the space seem smaller, and for people to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 5, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  fending for myself for a few months now, but I did take this opportunity to ... students for three hours a week. I've been wanting to learn ASL for a loooong ... excited to sign up for this class. Turns out, of course, that learning a new

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for ... audiences. For astronomy graduate students, this website has a pretty ... for what you're going to do with the grant money (a very important part

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  provides suggestions for everybody's research, he has a knack for explaining ... . Looking for a thesis from seven years ago? 3/8" NPT-Swagelok fitting ... think you could resist asking him for a hit? I tell you, this bubble

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  opted for a coach seat—so I’ll be sleeping upright for the next three days ... train track maintenance, I’ll be sitting on a bus for a stretch of my ... a wonderful essay about the color blue: “For many years, I have been

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  interested in being on a team with him for a LEGO robot competition during IAP ... robot that will play in a competition at the end of January. The goal for ... ball for now. As you can see, robot A is in charge of scoring in the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  “result” of each group reported to a manager. For any given group of 3, the ... how this might happen for a moment, and then look at the diagram below ... ,348,907. We were tasked with proving this general rule for a small portion of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  great option for anyone adMITted who wanted to consider it (and now, a ... Tessa is on the right, excited for an incentive flight on a KC-135 ... abbreviation for Reserve Officer Training Corps. It is a training program

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015