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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  Subjects Studied: for a university to gain its status, it must be a place ... the modern scientific method, a model for medical diagnostics and legal ... Note: xTalks: Digital Discourses is a seminar series from the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  provide a few proprietary products for use (i.e. Nvidia Jetsons or ... assembling a miniature paper version of the final construct for reference while ... of the stag head is a beacon of hope for the future of our project. It

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  Hoar actually sat as a model for John Harvard’s head. Ironically, Harvard ... scheduling my classes, hence making life a lot easier for my academic advisor ... It was a hot, humid Friday afternoon when I touched down in Logan

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  has a talent for solving problems, and I can't remember a time when he ... relief, a moment of celebration, and a moment of reminisce for all those ... students so much this year, because it gave me a chance of looking for that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  app (or take it to the post office for postmarking). I am pleased to see ... submitted both their Part 1 and their Part 2. Thank you for not procrastinating! A few answers to common questions: Please remember that if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  application than to sit in a classroom for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone ... think about that for a minute. (When you're done laughing at how ... do simply for the pleasure of it,” I’m going to be a little worried

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  personal home for the past three years. Our tour guide, Maddie L. ‘26, is a ... Welcome to a tour of three MIT sorority houses! Believe it or not, sorority life is a thriving community here at MIT, with about ⅓ of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  , can you tell us any methods in planning classes for a double major ... (English Literature, Government, US History); for each 5 on a humanities AP ... Unfortunately for me, I've been hit with what's hopefully some sort

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  ,[/annotation] I was entranced by the instructions for a simple origami cube laid out ... school teacher, encourage you, a cool reader of the MIT blogs, to go for it ... I know a lot of you are stressed. You have busy brains with rodent

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  something fun for the 10-year blog birthday!" so, of course, I say yes.  It ... only THEN that I discovered I really didn't have a lot to talk about.  Why?  Because I've let life slow down a bit since graduating.  On campus

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in ... . Bahr!). For those of you still looking for a humanities class to take

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  newly-formed NAACP bitterly condemned Birth of a Nation for "its racist ... being used as a modern day recruitment tool for the KKK, I will no longer ... Now that CPW is behind us, I am beginning to return to my life as a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  struggled with writing blogposts in the past few months. It’s not for a lack ... contents. There was a space on the envelope for me to write an address. I ... , but that’s the problem. I feel like I’m on a rollercoaster, or some

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went to a few weddings, visited family and friends, and generally took time ... Bridge College Admissions Conferences that are hosted annually by QuestBridge - a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  sent a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet where we were supposed to fill ... expected us to treat a completely unmoderated shared document with respect ... of the hoodie designs. I just want to share a fun experience. Of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  three of the bloggers would drop off the face of the earth for a little ... 's been a month and a week since I last posted. And it's not for lack of ... 't officially registered for the marathon (there are a couple barriers to entry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  around the world - a Habitat for Humanity event, this year they built walls ... event and all proceeds went to the Cambridge YWCA, a shelter for abused ... sentimental overall, but rather anticlimactic for a sophomore. The most

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new year at my friend Jacob's house, as I usually do, and caught up with a ... for a volunteer. Announce that the game will involve the two of you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  because we switched gates so many times) for this flight finally got a break ... they were. tasted like a pancake. 6/10 (2/10 accounting for size)   ... because i didn’t have a eu adapter for my computer charger, and my laptop

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  teams of glassblowers who gather for a few hours a day to make batches of ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... " align="alignright" width="300"] Concept art of a glassblowing gremlin

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023