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• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by ... was a good target for being changed because, in truth, I was only on the ... up for a while: Course 9 (along with many other science majors) is not

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  design a control system for a YF03 robot at Kawasaki Heavy Industries ... plant for the western U.S.; this project led to a future publication at ... year Ph.D thesis/internship program is also a strong candidate for higher

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  for calculus) and calculus-based physics. It’s rare that an applicant ... . Fortunately, each decision is made on a case-by-case basis and depends on your
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Corp, making textile inventions like a faulty needle sensor for knitting ... develop a plan for a stair-climbing wheelchair. Blanco submitted a design in ... ." Professor Blanco is looking for some students to build a full

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past six months, I would have four dollars. For a net decrease of ... , getting a dollar for each body pillow I purchase is a rather inefficient way

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  practical During dinner, we had a jazz band play And then a DJ for post ... The 2007 Senior Ball was last Saturday night, and as a member of the ... event secrets. Seniors took a break from their theses to celebrate, among

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  monument has been on my bucket list for a while. It’s 294 stairs to the top ... a code from the app. After biking around for half an hour, you return it to any other Hubway station. After searching around a little bit for

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  love to use paint as a base for mixed media things) or a new media ... critic (I sometimes describe my cuisine experience to whoever is out for a ... inconvenient hour for a morning bird like me but it is what it is  

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I purchased a meal plan last semester for convenience. I didn't cook often and ... , though, so when prompted with the option to buy a meal plan for

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  than lolcats...hopefully. This year's theme is poverty, and a couple of MIT bloggers are planning to participate. If you have a blog, you should ... . -------------------------------- Responses to questions: BrittanyL, a '13 hopeful asked a really good question

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him ... Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14.21J: Health Economics, a class in which I had an exam today, we recently

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  pay for it directly instead of using a credit card. One reason to get a ... landlords care about. I knew all this, in theory. I've known for a few months ... until a few weeks ago, which was when I applied for my first credit card

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  taking for a grade) Chemistry Honors (Spring Semester) If your transcript ... quarter grades. For example: BiologyA, A- ...or... AP Economics96 / 92 ... .) For example: AP ChemistryA / A- / A ...or... Theory of Knowledge6+, 7

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  excitement replete Looking back now, 'though it hasn't been long It's a marvel to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless nights Time kept a rhythm, while we scraped along Now we start to peer

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  pursuing a career as a filmmaker. It was a proud moment for him, and for me his mom, when he won second place in a local filmmaking competition for ... my gender. His film “Other” is about a very important topic for a lot

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Paris or Nicky). Headed to Loomis Chaffee for a school visit. Didn't get ... 're looking for. So this was a great school visit, despite the lack of student ... Prep to set up for the meeting. There were a bunch of EC's there

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  't have much to show for it, except notably a fat C in 6.006, MIT's intro to ... .804 (Computational Cognitive Science) - i've been waiting to take this class for a ... for. the professor also told us to our faces that the class is an easy A

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  before i left for boston, and i cried...a lot. the complex mother ... not do so great on the math diagnostic for a variety of reasons. I got a ... sadness by not responding to anyone for a week and playing a LOT of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  and getting good at it, as if I was holding out for a better goal. In ... construct that dataset? How do you account for—a big problem in ecology ... to a new domain? In group meetings for this salmon project we get even

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  bloggers via hidden messages in the comments was a joke). For those of you ... to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap ... Now that CPW has come to a close, the Class of 2013 is starting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009