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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  reviews and more. Note: I think Manning only teaches it in the spring; I can ... grade in the class, or my bitching about all-nighters, that I thought this ... 6 people. I have friends in Courses 2 (MechE), 3 (Materials), 6 (EECS

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  can hang with the problem sets, you're alright. I feel 12% better about ... general and MIT life in general a bit later this long, wonderful weekend. I ... 21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... students. As a STARS Ambassador myself, I can confirm that we’ve been really

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  (I wrote this entry after spending three months working in Tokyo for ... 't remember me, I'm a '10 graduate who once spent three months working in Tokyo ... people regularly wears a SARS mask. In fact, as an American I find a lot

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  I initially promised that I'd go away after graduating, but I think that I might pop back in every now and then if the occasion's right ... deadline for voting in the first round is December 31st. I'd greatly

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  : "Neither have I." There you have it folks, you can go to MIT without having ... filled of Cranium. Some of my favorite quotes from the night: In a "Club Cranium" round of Cloodle, I attempted to draw "Baby's Breath": Diana: Are

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  today on this blog, I also begin a weeklong celebration of our seniors. I'll profile a senior each day, each an amazing person in their own right. The ... that I know who replied to my request for a profile =) As such, some non

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  can become engaged in international development through student groups ... some reason, I waited until senior year to take the mandatory swim test, but I miraculously passed and am now a teeny bit closer to graduating

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  very interested in hiring people like you. When I found out about the ... about GEL as opposed to other leadership improvement programs I’ve done in ... ’re getting trained in and feedback on. At least for me, I have trouble

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  deduced that the problem lies in the wireless internet, so now I just can ... one more class, which I am contemplating In other news, I moved into a ... and I can't complain about its proximity to campus. I will miss Next

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  My hope is that in the next p-set and class-filled 48 hours, I eat ... joys of running bridge loops in Boston. Afterwards, I decided to take a ... drained. I needed to re-discover why I needed to be at MIT in the first

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  yeah so i guess i'm joining the "what i'm doing this IAP" bandwagon—in ... class and dropped web.lab.   so everything worked out in the end! i ... get it out of the way during IAP so i can focus on more technical

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  .[/annotation] In the process, I ended up doing a variety of creative projects ... through different lenses, or to implement a new feature in Curveship. I ... piece of digital interactive fiction. I ended up choosing to write this in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  to the GAMIT's review (and now I can proudly say, personal experience ... the title of "best milkshakes in Boston" at one point, I'm pretty sure ... asking me questions about specific things I had done in his class. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  . This semester, having learned from my freshman year mistakes, I worked in ... need to know to learn When the first exam week came in late September, I ... and to learn the material in a way that I'd remember it. They also told

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  ramble on about, but there are things that I can't/won't put into a public ... about various MIT policies and policy changes - I put some of this in, but ... the hacking books MIT puts out, like Nightwork, which I referenced in my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  ="obviously class numbers are not in the ten hundred most used words, but I'm leaving ... sharing our work in such a way that other people can easily understand and ... loud and clear, not talking too quickly, can all add to your story. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  Bridge:     When I bike back home in the afternoon, I have ... ; Usually, I'm biking home in the sweet spot of post-rush hour and pre ... . Somehow, there was no traffic coming. My bike was on its side in the road. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  mean? These are the questions that I ask myself about 20 miles in. I can ... reason that I should be awake right now. In less than 3 hours, I am ... for the previous semester, but in standard MIT fashion, I ran out of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... information as possible so that we can make an informed decision. You'll hear me ... coffee (coffee grown in Yemen or Harrar region of Ethiopia) knows the first

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005