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• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  . :) I may not have seen a whole lot of point in making every single ... winter around here. I'm done with yet another MIT Wednesday, consisting of ... , and feeling all right about it because I only had to be somewhere in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  ' up as your friend Tellin' truths better than your next of kin I said I ... Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  thinking.   It was in the process of doing so that I discovered my true ... tell you a bit about me... I'm a senior in Management and Political ... something new about someone I already know. At MIT, most of the activities

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  professionals on this one. I just finished A Gentleman in Moscow, as part of my ... In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be ... how grief manifested itself in me. Instead, it was a tangled balloon of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  be going my way. Case in point number 1: As I was returning to Boston ... optics and the water droplets in the cloud and the angle of the sun and whatnot. Nonetheless, what are the odds? Case in point number 2: I was

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I ... a few days later I found myself in the passenger seat of Raphael's '88 ... -from-bear response kicks in. A few minutes later, I was definitively out of steam, so

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  D-Lab Food Fest A week on $2 a day, followed by a meal from around the world

  

  Sorry, I am a bit swamped for the next couple of days with some 14.05: Macroeconomics work. As soon as I can, I will write an entry on the delicious D-Lab Food Fest, and my week of living on $2 a day that preceeded it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  that I haven't yet found a rhythm that works for me in terms of finishing ... them and feel like I have numerous holes in my understanding of the ... to anxiety, more jaded. I took these stories with a grain of salt since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  In this blog post, I’ll share the saga of the Class of 2022’s Ring ... the new Brass Rat design. I went to the Class of 2022 Ring Premiere in ... in my time away. They were a reminder of the lively campus I once knew

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala ... . I was in the thick of reading applications as February whizzed by and ... all in when I looked over at another large silver tray arranged with

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  of July fireworks/celebration, because I've never really been in the States during Fourth of July. (or if I was, I was in little-town Maine for ... that I read in middle school. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  without prejudice in Regular Action. A lot of MIT students, past and present, were initially deferred; you can read about a few of them here, here ... , and unfortunately, we can’t admit everyone. If your decision was

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  localization – how a robot can figure out where it is in when you place it at a random spot in a maze. The robot has a map of the maze in its ... is symmetrical! Can any of you guess what the bubble wrap is for? If

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  On Tuesday after work, I saw The Producers -- not the movie, the show. Some friends from MIT, UC Berkeley, and NYU took care of waiting in line ... for the Straight Guy performed in the show... and since I was seated in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  than in all your others combined.” I had barely processed the end of the ... in my mind. Had I really done it? Had I finally broke my streak of bad ... the palm of your hand.” “Really? I always thought it was faster. It

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept ... 'd paint you a walk along the river, in this nimbly crafted post; I'd tell you how I love this place, about its gentle paradise, all in prose that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  time it looks like this: Luckily I've been in a super supportive ... myself immensely! :) In my free time I also broke out my tablet and ... identities. So all in all, not a bad summer. I'm not sure how this upcoming

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  I walked into the TV room in the sorority house and saw many of the ... I’ve found myself being reflective recently about a lot of things. A ... but this year is different. Last year I attended the 25th reunion of my

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  sentences like "I have 6.001 in 10-250 at 2:30, then my Course 9 UROP in ... (sometimes given in Roman numerals). These numbers are in approximate order of the founding of MIT's course in that area. For example, Courses 1

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  below, Elizabeth '13 and I were modestly involved at the beginning of that ... proof of concept. I am so impressed by where the CSH team has taken this ... -for-yourself communities, including some of the cultural houses in New House and some FSILGs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020