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• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  can be paired with computer science in a coherent undergraduate degree ... phenomenon — the ubiquity of computing and the rise of AI. In this new world, we are building on MIT’s established leadership in these fields to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in ... tripod or anything, I've got a cybershot throw-in-your-pocket camera. BUT ... the same picture zoomed in really close. I've played with the brightness

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  of the year when life explodes in your face. Currently, I am in one of those conditions. It is finals week, and I hate everything. In fact, I ... have no idea how well I did in 2.12 despite the fact that I spent hours

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  only 18%. Sam's Mom has informed me that I have a then/than error in one of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome ... grandmothers' house in the middle of the night. In the words of a great man, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  sit at a computer for hours writing out an entire post in one sitting. I ... I was sitting in the Media Lab when I saw in the news that Fireflies ... write a follow up in one or two days about how I used Fireflies to help

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  meals, and I savored every delicious mouthful. And now, in the blink of ... has been closed down. Yes, that's right: the Subway in the Student ... far, the best eating place in the entire Stud - nay, perhaps the best on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  . Teaching is an exercise in both design and effective communication. I love ... . Each opportunity was different from the others in how many hours I spent ... computer science. I first learned to use Scratch in high school in order to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  ] [annotation note = "I dyed my hair last month and kept the box 'just in case ... Katie Zhao’s new novel, [annotation note = "Katie and I have the same agent, and I actually got to see her at Boston Book Festival last month

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends and family could tell you, I'm just a little bit frazzled when packing to go to or from MIT...so I would, almost inevitably, forget one vital

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  applicant. I'll tell you right up front that I attribute my success in grad ... my AP's were in science! That's a true story.) I was ranked 11th in my ... in 8.02x (Physics: E&M) from freshman year. I had a lot of classes

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  people in your community are ok with this new addition to the family and ... hope! Maybe take a trip to California, or something. I don't know. I don ... organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  complete list) come and set up booths in Johnson, and students can choose ... In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International ... Phone Branding in China European Panel: What Europe? Catalan Lessons with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  think I'm special, in a way. The kind of way where life threw a lot of ... cat, Rory, and I live with the amazing Dan S. '17 in a tiny three ... Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  . I dressed up and went to see W in a theater with my boyfriend and we ... A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow ... long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your application stand. Simply sending in
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  . As I hinted at in my last entry, the GEL program had a hands-on hour ... pressure. The better the bridge design, the more "vehicles" (or in this case, washers) it can hold. According to Diane Soderholm, the Education Director

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• FAQ / International applicants

  Am I domestic or international if I hold dual citizenship?

  international in our application process. We don't have any preference as to which
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  English that I wrote it in to the typical Russian they publish in, but the ... thinking about an article about foreigners living in St. Petersburg. So I ... first published on http://dfactorial.tumblr.com I wrote an article about

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  e d ! ! ! ! 8) Allan: I went to a freind's housewarming, and in true ... stuff! In no particular order, here is a list: 1) We went on an errand ... lots of wierd decor)! 6) We saw Dear Evan Hansen in a totally legitimate

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT IT.

  

  I logged into WebSIS to check my term grades and saw the following at the bottom of the page: SUCCESS AT LAST. (Well, I still have one grade that isn't in. Whatever. I'M DONE, Y'ALL.)

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2010