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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  been said. There was much to reflect on—in one hour, Professor Flowers ... , mechanics, etc. On the other side are topics humans ought to learn, in fields ... -saving medical machines. Completing these projects in one semester sounds close to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  wrap! Here's to more hastily chopped-up shirts in the weeks to come. ... Clothes are so fun! I love tailoring my outfits to whatever is happening -- baggy metal shirts for long hours in shop, sleeveless shirts for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  our future. MIT has been very active in developing solutions to energy ... world, including in India and China, working together to build a plug-in ... in May 2005. Since then, MIT undergrads have done wonders through

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some potential future

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  of DNA was discovered (I am a biology major, I have to throw that in ... extracurricular activities, to trips that I made around the UK?” In this way ... learnt them in England, from British people.) These words are among the

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  big, in fact, that the following email was sent out to the MIT community from Chancellor Clay last week: Dear MIT Community, In response to ... allowing employees to use their lunch breaks to watch the inaugural swearing-in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  . One ostrich egg is equivalent in mass to about two dozen chicken eggs ... was a little bored (for the very first time since I got to MIT two years ago, of course) and it was sunny, warm, and breezy, so I decided to bike

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  was able to participate in DTYD in some way. The whole thing felt very ... I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... we're all scattered across the country in quarantine, we thought the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  a senior in high school trying to figure out which college I would be ... be: A mission operations engineer in Tokyo, flying a lunar lander to ... continent to continent with all my possessions fitting in a hiking backpack

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  in response to Trump's immigration freeze on seven nations. MIT has 38 ... helpful and comforting to see so much of MIT come together in firm ... in Boston to make plain their rejection of these policies and their

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Square. Knowing we had a long day in front of us, we resolved to fortify ... mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... delicious dim sum with friends in Chinatown. After gorging ourselves on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  idea for a blog post. Unfortunately, I'm in the mood to post about very useless information that is applicable to nobody in the real world. The ... what to wear. Reason #4: Grazing and rolling in the grass is an

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  pick up line in the comments, and if you want to see more of what is ... , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and truffle

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  time in the last eight years that we have not been able to go to our wait ... sending in, and truly appreciate the time and effort you have put in to ... students to submit their final decisions so we could figure out whether or

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tweet, tweet plus: swarming, oil spill cleanup robots and virus-made, clothing-embedded batteries

  

  this that makes me so proud (and in awe) to be associated with MIT ... !), I'm looking forward to yet another interesting year. In my plans for ... been so crazy busy, I don't ever seem to have time to sit down and blog

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I ... . We won't be able to confirm 100% until we're a bit farther along in the ... ,000 of the "$100 laptops" (currently coming in at closer to $150). One

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  jubilation to dissipate. The weather was markedly poor during the third week in ... dark and sunless. But, I still managed to find time to relax in the ... I continued to wallow in what seemed to be my final moments with my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  Valley save file with my partner and am trying to squeeze in some night ... average. We may ask you to help advise creative projects in the office and ... applications in August, and we hope to select and alert bloggers before

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  age-old tale, That owning pieces of the world pales in comparison To ... what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... week has been a wild ride. To quantify it: Five hours of sleep per

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in the last thread, as of this writing. Thanks to everyone who understood that it was a personal entry in my personal blog about my personal

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006