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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  subject, and discovered a fascinating story about MIT’s efforts to combat ... concerns. Dean Birgeneau listened, and established a formal committee to work ... if they went into a STEM career, they would have to work harder than a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  don't want only a hardcore engineering education and want to be able to ... am from california, go to a public school, and generally hang out with ... academics like I am. thus, i don't really think I will fit in to a 'nerd

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  Clothes are so fun! I love tailoring my outfits to whatever is ... flying steel. One of the major joys of MechE for me has been the ability to shape the world around me, and clothing mods are a great part of that. So

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  I finished my first semester at MIT. There's so much to write about ... a 45% on the 3.091 final. I could write about the classes I loved. The concepts I learned. The things I made. I just haven't. Instead, I want to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  to a study: They found that 191 couples — 14.7 percent — were ... told they were identical. Here is a diagram to sum up the relationship ... identical, and the only way to know for certain is with a DNA test. If the DNA

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a ... there for an hour. Or if you don't think you're the Greek type, go to a ... you've had since forever, or you get home after a long trip and just put

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  (To be serious for a moment here - I really love comments and emails, as long as they in some way have to do with MIT. If you're an '11, I ... a decision, or you haven't even applied, I'd prefer if you stuck to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  of her friends, and their kids (which turned out to be a surprising ... !). I ate way too much food and tried to tone down my age a bit by putting ... You want to know the hardest part about this job? Entry titles. It

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  , admissions officer. At the reception, I got to sit next to Julian Wheatley, a ... to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  the shop owner for a while, who incidentally happens to be one of the ... A couple weekends ago, the average age on campus suspiciously ... flooded the Student Center and Infinite. I'd almost forgotten what a pre

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  various fraternity brothers coming to serenade you as a musically delightful ... . Weekend 5 Fun fact: I am a dancing machine. Does MIT offer outlets to my ... several colleges nearby hosted a cruise to unify school cultures into a heap

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  gained a lot of attention. I haven't gotten the chance to read it yet, but my lab is coordinating a book group to get together and discuss it ... was by a company called Celera Genomics which wanted to patent/sell the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word ... dishes). I want to share them with you, to the extent that I can share 1.909859317102744... π pies over the internet.   (A secret: the pies are a lie. Their

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early ... having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  of a big deal around these parts, and wouldn't you know, it happens to ... each class's Rat are chosen by a Ring Committee, or "RingComm," a group of 12 people chosen at the end of freshman year to represent the class

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  admissions office has been so ready to welcome uncensored student writing. "A ... or trying to set a world record in the game of Mattress Dominos ... to learn about a college than from other students." Many high school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  yesterday for the 20th annual AIDS Walk San Francisco. Thanks to your many generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a ... special. I owe a huge thanks to Tiffany '06 (white hat) and Accenture

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)

  

  On Tuesday, a group of which I am a member had a large meeting in ... ) organize some of the flyers we need to distribute to representatives of each ... freshman advisee, Sha-har '09, selling baked goods to support the MIT Mock

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  hosted a community picnic to celebrate The Howard Dining Hall, which is on ... . The picnic was outside, with all-you-care-to-eat sandwiches and a whole ... I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011