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• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  grounded and relevant. On those days when I wonder why I do this for a living ... Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three ... weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  aspects of research, to show anyone with a knack for knowledge how ... coding new extensions for the site. George wanted a working OLW prototype ... academic players in science and technology. For example, I recall a very

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  a few hours, I finally hit "send", and away went my request for ... privately. But not for long. An hour and a half later, my professor responded ... (which was a much more pleasant experience) I was ready for the next step

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... this year. Although our application does not go live for another few ... 'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  with you all. Here's a video of the speech, and below is the text. For ... —operates a factory, Trey—launches rockets, Renae—finds cures for diseases ... A few weeks ago, when I blogged about the commencement of the Class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  baby is surprised at something, they will look at it for longer. So if a ... interesting. Stories only move forward if there is a reason for people to be mad ... After three and a half years of being at this school, I've taken

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  's inarguably important and useful for neuroscience. 9.09J/7.29J (Cellular ... 'm doing a bad job at this regular updating thing. I promise that within the ... -chemical basis for the structures of nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  a MechE friend. We bond over a shared love for the Killers. David ... what a strap wrench is — see below — which is incredibly useful for when ... (Anything But Clothes) party which people make costumes for — this year saw a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  soldering iron for a slim-cut suit and gotten into semiconductor sales, was ... , Stuntcopter. I think for a time there I thought my dad must play fun games for a ... I was in college, I took a job working for Apple as a Campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  for fun! What made you want to come to the MIT fly-in? “I live in a ... knit. For example, on the day of my return, they had a hotdog eating ... school looks for. I want to become an engineer, so finding a good school

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  Having slept for a solid 8 hours last night, I'm finally awake enough ... some of you at CPW :) Second: I remember when it came time for me to ... of you admits (and soon-to-be admits!) might be wondering if MIT is a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  from Ramya '14! You might think that CPW stands for Campus Preview Weekend, but you're wrong. CPW really means "4 days of Pure a ... hanging around campus. It'll probably never detach itself from the Pure a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  experience points (XP) for each lesson, with ~10XP corresponding to a normal 5 ... to be typing at full speed for up to 10 hours a day, the equivalent of ... loop for several hours a day, resulting in my passing of the 18,000 XP

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  ). This represents a great step forward for "green chemistry", reducing ... of how important basic science has been applied for the benefit of man ... for further travel updates and a Questions Omnibus. Happy Nobel Week

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a ... another college application, Allison. They just want a way for you to ... , so I don't really have a good conclusion for this blog. I know that I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  until September for this kid! (I have a feeling part of my inability to ... will hook you up for med school.) Not entirely related, but a picture of ... , just a test review led by the TAs. I don't believe in test reviews (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  hold a knife and butter a turkey and how to make a meal for over a ... 's New Groove for the first time with a bunch of people I barely knew, all ... This post started as a voice memo, taken during a walk home. Its

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  decides to grab a healthy patient who shows up for a checkup. He takes the ... convincing argument that can be made for the concept of moral luck, wherein a ... principle, form a system of double injustice—punishing a person even more for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  uneasy for the past few weeks. Not bad, just weird. I've prepared for you a ... note="into finity but continuing for a while in the direction of the ... had to walk several minutes to find a green place for him to disembark

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  where it would be kept and for how long) or a storage facility in Boston ... if you live in a city for 18 months. Anyway, moving out ended up taking ... , "s") to a long word ("animal") and for that turn I would receive points

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020