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• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  aware, the racial tensions in America are currently at an all-time high ... had to ask for the school to not put me in the lowest classes. Their ... the sort, being recognized for my work in academics had meant the world

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  state in the class), are very underrepresented. For a full look at the ... Google and Yahoo news feeds. If there's an article about you or a friend ... senior received an e-mail from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  artist (I constantly have ideas for immersive art installations) or an ... black out— there is nothing else in the world I can do I am barely ...   I have more than 100 blog ideas saved in a nifty spreadsheet and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  doesn't cut it for my social battery anymore, so I make an active effort ... suitable for children in the slighest. be careful lol ... . Askhole provides a platform for engaging people in questions that probably

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  recognize you in the words as written. If so, it's probably a good essay for ... We've gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the ... you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  MIT in 1934 “for all who might be interested in knowing more about the ... applications are due by August 1st! As in Monday! Get them in on time so that I have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  that in mind, credit for the revelation that I maybe was that sort of ... ’d totally rock an MIT-themed Family Feud episode. What do all of those have in common? Well, first, they’re all what people traditionally take

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  take, and then every week you meet for an hour and a half with the ... the test. In addition, Mr Kennedy kindly agreed to be my reference for ... , which is totally serious, all the time. I live in Nest House, which is

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  wrestling with many new abstract concepts in my head for long periods of time ... , please do keep an open mind about college math classes! My math classes in ... that the current definition refers to in an effort to regain

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  't bark, and can better fend for themselves while students are in class ... be completely free of pets, save fish), along with an accompanying ... school with an unusual roommate: a 3-month-old orange tabby named Amadeus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  for programmable system on a chip) – an incredibly versatile little ... placed the buttons in a way that was most comfortable for me to hold. Only ... ’s performance. In the end, I created an algorithm that reduced the rendering

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  or so, the grades and comments for that fourth paper rolled in. My ... thought that by going to ask for help, I would in a way be "cheating": it ... are reluctant to ask for help. Many come in from high school as the kid

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  I've only been here for a few weeks, but 'here' already feels like ... neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT ... glow-in-the-dark murals on blacklit walls. People are spinning poi lit on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country ... Boston Pops is combined with an amazing fireworks show, and is televised ... separates Boston from Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  into a never-ending search for free wireless access. Today that came in ... DID YOU KNOW? Super Smash Bros. Brawl is coming out for the Wii on December 3, 2007. France. I'm in France. But I just got done with Italy. And

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  by the end of three weeks) for kids from slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh ... . The HASS class I had tried to sign up for was overbooked and, being an ... next semester. This week, it's time for a slightly different discussion

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  , which I paid for. lunch: I was in the IDC and there were wraps on trays ... up late and snagged a bagel at the cafe in Lobby 7. lunch/dinner: for ... social under the stars! dinner: I met a friend in for dinner at El Jefe

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

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  normal. Random Hall, for another year, was back in its full music ... milk sat. In the fridge. For months, long past its October 20, 1994 ... , 2022.    The Milk is not an easy object to mistake for something

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  for the 2018 Collegiate Championships that would take place in August on ... abysmal. I didn't have a car, public transportation wasn't an option in the ... qualify for the US Championships in January, I needed to fully commit. I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  cruise ship companies have expressed interest in the project, and for good ... -management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for precise adjustments in flight dynamics to compensate for outside conditions

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006