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• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  of Prof. Auroux on Youtube, entitled "A lovely phone call": For ... Today was the first day of classes at MIT. Once again, the Infinite Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... blah.) Since I know a lot of people will be needing to make a college decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  lecture notes, do a pset, repeat. This semester, none of my classes have regular psets, but almost all of my classes have assigned reading! A week's worth of reading...even in technical classes! :O Recently a big chunk of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  't sell super soakers. Also discouraging was the Craig's List ad my mom ... with large groups of people. Examples that I’ve thus far experienced have ... gathering of similar magnitude to my past adventures. This one, a

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  mildly. I’m overwhelmingly obsessed with the internet. I think a lot of it ... internet. Things changed when I got to MIT. Instead of being plugged into the ... . The Internet became my playground, providing me with an endless array of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice ... listed as their field of interest as applicants. MIT is organized into ... apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  meta-mashup. (Love you, YouTube Doubler!) One of my colleagues also made ... Yes, I'll admit that when I first wrote "Pi(e)", I thought of π times ... thought I'd put up a post that collects some of the best pi(e) references

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  stressful experience of my whole time at MIT. It turns out that there's more ... , my PI of three years made a suggestion. He wanted to nominate me for a ... said of course, even though I can't stand because I absolutely love doing

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  list helps us manage the inherent uncertainty of not knowing how many students will accept our offer of admission and enroll at MIT in the fall (as ... to admit any students from our wait list this year. I am writing this

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  subscription features led to a commodification of parasocial interaction. [embed]https://www.youtube ... I usually reserve these kinds of posts for life-changing classes, the kinds of classes that let me discover things about myself and about the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  of the really great schools in the country," he added. "The fact that ... Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... lies ahead for St. Joseph Academy senior Daniel Guillen is one of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  years, we can determine its axis of rotation! Some asteroids on our list ... requirement for course 12 (earth and planetary science) majors. as part of the ... the data they need as part of a larger project. the class ends with

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  night, i ate dinner at et, one of the independent living groups in mit. i ... steak in the shape of mettaton's face, dog salad, instant noodles, popato ... a game for the assassins guild. it didn't happen in 2022 or 2021, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  given a list of the ~250 groups that had booths. You can view the list ... event that showcases hundreds of MIT's student groups (you may have seen this over at Sam's blog). Of MIT's 300+ groups, approximately 250 of them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  part of the winning team last year. Here's an excerpt: A puzzlehunt is a series of puzzles, but what exactly a puzzle is is kind of hard to define ... in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn ... to watch the progression of the emotional state of MIT students. The ... that they're worthy of MIT, and prove to themselves that they can handle

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  year of blogging with another blogger wrapped. these have become a ... , considering how most of the bloggers listen to more music than ~95% of their ... : 2021 2020 2019 2018 let's start with some stats! MG has literally

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  classical music-loving group. My neighbors are members of concert choir and ... lot of exposure to music composed between 1600-1800. I've listened to ... COMPOSED THIS PIECE OF 1600-1800 MUSIC ?!?! I wouldn't be able to answer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising ... and culture of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D-Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor ... sort of pressure to some mixture of dirt and concrete. It has to be able

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009