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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  liberal arts college provide more opportunities for learning about the ... century English literature exclusively, then the Institvte is probably not a ... was a boy named Omar and his father. You can click on the link to watch

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  had sold the company for a box of oranges. Three weeks later I feel that ... teachers, excellent students, and a beautiful school, I have been smiling for ... delightful high schoolers, and interviewing with a reporter from the newspaper

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  intelligence, which means that I'm signing myself up for a ton of math. It ... requirements this semester, breaking the record for the most number of math ... Elementary discrete mathematics for science and engineering, with a focus on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a ... build toys without a shop, so the powers at be went out and bought a ... ordinary classroom into a better-than-average shop. Before the debate

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  Science and Technology Initiatives) is the umbrella organization for a lot ... find a job for me that would keep me a little closer to the physical ... decentralized. So, for example, if there was a professor at MIT from a particular

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  -250 words each, depending on the question):  We know you lead a busy ... about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. Although you may ... member of our community the ability and passion to work collaboratively for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2011. We received over 50 applications for just a few available spots. The vast majority ... upperclassmen as well. Over the last week and a half the blogger committee

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  give them a call to chat a bit about things... As for the food, I was ... the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  , was a meeting held in the home of an alumni volunteer named George ... time and had a beautiful garden. But the most exciting thing about being ... fact we're preparing for it on campus already, there is still the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  got a job working at the computing help desk last semester- you know, I ... dying to do for years- I went to a kickboxing class! (MIT has kickboxing as a club sport.) So I showed up at the session feeling all super

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Fun With Photoshop Do you have mad Photoshop skills? Show us.

  

  loves into a desktop for her computer: Your turn! Post your links in ... Things are still pretty crazy around here, so until I get a chance to post, I'll keep you entertained with the following. As you know if you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  from a plastic covering for a box of water bottles with the broken glass ... over to the student center to a different committee, this time to judge current MIT students at the annual Trashion Show. The MIT Trashion Show is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  alumni across the globe will be hosting gathering for the Class of 2014, as ... admitted students can enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to ... ! The MIT Reply Form: As soon as you've made up your mind for sure about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  -life-non-MIT-run apartment a few weeks ago and invited a bunch of us bloggers over for the ... office the other day and had a chat with Matt, who said that if I liked ... being a total drain on the reputation of females everywhere, and then she

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  pretty much nonexistent for a few years until the current president, Linda ... 't know, there are MIT clubs all over the world and they're basically for ... and I got to talk to some people who I haven't seen for more than a

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  /tourist attractions, so while you can trek it on a bus for the weekend, your weekdays ... $20-30 per country, but HelpX has a one-time fee of ~$25 for the entire ... hire short-term workers to work part-time and live in the hostel for a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  -- sometimes a fifth, sixth, or seventh AP course for the year (!) -- and ... innovative thinking are taking a hit. "Because students are so busy all the ... application?" -- W.L. "Isn't taking several APs in the sciences and math a way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  . (I hate the PE requirement -- I've been a club athlete for four years ... amazing fact. (You may hazard a guess as to how many times I've heard the ... cheerleaders. Do you cheer for the chess club?" Ha-frickin-ha.) Varsity sports

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  . I had been at my other two jobs for about a week when one of the sound ... as a non-Muggle. I figured it was my last shot (for the book, anyway ... all the feeling there decided to concurrently take a few hours off to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  know? I suggested asking for a photo with the pilot. Hailey mentioned a ... ask the pilot for a picture. Andrew said he would, too, to make it less ... first time or for the nth time, ask your pilot for a picture! Ask for a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025