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• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  point out that when he was giving a brief overview of his years at MIT, he ... goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to ... to do a great job at their internship, but *sometimes* they lack the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  idea to come up with for our app. I would just kind of throw spaghetti at ... , at least in terms of multitasking. 34. Readily communicate personally to all members of a group to feel unity. - Exactly Me Looking at my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  . I felt at once an extreme boredom and an extreme lack of motivation to ... alternative”. And, even if I look back at old college photos and laugh out of ... application is now live and ready for all your submissions. At some point in the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyBJuyHl-c0[/embed] I cried another time at House of Gold and We Don't Believe ... alive. Now, I'm 19 and at the school of my dreams with friends and a ... I wanted to share that with you all. trigger warnings: talks of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  ways… Last July, I was sitting in front of my computer at work ... got excited about the prospect of contributing to a budding program at ... very little of it at the time, but I knew that I would soon have to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  and climbed out of bed at 10:18 to put together some yogurt and granola ... a lot of information at you in an hour and thirty minutes, I found ... phone. Out of bed at 10, got ready for the day, ate some breakfast. Side

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my ... to dinner following a "signing of the forms" (see above). We've had a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  -time, having a show at WMBR (you can listen to streams of everyone's shows! Do it ... too much stuff at a time. Some people are able to do all of this and ... . Granted, I still complain about my grades at the end of every term and tell

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  heating oil. Not only do you get rid of agricultural waste (without feeding ... of it as well as some fertilizer and coal byproducts if you're lucky ... grotesque biological slurry of turkey carcasses (left) to 250 C, you get the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  craving french fries at midnight). 5. Lots of freshmen – In 2015, The Tech ... the start of the semester hit you full force, you’ll be grateful that at ... ://mitguidetoresidences.mit.edu/map/maseeh-hall), the cost of living at Maseeh ranges from $5,120 - $3,575. For reference

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  video game. To reject that younger version of myself by consuming media at ... casual-enjoyment category. But then season two dropped at the end of July ... club at their school and have to dodge all sorts of trouble to achieve

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  arts at MIT, though, this post will just serve as a log of art ... ="aligncenter" width="550"] interior of the MIT shuttle at night[/caption] [caption id ... outlines of strangers at Peet’s, or crack open an old notebook and see marker

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  any of the vending machines at MIT were, so we wound up walking up the ... naturally, I set out for the nearest and most convenient source of soda ... found another cluster. I ended up getting coffee instead of soda and also

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  eyelash. He was quiet for a couple of minutes, stared off at the wall, then ... 'd already thought of that. At 12:55pm, I found myself outside my 8 ... through some possible courses of action, and settled on: moping. First, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  Learning at MIT is not about memorizing formulas, but understanding ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... getting in the way of their schoolwork.
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have a diverse group of ECs (just like the MIT student body) and they may have somewhat different styles of how the conversations will go, the main

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but ... in terms of general advice, let's see. There are no specific activities ... traditionally-thought-of-as-MIT-ish things like science fairs or math competitions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  years together, and they were three of the most formative years of my life ... been retrofitted with an i7 processor, 256 GB of SSD storage, and 16GB of ... coding pset at MIT and every pset afterwards for three years. It ran my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the President of MIT?

  Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is CSAIL?

  When people think of MIT, they think of computers, robots, and internet—CSAIL is all of those things. The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one