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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  out at the sea of faces and realized what a magical job it is to be the ... ...>"<), surrounded by laurels and the two-sided owl (both symbols of Athena) at the ... amount of construction at MIT is seriously alarming. Building 76 aside, it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  and reputation, it is often discounted. So, at the end of each of my ... School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles ... , and could only admit ~1600 students. But most of the students to whom we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  tag was labeled with the same number). At the end of the week, my mom drove me to Washington, DC, where I moved into one of the dorms at George ... considering going back to the NIH, and I had an offer at Genentech, but I really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  to produce a product at the end of the semester.  During the past few ... of the womb, who were building robots before they learned how to walk ... , gotten some lab experience at UC Davis trying to develop a fungal

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  of Mount Rainier. The larger meadow at the top of the mountain felt ... -up rock of the mountain--gray, rusty read, even turquoise in places. At one ... quaint island north of Seattle and across the water from Canada, the smoke

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  ?$%!@# place." Sometimes it means both of these things at the same exact time ... , keep in mind that I was pretty worn out at this point. 12 hours of sleep ... that I could just blow off the rest of my work and still at the very

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  receive a Masters degree in some area of engineering combined with an MBA ... distractions, and offers lots of desk space to spread out! Enough studying! Movie! Two things I do significantly less of when I’m at MIT is drive and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  this summer, which is sort of embarrassing since I keep making reference to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on a typical day at work. I'm in an office with four other undergrads

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  , 12 to go. That sounds a lot better. Exam week is a busy time at MIT; a lot of living groups have free breakfast on exam mornings, then ... and all that. I heard a lot of conversations on my way to the final

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  of) seven other MIT students (almost all '17s, with real jobs at ... one degree of separation away. Other times it's distant and foreign ... angry with." These work with varying degrees of success.) I hoped to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  at the outset, but it makes tons of sense once you understand the ... interrupted by herdlike groups of tourists each morning, I thought it would be a ... you enough of the basics that you don't look like a total tourist when

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  creating a diverse, accepting environment at MIT. He led the creation of a ... (Institutional Research) offered clementines and other goodies with her decades of ... , “Over the course of my career at MIT, there have been a few moments when I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those ... off the waitlist, and wishing them the best of luck at the college they ... At approximately 4:30pm today, we did something we haven't done in 4

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  , and I'm pretty proud of that. Anyway, at the end of the game, I dove ... , but at the price of torpedoing myself neck-first into the turf. I ... Unlike Snively's "Alaska" post of a year ago - which read, in its entirety

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of robotics programs does MIT offer?

  Although robotics isn't a specific department or major, you can find robotics in nearly every corner of MIT. Here are a few examples ... Interactive Robots We even offer free online course materials for students
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  started off at MIT, I thought that the only way to learn was to take a bunch of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My grandpa shared an anecdote of his childhood with me that I think really

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  ] Hornaday's book on the animals of North America and instantly chose the ... Last night, I attended the ceremonial unveiling of the design of the MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  head down to the North End, where I met them at Mike's Pastry. Probably ... have a great time." However, still, it's one of those things that I never really expect to happen. So, I was sitting at work on Friday afternoon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  a pool of similar enough peers that will at the very least be not that ... puzzle of mit — to be at an epicenter of innovation, and know that what we ... super similar to me, which is not common at all in places outside of MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023