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• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering and Premed (we have a really cool major that lets you combine Mech E with another area of your choice, it's called 2A), I live in Next House

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  decision. Everything is A LOT. I just wish there would be more minutes in ... of the day is seeing all the people in western business attire standing ... will say a couple things I realized about my job and ETS. 1) This is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more ... to the word limit for the essays, a lot of space is left over in the ... 'd say a high GPA in challenging courses is much more important than

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  's gossip. One of the most satisfying feelings in the world is being a ... If you live in Britain, or in a country sufficiently influenced by ... penchants. This is a common misconception. For what all of these millions of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  interrelated in a lot of ways. 2 - What is design (at MIT)? Gloria: The ... , and they also depend heavily on who is teaching it in a given semester ... is basically just 4.021 condensed down into a four-week intensive. In

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  probably only got in because I'm a girl." This is a toxic mindset that was ... hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you ... . This new group hosts a monthly forum in which attendees discuss issues of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i got a cat he is so small

  

  Note: i am working on a high effort long blog but this is too ... is a scrungly little 2-month-old brown tabby with a resting worried ... lose him in my room. He’s just a little baby When I first got the boy

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 14, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  Caffeine is in the air my friends, pencils are writing, printers are ... ....grumble grumble), and all this can only mean one thing. The MIT machine is back in ... awesome vs. IAP remaining looked something like 1/x^4, culminating in a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  's some information on what we're going to study: What is 14.11? 14.11 is a new class on the topic of field (that is, "in situ") and laboratory ... will aid you in designing, conducting, analyzing and presenting a field

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  points in a single basketball game. He did so in Hersheypark Arena, a ... for 21M.303: Writing in Tonal Forms 1. The class is traditionally taught around two major projects: a minuet in the Baroque style and an art song in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  that I guess is on a lot of people's minds: Q. So how do you pee in space? A. Up in space we use a vacuum. I always tell kids it's not something ... Cady Coleman: She graduated MIT with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  , The Word for World is Forest and the curious incident of a dog in the ... back in the day, and while Senegalese drumming is a little different than ... of my classes is 1.00 (or in non-MIT speak, Intro to Computers and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  solidified. (While previous blogging experience is paramount in our selection ... : Provide a link to your "portfolio" - in other words, your current blog. If ... number is not 100% set in stone. I am not yet sure how many bloggers will

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  of my concerns. This is a difficult time in the American economy ... , "life after college" is a scary but also exciting topic to think about. Because for the first time in our lives perhaps, there is very little

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops ... when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  done. You know that thing that they say where learning at MIT is like a ... is intense this semester (most course 2 peeps I've told give me a crazy ... - Notoriously a challenging class at MIT, 2.006 is all about modeling fluid flow

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  This entry is a lot of things. Read! First here are some pictures ... REUSING some of the pictures I took for the viewbook.) A double in East ... graduated last year, I believe). A single in New House (German House

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  summer in Cambridge, it is still true that: my neighbor's adorable and ... communicate what being a student at MIT is like. You should interpret this ... advise creative projects in the office and serve as a touchstone for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  . Upperclassmen are essential in guiding new members of a community, which is why it ... Conner is seeing a few changes that have implications for its ability to ... 're seeing some fluctuations in bed count. Burton 1 is potentially having an

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  that someone else is majoring in - gasp - a humanity! But hey ... 'm always deciding between a great thing and an awesome thing. Oh, woe is me ... , Obama was the only one to have a public rally in Boston. I think I shall

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008