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• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in and loiter in the airfield for a day or two. Let's be clear--wind is bad ... of 7 laps in 4 minutes (tying with the best score), and we were only a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is CSAIL?

  research. Tim Berners-Lee, credited with inventing the World Wide Web, is a ... internet—CSAIL is all of those things. The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  . Nobel Week is a pretty exciting time on campus, since a current or former ... this year, just for fun, I'm doing a poll.  Which MIT professor is your ... a reasonable predictor of winners). Here they are, in alphabetical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  is (seemingly) taking more. I came across a previous blogger's post ... productive." Indeed. MIT is a weird place where people feel inferior to their ... classes are still challenging, especially as I try to squeeze in a week

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I ... in my eyes. (Yes I was happy, but I ran over a dead skunk on highway OK ... crowd. In a room designed to hold 12 we stuffed 25 students and a video

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  in middle school, so this is a fun throwback. ... " post in a while, because I think I jinxed sophomore fall last time. I ... finishing my major (which is surreal), but it's also a mindset change that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  to Software Engineering in Java 6.178 is a six-unit class offered only ... 、私は日本語の勉強をはじめました。韓国語をもう話します。日本語はすごく面白くて、もっと勉強したいです。ゆっくり日本語が上手になりました。来年「MISTI Japan」に行くつもりです。 Japanese is a difficult language, even as a fluent ... . Approximately 60% of Korean vocabulary is not native Korean but Chinese in origin

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  entries is because I'm no longer a freshman, meaning all of my admissions knowledge and experience is now a year outdated. Why listen to me every other ... tasty avocado. *My roommate found a box of 50 avocados for $3 TOTAL in an

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  Mobile." The bike looks kinda sloppy, but underneath all the blue is a large oak ... own) and then fell asleep. All in all, I'd say a good day at work, eh? ... I feel less guilty publishing this during IAP since IAP is designed

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications ... represent everything about who I am as a person in 250 words? I couldn’t, so I ... research , or swing from a giant rope in the trees, I held it with such high

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  campus doesn’t vibrate with the same lightning-in-a-bottle energy. All ... on campus! * On second thought, that second one is probably a bad idea ... ’s a great opportunity for you, it does make things much quieter on the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  (buildings people care about) but nothing in 56 really other than that. As a freshman you may have a class or two in 56. I had my HASS class there and a ... in 56 as well. Here's a shot of the hallway from the other end. That

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  I spent spring break in Iceland, mostly in the backseat of a white ... a glacier and in a cabin on the black sand beaches of Vík.  Here's a ... beach in Vík. That night, at the hotel, we sat in a geothermal hot tub

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  I'm a little exhausted from answering questions right now, so this is ... -- write them, put them in a drawer for a few days, come back, revise, and ... 'm just getting lazy and set in my ways in my old age. Last night Adam and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  —I mean, these tips certainly make a lot of sense in hindsight, but they ... score is high and you are a good writer so you will probably be fine.” Man ... remains under your control is your essays. What’s important in an essay

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  You may have noticed that everything in this institvte is named by ... . firehose: n "An MIT education is like drinking from a firehose," or so the ... Research Opportunity Program, as in doing research. 2. n an undergrad in a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  understand a person and to craft meals specifically tailored for them is, in my ... rarely seen in the U.S. – shown here is a piece of fatty tuna belly (o ... -aged ribeye. A wider-known use of aging is in the steak world. This piece of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  in Maseeh. Note: This is not meant to be the definitive guide to ... . Convenient location on campus – Maseeh is located in the middle of campus ... Avenue, and classes. 2. Clean and new – Opened in 2011, Maseeh is the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  just say that succeeding in your senior year is doable. But it's a ... average guy. Sure, I worked hard in my classes, I joined a bunch of clubs ... community, I did research at a local university. But in spite of all of those

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  exploring a decrepit cabin in the woods, Jacques is here for it. As a ... notes during class. SLP is a tough, no nonsense master of productivity ... bathroom, a plate of chickpeas, the parking lot of an In-N-Out. If Marla were

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024