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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  now- Adelaide '09 is visiting Madrid! We walked over a huge portion of ... marks and such in plain text, and this makes me so, so happy. Umm ... , it will potentially involve re-programming a WiiMote. To that end, my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  . And we want everyone to gain a deeper understanding of the friendly and welcoming community found at MIT. In the video we feature Spanish ... parents, and post your questions! It is our hope that students will use

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  experiments in 6.2410 (Quantum Systems Engineering Lab) – a class I’m taking ... , this sensitivity is what makes quantum-enhanced sensing so useful in the ... the optical components in "free space" (as in a traditional optics setup

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  First off, sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been an intense ... over? A newspaper of course, silly. So my name appeared in this week ... various dimensions of MIT's diversity. MIT is a melting pot of ideas, people

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  Caltech"). We landed in Baltimore close to 7 AM Saturday morning, after a ... should have left us (opening the trunk on a Volkswagen Golf is, surprisingly enough, a nontrivial challenge in itself), we looked eagerly into

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  's more than a job. All you can do is your best. Good luck ... ; The freshman application is now live on MyMIT. Our online application ... supplemental portfolios, is here. Our essay questions this year are (100

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

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  a summit in a co-cooking, potluck-style floor dinner. Ready? Go.                              ... For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... fork in the road, and every choice feels weighty in a place that you’ve worked so hard to get to. In an audiobook? None of that is up to you. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  I spent this summer in a relatively “chill” state. My UROP that I did ... finished a tv show in its entirety; i hope this will be the first. i am ... of reach This is a post about feeling hosed and wishing it would go

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  question the world around me; however, in day to day life it is often hard to find other people that will listen let alone participate in a ... assume everyone you meet is more than ready to hop right into a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  noticeably more than in Boston, and is significantly warmer. And we had a mere ... is really fun, and also teaches you a lot. For example, in Turkey, I ... a birthday formal hall at our college (Emmanuel). This is one of those

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA ... minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... , objectively, but for me it’s a big deal. I finally have HBO access. Another in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  roughly a month before move-in, in an effort to capture just what it was ... my hometown chapter tied neatly in a bow, I felt- quite honestly- bored ... those bonds that didn’t last, I’m a firm believer in the notion that

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  admission, there is a bit of role reversal as a new decision date approaches ... an option in the immediate future. This is what is supposed to happen, and for the most part is what happens. Some, however, really want a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  centered on a sculpture by the architect Ciro Najle. This internship allowed me to take a mental break from nuclear engineering in between ... -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while.” Fiction ... -deception.' 'How can a man live in perfect harmony?' To which YISUN replied, 'Non ... in a fantasy bildungsroman? Yes please. An ongoing webcomic about faith

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  kitchen, there is a "sacrificial table" - "sac tab" for short. Any item ... , but in the past I have acquired both a pair of jeans and a Snuggie ... 's a loaf of cinnamon bread in the frigo de boissons) - Il y a des

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  Every once in a while something so noteworthy comes along that it ... take a trip to Hasbro's world headquarters, conveniently located in nearby Rhode Island (which is about a 1 hour drive from MIT). Thursday came

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  six classes a semester, and it is true that MIT has parties. None of ... , "MIT is only as hard as you want it to be" was true. In other ways, it ... , even if it is actually false, I wouldn't call that a lie. These would

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  a new chalk mural in the main stairway in the lobby. So much talent ... ="107131" /] Gatas is a really run game that we play on our now partially destroyed ... Y'all. Simmons is bustling tonight. I realized while going to get

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024