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• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  Dear Internet, No, I am not dead yet. I had a lot of great food in ... now back at MIT. I took a long nap in the library today. I can feel MIT ... something in the lot, Teaching English to a class (and watching them sing "I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  geeky guy who steeped himself in government as a teenager, contends author ... " action figure for $29.95. So is Obama a geek? In the words of Alan ... him at a book fair in November and he told me that he was deeply

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  MIT's main lecture hall is in building ten. It's also room 250 ... 's utilized for a bunch of classes (including many for freshmen) and is ... hall, but 10-250 is very put-up-with-able. A little over a month ago an

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  , but is a tenured professor in Math at MIT. (Wow.) [Not as wow as being ... vaguely remember my first day of classes at MIT back in the Fall of 1996. I ... , for some reason, chose to enroll in MIT's hardest physics class, dubbed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  double-slit experiment (which prove that light is fundamentally quantum ... is technically a quantum process. But those don’t count! What I really want to see is something like a person falling through the floor (via

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  but I loved it, and it's in a super cool area- Puerta del Sol is kind of ... studying in China right now, but thanks to him I already have a bunch of ... , hearing "She sells seashells by the seashore" in a Spanish accent is quite

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  freakouts in my last post. read at least 5 books Fun fact: I don't read a ... ) and realized I've only been to one (1) musical in my whole life. This is ... school, but I dropped off in favor of skincare. I've been maintaining a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  the school year is over! Blog once a week. This is a crazy goal, but I ... , leaving Boston for a little weekend trip in New York or New Hampshire ... classes out of pure interest, which is a luxury I’ve never fully had before

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  HOW MUCH WRITING is involved in doing science research), a lot of ... MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I ... pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

   This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... you in time? A: If you did not select your scores to be directly sent to

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  of the story here is that no one is a shoo-in for MIT, but the opposite ... and a 2/3 chance of saving none. In this version, people prefer the ... program will result in 400 deaths, the other has a 2/3 chance of 600 deaths

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  helped guide them in every aspect of life. Being a stay-at-home mom is an ... well-rounded by participating in a variety of activities, from sport ... . Consequently, students enter college with a ton of experience in different fields

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  branching structure is more linear. It's governed by the passage of time. In A ... like it's stuck in a loop. The third, and most impactful, is the number ... , the board game, talks about time passing. "Time passes" is a motif in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... idea, there is a way to fail. There are readings that illuminate everyday subjects in an entirely new light. The question then is, “Why didn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  transportation) of MIT -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience ... the Facebook Group & Page: Facebook is a great place to meet your ... application is complete, you award letter will appear here. There is also a link

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  classroom in Building 2 instead, which is just nearby. We spend a concerningly ... such thought, I am instead going to erect a shrine to it by documenting ... mention a lot of building numbers in this post. For more information on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  "]thanksgiving was a few days ago, and in the world of this post it is still ... [annotation note="hackmit is a club i'm in. we do 'family lines' which is ... . opera singers have a very clear voice which is impressive and enjoyable in

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  Gruber is a Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of ... is a Research Associate.  He is a co-editor of the Journal of Public ... the author of Public Finance and Public Policy, a leading undergraduate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  . MedLinks is the student group at MIT that "links" or provides a midpoint ... I plan on presenting in the form of a Tech Article, a Powerpoint ... went really well. I created a "Coping With Anxiety" document that a huge

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  . My clever little paragraph up there is just a cute way of saying that a ... questions in a separate entry. Read it all here. Number 2: If you haven ... ; A kiosk in Lobby 7 that usually runs informational videos about MIT

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005