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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  to talk to someone else in the department who specializes in IT. Have ... school or on your own? Do you hope to pursue any global interests when you ... :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  , grumbling about having to make one of these posters in the first place and ... in Building 68 in the past two weeks, from least favorite to most ... student (or freshly defended Doctor!) who may be reading this."]Strap in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  be interested in joining any of these groups, or just want to sit in on ... in 0.2 seconds, and then proceeds to receive many congratulations for ... performances (people litter a lot in cities; MIT also seems to be littered with

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  subway in…  NYC   Before this summer, I went to NYC once with a friend ... areas in comparison to Harvard which has Harvard Square, Tufts which has ... ultimately I am alone in this world and I needed to start taking care of myself

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  getting to the drive-in window where the lady says, "Here's your Big Mac ... means that you have to live in that dormitory for the year (unlike ... - freshmen are temporarily placed in a dorm, then given the choice to relottery

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  tour the place, either in-person or virtually, you'll have the option to ... between properties, and a giant tear in a friend's jeans as she tried to ... the school year, will your group be in town during summer, or will you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  it back to campus just in time to hear Sal Khan tell his story to President Reif in Kresge. I've been looking forward to this all week. If you ... choosing to make Khan Academy non-profit: "What's a home run in the for

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  it to make a program that did things on the Internet. In fact, I ... account, typed a few lines in Python, hit F-5 to run, and...there it is ... 've never really had any formal SolidWorks training (in fact, if you talk to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  learn things more closely aligned to our interests in our last semester ... process in and of itself) to continue learning computer graphics topics that ... Material Point Method, the method used to create the snow simulation in

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  , images, and video to record it. In total, all video elements must be less ... of time to review the materials that are sent in so please be concise ... This post has been updated as of October 2018 to reflect new

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  don't know what you want to major in, or what you want to do with your ... completely throws us off to not have the majors listed in the following logical ... Admissions site that this entry links to lists the majors in alphabetical order

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  :00. Write ’til noon, or 1; definitely not after 2. After that, I’ll head to ... , and/or see people. I love the cafe in the morning. Classical music ... ’t sound easy to balance two jobs in which people are famously overworked and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  would say to one another in a different world. I'm hungry for the real ... in and out, too many signs to read, and you've got half a mile to switch lanes or else you miss your exit. In contrast, 18.02 is a rural

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in ... concentrated in German or Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies. While people

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  games- either in bars with friends or in La Plaza de Colón, where they put ... direction. Obviously they are leaving the game, so I just need to walk in the ... homes and local bars to go TO the huge party in Colón and Cibeles

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  fine pieces mix it in a big pot beat two or three eggs and add that ... to a pan and putting the dumpling in make sure to cover the pan so ... ; (special thanks to the toons) (and the gorgeous airbnb in new hampshire we

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more ... because of our residency requirements. If you have been enrolled in college part-time, calculate your full-time term equivalency to estimate your
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join the Design/Build/Fly Team?

  students, but is also open to graduate students, who compete in the annual ... , manufacturing, testing, and operating a radio controlled aircraft to meet mission specifications as specified in the competition rules. Students on the MIT DBF team
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  next spring to the Class of 2015:   i wrote this to the students in ... distinct meanings: to be made callous and indifferent, or to become sturdy ... struggled, not always successfully, to resist the pull of the former in favor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  publication in a peer-reviewed journal? Or at least a patent? I know MIT kids ... conference or to the EECS department at large.” What would I have told them ... learned in classes to create a tangible product. Did you know that Collier

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023