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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan 31st. Zambia is a land-locked country in southern Africa (see above ... the school is able to hold adult classes in the evening. Another one of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  a bonus related article. Enjoy! Fannin finds more than academics at ... received a full scholarship worth more than $52,000 to attend MIT next year ... baseball team, which this summer is trying to earn a third trip to the state

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  impacted you though, and following a recent trip (we'll get to that) I ... 's not entirely true, there was a rock gym in Houston that I'd been to a ... . Thankfully though, I had just enough exposure at home to find myself not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  incompatible, emotions, a few of which I want to name and honor: - Sadness that ... it is normal. It is also okay, and it is normal, to feel a sense of ... ’ traces to a 1382 English translation of Acts 19:9: “Summe weren endurid, or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  made online as a prefrosh even before CPW, thanks to the new admissions ... Facebook, and there was really no other way to find each other, either ... a hard time adjusting to MIT's rigorous academic environment, and I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  weeks, I went from programming a button to turn on a light, to designing and building a robot that could learn to recognize people’s voices. And ... circuit”. Feel free to skip this section, but click this block to read a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... to a three-week neuroscience-focused summer camp when I was 15. It was ... . When it came time to choose a school, I felt like it was easy for me to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  have the opportunity to explore a diverse number of science, math, and ... -Chairs --- Feel free to drop a comment if you’ll be partaking in these events, I ... Hi prospective students! I’m writing to tell you about two events

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  was trying to find myself but was unsuccessful. Then we went to Shawna ... froze exactly as it was, would you be able to roll it like a bowling ball ... . Finally, I went to Allison's and watched Sin City and as a result I can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  My grandfather used to tell a "story" about how when kids came home ... September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the families since this process is a tough one for them too. I took that to heart

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  better moves first, we are more likely to find a good variation that ... wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... we were in Random. As a joke, Raymond decided he wanted to "secretly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  if you go into science, especially as a woman. You have to worry about getting tenure. Or if you go into industry, it takes you a long time to work ... , here's what you're going to be working on.' Even if it's a really cool

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  The Tech hosted its annual retreat in Maine. Maine seems to have a lot ... Saturday, but I had to rest on account of (a) the fact I was feeling a bit sick and (b) having to drive to Portland and back, an hour and a half

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  foundation on which to build better bad ideas. But there is always a lot going ... . They've done a lot to make our site speedy and stable; bring images ... students but anyone who might find their way to our website. I really want

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  the help of a Harvard friend to look up course evaluations from previous ... public transportation frustrates me to no end. Thankfully, I have a bike ... class to make my way there. Step 6. Learn things Here is a list of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  comes to the rules of society (or subsets thereof), I am often (at best) a ... paper. This isn’t a bad thing; it’s to be expected. Most social circles ... relationship with is more likely to become a part of your social circle if they

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  thirty minutes. We all went to that room, only for a department admin to ask us to all return to the original classroom. It wasn't a strong start ... professor once a week to discuss the material one-on-one. I'm hoping this will

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  I did a comedy set* in front of 1000 MIT admits and everything else that happened at this year’s CPW opening ceremony

  

  . If I was still a youthful child I would also be forcibly retired to bed ... hours later and be fine. Instead, as a Young Adult who is starting to ... into a relationship, a nightly alarm to remind myself to sleep— —But

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 29, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  only THEN that I discovered I really didn't have a lot to talk about ... roof yesterday 3)  Thanks to Bianca we now have a hydrangea A lot ... at answering questions.  I find my self restricted primarily to

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  scootered over to Walmart with one goal in mind: acquire a Rubik’s cube. We ... , if only life were always this easy. a love letter to polyhedral ... world were jello and it’s a slog to move through any of it. So, in the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023