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• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  too nerdy. I question whether I would even be able to find a balanced ... self-study and proceeded to get 5's in all three subjects. For a long ... , as a complement to my life (aka. I don't have to actually "major" in it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their interview. We will always finish with an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  that a poet drowned in a river and people raced out in boats to find him ... ’s now a public holiday in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan ... to make zongzi. There is a proper way -- the kind seen in every youtube

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  that the world is a very big place, and in order to change the world, we ... ). It was a remarkable speech that really brought everyone to their ... —operates a factory, Trey—launches rockets, Renae—finds cures for diseases

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visualize this! My new UROP We've got some really cool stuff going on this semester

  

  ) program gives MIT undergrads a chance to do meaningful research in cutting ... diagrams, that are used to present data in a graphic way. They are found in ... “visual hashtags” for an infographic. In a nutshell, they used the text to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  enthusiasm stays with you forever. To dance, you must find a balance within ... , is of course, difficult to find at a place at MIT. There's just so much ... metaphor is going. Finding balance in slacklining is, in this sense, a lot

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  in Course 2 in charge of the 2A department so they can verify that I ... . On Friday, I went to a MISTI-Spain information session. The MIT International Science and Technology Initiative helps students find ways to study

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  the whole “I took a year to study in China, but I studied Chinese, so it ... . I have never regretted my decision to take a year off and study in ... a degree in Chinese, but I have to go for another year to finish my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  .mit.edu. To ensure that you will receive a decision online, please visit https://decisions.mit.edu/verify ... paintings I have ever seen, complete with ancient inscriptions in a mysterious ... in a celebration of peace, and also math!”   Schmillius planted

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  . He is one of the few people to win a Nobel prize in the sciences ... a (nerdy Chemistry) king. In summary, to become a Nobel laureate ... prize in Physics for using cosmic radiation data to support the Big Bang

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  that rotting in bed alone is a privilege, not a right. So to distract ... probably connected to a lot of deeper things than this blog can go into ... my time to strike. But naturally, as both a good person and someone

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  better. In the days and months to come, I would like us to find meaningful ... day, for MIT, for the country, or for the world. In addition to the ... strains in US-China relations, others in our community are also suffering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  really taken any official hip hop in my life. College is a great time to ... school, Curtis '10, and Adam and Lia, who go to another school in Cambridge ... "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  THICC 5/5 cannot be described in words 😩 (lol MIT is not a bad place to ... that my days are a constant stream of checkboxes on my To-Do list; i ... find it hard to stay engaged since lecture is punctuated with problem

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... found my home in a place I’d never even bothered to consider before. Now ... . That's not to say that you can't find your home in the grey sponge, just

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  since I got back from China. Today, in order to facilitate Better Blogging ... Blogs in order to throw a post up without much editing, but now that I ... Scholars Program at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China (that was a lot of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  as we got on the bridge towards Boston, I knew it was going to be a ... in Beijing called Linked Hybrid. Of course I had to see Simmons ... Maps and found a way to get there via public transportation. But once I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  observing what you find yourself interested in is a good way to really figure ... You Graduate List, in case you find yourself on one evening trying to ... process, but a short one. I had to apply online, book an appointment, go in

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the ... . Polenske - China * Amy B. Smith - Energy in developing areas 4:00-4:30pm ... addition to today's forum presentations, though, there are a whole bunch of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  ="Communication Intensive in the Humanities; basically means you have to write a certain ... down in the system below, these should still be a sufficient source to ... 't accomplished, and in those cases I mark a red X and pull the task over to the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021