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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  . My professor wound the timer, said “go” - and it began. I described how ... A week ago today, I turned 20. It occurs to me that something weird ... fantastic amount of energy to create a universe.” ^ I'd give it an 8. Maybe

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  research deals primarily with Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 (GSK-3) and its ... protocols and getting me familiar with the lab. It’s been a rather ... I haven’t worked in a lab at MIT, I can assure you that it’

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What does the D-Lab do?

  D-Lab is building a global network of innovators to design and disseminate technologies that meaningfully improve the lives of people living in poverty. The program’s mission is pursued through interdisciplinary…
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT have a Financial Aid Calculator?

  We have two calculators. The MyinTuition Quick College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six questions. For a more in-depth review, the Net Price Calculator will help you learn…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  people when I tell them my major. Admittedly, it does feel a bit special ... ’t I think of it that way before?” Sometimes it’s also, “Did I ever need ... . Professors who interpret it later in class amaze me. My favorite readings are

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

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  , email, your comment, and a captcha. It then populates the big long list of ... for admissions officers and current students to share their stories. It ... sites manage to do this, and to do it well. Probably the best known

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  four chinese characters long and often have really interesting meanings ... inginburei (hypocritical courtesy - being so overly polite that it's seen as ... )"][/annotation] [annotation note="some short-term and long-term goals i have in apple

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  secretly longed for the day when he would not have to spend 3.5 hours of his ... . As luck should have it, "the day" came on July 7th of 2008, and now ... . In the words of the incomparable sage of Long Beach, Snoop Dogg "He is

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started ... are grad classes, but it's perfectly fine for undergrads to take grad classes. Hey, Mollie did it! In fact, the line between grad and undergrad

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  's a long and not terribly interesting story, but the short-short version is that it's a play on the town Duxbury. Anyway, this is a long way to ... Malkovich (a great but disturbing film, if you haven't seen it), where John

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  affect minorities and the college application process. Does that mean that ... student in the class standing up in front telling everyone how he or she ... ; Tell with how I spent my summer solstice. (Unlike most of you, the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  , the stress of the process as it gathers, crests, and breaks, partially because when it does, it breaks over us, and our office is deluged with ... Form and otherwise just sit tight until March. It's good advice, but hard

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  's already a device that does this, but it's much too expensive. 6) Charcoal ... , and it reminded me of the good times at MIT. Well, in Honduras, but ... took in the Fall of 2007 about Development. It's also known as D-Lab I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  't worry about it. Shaye: Really? Wouldn't Bryan be mad at us? Yuan ... ! BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!!!! It's gonna be awesome! W00000T!!! It's gonna ... together since October. Dave does publicity, I handle the boring financial

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now Sunday. One would think I'd be efficient at it by now, but I'm still ... though. He's been doing it forever and he's amazing. He'll look at files

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  to many of you. But it's true) Being a nerd, I did nerd things. I read ... birds, took my first creative writing class, and learned how to make a ... last week or so. TDI was, as it has always been, an incredibly rewarding

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... cream-you’ve got give me more to work with. Are we eating it plain, or ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Halloween Every day in organic chemistry is a holiday.

  

  Happy Halloween from my organic chemistry professor, Professor Buchwald, and yours truly! Because organic chemistry doesn't always have to be soulless. And neither does applying to college - remember

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  . she also talked about how racism is complex and systematic; it's not a ... panels. but i made it to the opening panel. here are some very incomplete ... Math Destruction, talked about how algorithms and data are never neutral

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  far from campus so we will see how easy it is to rally people to join me ... course of the semester, I finished it later and later. First it was done at 10pm the night before, then 12 am, then 1… The final night I turned it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022