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• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  't been audited for accuracy. Here's the catch: with some initial tests to ... was an issue I'd run into when I was an undergraduate. I went to Georgia Tech and did my bachelor's in computer science, and I used to work in a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  in this place full of opportunities and knowing that I failed to grasp ... -week summer component meant to ease the transition into MIT for incoming freshmen and provide them with all the support they might need to succeed

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  August for Orientation, and you check in to your initial housing assignment ... means I finally finished my EMT training! Yay! Of course, I still have to ... . Pictures to come soon! The end of IAP also means...the 14th annual Charm

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... 2023 to sneak up so quickly, and I opened my planner last Wednesday to ... 've never truly made New Years resolutions with a strong commitment to them

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would ... : palm trees, iguanas, piña coladas. To me, they were nothing but pathetic ... the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Horizons team at NASA launched a space probe to the Kuiper Belt. Nine and ... made its closest approach to Pluto. It sent back a preliminary photo of ... facing towards Pluto to collect data. Once it's finished, it will turn back

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  Harvard Social Studies concentrators (i.e. majors), intended to prepare ... final research paper. The amount of work took some getting used to, but I ... comprehension and academic writing and research. For the final paper, I chose to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  own well-being. this is one of the reasons i was initially drawn to ... personal expression and craft? people often say you can’t/shouldn’t try to ... out of your control, so it doesn’t make sense to put too much weight on

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  school summers, I strongly recommend you to make this summer a meaningful ... ...(I'm with Jeremy, my travel buddy to Mathcamp that year. He's also in MIT ... 't recall the names of these people except the guy right next to me (he's at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: EX MACHINA SOUNDTRACK [caption id="attachment_45168" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Trying to say something that sounds ... working computer, and some free time to go through my photos from the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  initially suspended our testing requirement due to the disruptions caused by ... the initiative to make use of its resources. That's why we don't select ... At MIT Admissions, our mission is to recruit, select, and enroll a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  today, Institute Community and Equity Officer John Dozier sent an email to ... opportunity to "acknowledge Indigenous Peoples as the traditional stewards of ... that the MIT community will pause to commemorate and recognize Indigenous

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this ... junk or alumni who still hang out) when I was a freshman. I initially ... . Eventually I got to know him as the guy who lights up any and every room and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  - specifically, art that takes a while to experience, such as books and movies and symphonies. my attention span has gotten worse over the years, to the point ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  of Burton Conner. REX, which was from August 29 to September 1st, is the period where freshmen get to meet and join living groups they ... about our history and traditions is crucial to sustaining the culture we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  -changing. I'd initially read the English translation of MDZS, but I moved on to ... to do (aka study for the 5.111 ASE, which I ended up failing anyway ... wants to be like, "Oh my god, I can't let other people know that I have

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  , learning math, etc. But when I initially thought about what I wanted to leave ... to stress or due to a (relatively) healthy sleep schedule my senior ... to be released. I've spent the last week stressing over the question

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  counselor’s initial warning and the extra work she did to sign us up for the ... some very ambitious middle schoolers that came up to us. Three years ago, we went to this panel and met Lauren there, and asked her a question

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  surrounding the conversion of senior house to graduate housing. joon included full transcripts of emails sent from the chancellor's office to ... resummarizing those. i encourage you to read their posts if you haven't already

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  Starshot project, which is an incredibly ambitious initiative to send tiny ... initiative people took to organize in a pandemic to produce a stunning spread ... general social events. In one semester, the EICs led a major initiative to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021