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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  watch the webcast here. I'm probably not going to formally liveblog the ... Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize ... seeks to highlight effective, responsible, ethical disobedience across

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  mind also find themselves wandering over to writing. Writing is my minor ... the class by listening to, looking at, or talking about an example of experimental writing. From Dada to 'Pataphysics and many more, we learned a lot

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  So, compared to my IAPs of years past which I spent studying abroad in exotic locales (okay, maybe not so exotic), this IAP had been REALLY ... , or the exam that tests your ability to choose correct responses to 144

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  Welcome to 2008! 2008. In equivalent terms, Class of 2012. Congratulations to all of you that pressed the submit button yesterday and others that have already received the invitation to join us here at Cambridge

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  were holding five hostages in an abandoned prison, and they were to rescue them. Of course, they were not going to use live ammo - simply ... -for-all, resembling an Unreal Tournament. So when UNH asked our battalion to supply

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  /East Bay this week. Many thanks to those who attended! The week started with ... year, the San Jose meeting is likely to be the second or third largest ... known as ECs) to help me out at these meetings. After San Jose, I headed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  . First, an applicant should never assume something to be true about a ... "just to get into college" instead of encouraging them to follow their hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  I've returned from France to the States just in time for lots of ... exciting time around these parts. It's great to be back in Boston. And now that I've returned from a long time away, I'm getting ready to head out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  life would be like had I not given the Greek community here a chance to ... 'welcome to MIT' freshmen experience, began on Saturday. Today, Denzil Sikka ... their words. They'd like to write about why 'Going Greek' was the best

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  seriously and hurried over to get pictures before things were taken down ... do sleep. Really. Just not during normal hours.) *Jack Florey is the ... types like to remain anonymous. Mostly because they're usually doing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  again just how fun it is to draw; there’s something so straightforward and ... and passionate artists, and it took all my effort to not spend money at ... , and I always forget just how joyful it is to make art. It adds hue and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  Friday, so I thought it'd be an opportune time to discuss the classes I ... .02 (Macroeconomics), two candidates for a fifth class, were not truly feasible. But, I ... year), the aim of this course is to provide the tools engineers need to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  in the face with an arrow. (That's not really relevant to the fact that ... So I just submitted my first-ever RSVP to a wedding for people who weren't old. As in, not for a distant cousin or my mom's best friend from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  Sloan lab that I stumbled upon during a desperate mid-April I need-to-get ... people organizing my floor's video. My friend sends me some clips for me to ... quality content as I go. It's really nice to see the videos; I miss my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I ... first to graduate — I graduated with degrees in biology and brain and ... . After I graduated from MIT, I went to graduate school at Harvard. I did my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  turkey; the spectacular death throes of leaves clinging to trees; the ... . "Beards?" you say. Yes, beards. See, November is also home to a hallowed ... , growing a beard is actually quite tough. To illustrate the self

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  IAP trip to India - Taking EMS Shifts (I happen not to be on any this ... , it hit me yet again how there's soo muchh to do here at MIT. This place ... else seems to be posting screenshots of their calendars, I'm going to do

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  !’ to me like a sled dog, at which point [annotation note="I did not. It ... remember walking up to the front desk, stomach full of butterflies and a little dread, and awkwardly asking to check-in. After [annotation note

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  this problem as prefrosh, and while I'm not going to say "omg we are ... decide not go to MIT. You'll talk to tens of metric tons of us. You may ... who are good at doing things are not characterized by their ability to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012