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• Blog / Uncategorized

  Talent is everywhere. Opportunity should be, too A conversation with LIVE by Po-Shen Loh

  

  -Shen Loh, on expanding access to rigorous STEM learning for students in rural areas. Access to curriculum in rural and small-town communities is something I care deeply about, and in talking with their team, I quickly saw

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • August 3, 2026
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  night, i ate dinner at et, one of the independent living groups in mit. i ... live in my room in east campus, but i'm trying to spend more time in et ... steak in the shape of mettaton's face, dog salad, instant noodles, popato

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days ... earlier return in case of limited flight availability or other extenuating circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  In third grade, my parents sent me away to sleepaway camp for two ... had the idea to measure me again. I had grown a quarter of an inch in a ... ’ve grown a quarter of an inch in a week. (Or, like, some unmeasurable non

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  placement in the hall, the dining halls are back up and running, and the weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back ... grapefruit, and sat in front of my Real Analysis class (18.100A) for a solid

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  tracking transaction flow whenever someone covers another in regular mass ... her final Jeopardy answer. At this point in the game, she'd been ... experiences in great detail. As a Jeopardy contestant, and even more so as an

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  (majoring in Course 2: Mechanical Engineering) Geez, we have a lot of Course 2's in French House. Where is this one right now? Microsoft campus in ... 'll figure it out, my dear. * * * Adam H. '15 (majoring in Course 18-C: Math

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  'm actually here to talk about, albeit in my characteristically verbose but ... in that. Thankfully, you do have a wonderful resource available to you in the form of your freshmen advisors. Freshmen advisors are faculty

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  required core classes in science, history, and math. One at a time, teachers and students stood up in front of us weary workday parents, who were yawning and fidgeting in small hard plastic chairs under the harsh

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  Gruber received his Bachelor Of Science in Course 14 (Economics) from MIT in 1987, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard in 1992. Since then ... . Gruber received his B.S. in Economics from MIT, and his Ph.D. in Economics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  Square Theater, ticket in one hand and notebook in the other, I wasn ... in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze ... !). In addition to staging performances, Central Square Theater works

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in ... in the long run that only degrades the full impact and true value of what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I worked last summer, is the largest corporate logo in the world. So I'm here in Germany, meeting up with tons of MIT interns while staying at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  Today after the admissions info session in Kresge (where it also took place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were ... , associate professor of literature, shows in her new book, "Collaborations With

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  Under 35 for his pioneering research in comparative genomics. When I sat ... that awards generate. Kellis was born in Greece, but moved with his family to France and eventually arrived in the U.S. in 1993. Manolis, his

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  Santaluces valedictorian headed to MIT, career in medicine By Kathi ... recently won a $2,500 scholarship from the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach ... each year to an outstanding local student by the Morikami Museum in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my ... far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There are a couple considerations to keep in mind when deciding whether to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  -cultural medicine and issues of embodiment in post-traumatic stress disorder, is presumably the last non-science paper I will ever have to write. In my life ... in my AIM away messages if I particularly like it. I enjoy literature

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  required or even expected. In general, you should not send supplemental ... send in a CD recording of you performing (cassette tapes are also ... and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  ) clubs I’ve been a part of (both by being in leadership positions, and in ... are slowly becoming an adult In part, the fact that so much of your ... life or how much you'd learn in each class. There is so much learning

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 27, 2021