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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  community radio, run entirely by MIT students and alumni. Many of my friends ... MIT Museum booth featured some of my favorite things: Legos and robots ... resources for my research projects on anything from neuroscience and child

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  of group B, I thought I had convinced my parents that grad school would ... have a lot of persuading to do), I love biology and I spend a lot of my time telling my course 2 (ME), course 18 (math), course 8 (physics

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  mountain spring). My two cousins collect water from it in a plastic bottle to ... that lots of people work on researching, but my point is, it’s not as ... . I remember this actually happening to me once, when I was visiting my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  already be familiar with my experience of choosing a major. In summary, I ... like to talk about my major a lot, but one thing that I guess I haven't mentioned here before is my feeling that it is super under-appreciated by

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  This past March, a few days after my birthday, I spent a Saturday ... and community members. ESP seems to contain most of my Random Hall ... their antithesis, Put Together the Pile of Junk! My Spark class revolved

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  'd like, you can try talking to Ben, but if my last conversation with him ... him on Facebook to find my answer. I then tried to elicit some ... . "It's my family. I can act ridiculous...like I am now (as she hurls a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  to document on my blog, is the sheer nerdiness of most everyday ... photographic documentation to jog my memory. So without further ado, I bring you ... titles to my personal library- Eragon (which I've wanted to read since

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ring i could always take out but my hair?   That's a good question! Here are some of my thoughts. We want you to be yourself throughout this ... nose ring. (Or, for my friend Alvar '98 PhD '05, a lot more than just a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  attend the first lecture because of a conflict with my physics class but ... competition. After it was explained to me I was a little stunned. I looked at my ... of my roughest days. Try to imagine breathing lead for 9 hours. I had

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  harder than others and omg my friend says this class is impossible and don ... . Really. Which brings me to my main point: You hear it a lot. Do what you ... my switch into 8 halfway through sophomore year. Watch out, it's a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  feel awful about it. =( But, my field hockey season is over and now that ... . But I'll probably fail. The topic of today's entry is my own amusement over the number of characters in my major. Most of you are familiar with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  process. I think my favorite is the private jet/financial aid story from ... my help," Mr. Conroy recalls. The young man wanted advice on where to ... lyrics. "My mother was cracking up," says Ms. Fisk, who will attend Loyola

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  detail like I usually do in my blog entries; rather, I'll just discuss the ... my summer vacation. DID YOU KNOW? Portland, ME was once home to the ... meantime. In my old age, I've come to realize that it's really the little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  @mit.edu, or call the office at (617) 253-3400. Thomas wrote, "In my planning to attend CPW I called one of my friends who is a student at MIT. Although he ... MyMIT portal. I wouldn't worry about it too much, though -- focus on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  field to apply my knowledge about math. I want to explore the possibility of applying my skills to design vehicles or systems used in space ... . "I was shocked but really glad. I showed my mom the acceptance letter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  .   Designer: Li W. Model: Amber G. Title: My Colors Description ... , "My Colors" was constructed out of unwanted and reuse career fair, club ... is a wedding dress partially made of books—both ideas associated in my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  -along It's hard to overstate my satisfaction with how much this event is ... , Oh My! Release your inner cat lady and make experimental toys for the ... wondering who a waffle is before my cover is blown, or I trip over something

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  like 30 spins, you'll think, "OMG, 28 is totally due. I need to put my ... acceptance rate is 8.2% overall. Now, I'm not the top kid in my school and I didn't build a rocket in my backyard, so I'm extrapolating the 8

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  Rob's chagrin and my everlasting delight and gastrointestinal distress ... to Denver. My buddy Ben - whom I've blogged about before - lives there ... , different parts of the country. But my trip was not quite done. After

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  I wore my tennis shoes and a baseball hat for the trip. We hopped on ... at us and goes "Um, are you two over 18?" My Brain: "Of course we are ... 'm representing Hasbro? The one I got when I showed that lady over there my driver

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008