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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John McCain is 2.41 Saturn years old. Funny story. On the way to dinner tonight we were discussing Adelaide '09 and her role ... to say, except thank you Sam and Ruth! Oh, and Rick is kind of upset

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The handwritten solutions took you 10 pages, and you're very fed up with drawing ... , you decide to return to your 14.01, for it is due in 11 hours. Luckily

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  research MIT is so well known for is still advancing at full throttle, across ... saw himself as a professor...and yet, here he is, one of MIT's most ... Last week, I blogged a little about how MIT's student body really

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include ... graduating students (you can frequently see my thumb). Marsha is broadcasting ... Zag and all of MIT indeed will miss him.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  their reasons for visiting Boston, and it turns out the wife is running the marathon as well. Her husband is meeting her at the 13 mile mark

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  of several language classes is available in condensed form: three hours a day, five days a week, but the benefit is that you get an intensive ... . http://web.mit.edu/fll/www/iap/ Classes are available in French, German

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  Being a student at MIT can sometimes feel like drinking from a fire hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage ... support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  ; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education ... If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about ... , the entire course is weighted towards exams so that psets are seen as a
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  community what it is!   Hey there MIT Blogs! I’m Taylor, and I work in ... MIT’s undergraduate population is 18% first gen? For students who are ... crowd. At MIT, the First Gen Program is a tight community, and it always

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  . Stanford...is not like MIT. Where to start? Stanford is sunny and spacious ... --courtesy of the Wormhole, Stanford is never too far from MIT. From California ... French sculptors named Rodin. Also, unlike the infinite corridor at MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  After three CPWs and nearly two years of study here at MIT, I ... into Kendall Square, I took some time to stop by MIT's Media Lab, where I ... 'm surprised that's all I could recall. What you're seeing here is probably

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  what I know a lot about is math. I almost wrote one of my MIT essays about throwing myself into a waterfall, but decided MIT didn't need to ... wobbling from the gravitational effects of the other planet that is MIT, or

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  Janney, is just one of several whose work is profiled in the “artistic MIT ... Auditorium. And it”s all free!’ Wow. This is why this MIT is such a great ... reception in the MIT Museum celebrating the kick-off to MIT”s 150 Celebration

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  is the last acceptable testing date for MIT. Be sure to designate MIT ... If you are applying to MIT this year, here's an update on what you might want to be thinking about: If you haven't yet done so, set up a MyMIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  .” – WGBH website Since one of the hosts of the show, Nate Ball, is an MIT student and this is National Engineering Week, there was a sneak preview of ... dream could have been realized. But alas, the show is only airing its

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  offerings at MIT. Among her many experiences, Ana worked in the Sinkey Lab, one of the few MIT microbiology labs, for one and a half years. She says ... ; Basically, the drug Crixivan ® is used to combat HIV, but it is a very

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  , and a bowl is a bowl is a bowl. the other day i went to the mit awards ... citizenship and devotion to the welfare of mit". it is nice to know that not ... i already feel like an alum visiting mit, when i come to meetings

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  is make truffles! The Laboratory for Chocolate Sciences at MIT is a ... ? It requires some work, but is generally relaxing and fun. Additionally ... kidding everyone... don't worry!) One of the best things about IAP is that

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  . Each dorm at MIT has a distinct culture and feel (which is why MIT allows ... it's started SNOWING already in November (what is this?!?), it ... class. 2. Communication Communication at Maseeh is easy. We have

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  Engineering) Among doing other things, Elyse is very involved with MIT's Habitat for Humanity group Like Elyse, Christi is busy busy; one of her activities is playing on MIT's Women's Water Polo team (Christi, I think

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005