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• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  , elementary school) whose child has known for a couple of years that MIT is ... help us to determine if a student is a good match for MIT like creativity ... direction.  Frequently, the hardest thing for me to do is nothing, because I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  . But it may be the MIT students who have it toughest of all: it is finals ... This is going to be an interesting week. For early action applicants, decisions will be posted. For regular action applicants, the deadline is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update: App Tracking & More All of the mail has been processed, and MyMIT Application Tracking is up-to-date.

  

  for EA applicants; the current status of your application is now shown on your MyMIT application tracking. MyMIT Application Tracking This is ... applicable, Interview Report. What happens if the tracking system is missing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  thing about weekly psets at MIT is that there's an end to the madness ... depressing if you always think of it as the sun is setting. Last week was Week 5 of Michaelmas term at Cambridge. Week 5 at MIT means Fifth week

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Resistance is measured in Ohms, which are represented by the capital Greek letter omega. The inverse of resistance is conductance. Conductance is measured in Mhos and is represented by an upside

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... : result of the evening-long discussion on what "1 unit of sex" is. Eventually we figured it out using differential equations—sex is continuous

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  description is below: This class exposes students to the study of history for ... vantage point of a series of MIT and guest speakers discussing their ... of interested members of the larger MIT community and the public. A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  with tears in her eyes she’ll say: I’m home.   MIT is a truly ... different culture and face the challenges that MIT gives you. So this is a ... .   Distance is much more than being far away, It is to know how a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  understand. Also, this is MIT- most people are certifiably socially awkward as ... else- no, it doesn’t. I can’t afford MIT! MIT is one of the only five ... application season, and if so, then this post is for you! First I’d like to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many ... by Summer Moulder '26. Inspired by GetMIT by Mitchell Gu. Based on 2048

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  of this. But this blog post is about the elephant in the room (read ... signs and my boy kilroy permanent wall/door art is technically illegal

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  me (it tastes like autumn), so here it is (mostly based on this betty ... ) * * * * * * * over IAP i took a class on software-defined radio taught by MIT Lincoln ... software-defined radio, that signal processing is done in software instead of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  Hey friends! This post is a little unconventional and inspired ... fun. This particular experiment is a product of 1) wanting to test the ... ranks of the bloggers if you're a current MIT student! Cool.

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH So much is about to happen!  Electrical ... .  My question is for YOU. Prospective students, curious parents, excited ... questions about MIT, about life here, about how to survive day-to-day, about

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were ... without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Who’s that girl in uniform?

  

  C/3C Rachel Williams ‘12 My name is Rachel Williams, and I work ... the stairs (since it actually is possible to be a complete klutz and a ... uniform every Tuesday, Cadet (Rachel) Williams. I’m an MIT student

  • by ROTC
  • May 3, 2010
• 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…

  

  Performance]! Q. What is exciting about Economics at MIT? A. What is ... Gruber received his Bachelor Of Science in Course 14 (Economics) from MIT ... , he has been a member of the Economics faculty at MIT. Here's an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  (any % although whole is more manly) 2) You can't vomit I'm the one in ... kinds we chat about. The great part is that WILG (Women's Independent

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  is pretty much in line with the interest levels of MIT Blog Readers ... 've favorited since I've gotten here. "What does this have to do with MIT?" Look ... Ballad is a must watch. He performed it at the Conner 2 talent show tonight

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  . Anyway. Life at MIT is moving right along at its usual breakneck pace, but ... sardonic words of the ever-quotable Winston Churchill, "This is the sort of ... old 3 Doors Down albums and I really like this song. Which is why it has

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008