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• Blog / MIT Life

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  says that MIT is hard. [annotation note="using “everyone” here for ... that MIT is hard, and everyone tries to prepare themselves for the fact that MIT is hard, and then everyone is sad when MIT is, in fact, hard. By

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  awkward” alarm. Rush Holt: Who do you work with at MIT? Is Rush Holt ... a museum of home. The first thing I notice is an MIT flag on the wall ... as an MIT freshman. Senator Markey’s office is less home-y, so while

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  (Discovering computational neuroscience) At MIT (Course 6-9 is born!) What ... (both in the classroom and in the lab). At MIT: Course 6-9 is born! When I ... Cognition," known around MIT as Course 6-9. In this post, I'll describe my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  finish this by midnight, but, alas. It is now 12:53 AM ... end of classes! Time to have some fun. Fun? How do you have fun at MIT? Well, of course, you leave MIT! part 1: acquiring sustenance [caption id

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  2: art One thing I'm very grateful to MIT for is that it has really ... among us, MIT is a place where you have the opportunity to challenge ... , my[annotation note='at MIT, there is usually a faculty member who lives

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  some thoughts about life at MIT :). The math in the first part is some ... in 8.01 (Classical Mechanics) at MIT. The idea is the following ... it is. This is a feeling I have felt in many classes, especially at MIT

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  thing that has been paying off for me is the time I spent in UPOP (MIT ... spring, it will be time for me to leave MIT and venture out into the real ... outstanding job teaching MIT students how to interact effectively with companies

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  . MIT is full of relationships, people who've been dating for days, weeks ... provide you with a few thoughts on dating at MIT. I make no allegations of ... conversation I had with my grandpa before I left for MIT: Gramps: "Now don't be a

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  I've discussed a number of famous and notable MIT alums here, but I haven't talked about any MIT alumni K-12 teachers. A number of my friends ... about the world that is intrinsic to physics." Goodman enrolled in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  Here at MIT, just about everything is referred to by its number. To ... 'll ask "8.01 or 8.012?". As a celebration of MIT's devotion to numbers ... Programs, in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  have at MIT is when classe aren't in session. As the semester settles in ... visiting one of our friends in DC, it turned out that one of my MIT frat ... ? After some googling, it seems that the construction of the two is

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  MIT. People said intern year after med school is hard, but I realized ... . MIT is different -- it's a neverending beast. You will wake up covered ... that MIT provides is tough, but it's however also very rewarding, as you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  , and an MIT alum my mother is very thankful for: (What can I say? The ... [Apologies that this entry is so delayed. I've been walking around ... I'm here now! ] There are some times in your MIT career when you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  friendly mushroom, though we hope our memory mushroom is also friendly ... .00b (Toy Design)! (you can’t tell probably, but Allan is actually ... musical written by MIT students, about MIT students, put on by the Musical

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  story is that MIT's a challenging place, but you're never alone if you ... . I can't stress how important this is. MIT has many activities that you ... After the chaos and confusion that was associated with MIT FPOPs

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  the future of coal research at MIT, because Professor McRae is kind of a ... seen the MIT homepage today when you were like, "ARRRRRGHUS!! I NEED TO KNOW IF I GOT IN TO MIT!! MAYBE THEY SPONTANEOUSLY DECIDED TO POST THEIR

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers at MIT, centered at the Mediated Matter group in the Media Lab but ... Matter Group in collaboration with MIT's Department of Mechnical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  uncle. And although I am 2,880 miles away from MIT, I still attended the ... companies founded by MIT graduates would get together and form a country, it ... that's posted on the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  [by Shelby Heinecke '13] This past Friday, the MIT Symphony ... Department here at MIT. This was the first time I had ever been exposed to a ... , led by MIT Music and Arts Lecturer Mark Harvey. They treated us to a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  something in MIT's favor: even though we have 41 varsity sports, and ~20% of ... as smart as you were. My friends at MIT who were varsity athletes ... (many of whom I've met, and are super nice people). And MIT's athletic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004