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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  great thing about MIT is the incredible amount of personal choice you are ... laureates walking down the corridor to your next class. MIT is an amazing ... I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  double-slit experiment (which prove that light is fundamentally quantum ... is technically a quantum process. But those don’t count! What I really want to see is something like a person falling through the floor (via

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  afterwards i think this is actually a pretty common bias. it’s closely related ... about is the concept of “beginner gains” in the context of learning. that is to say, if you’re a curious person with an open mind, you can

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  simulations on an MIT-inspired neural network (i.e. after thinking about it for ... dorm at MIT) will appear in a few scenes. There will be some car chase ... vibranium – a rare and non-renewable resource – is hopelessly unsustainable

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  like to finally be on MIT’s campus. As my Uber pulled up on Mass Ave, the ... happening. And yet, that moment is embedded into my mind. It’s the first thing ... . This is me now:   I woke up today, to a similarly pleasant scene. The sun

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  for next week... then your host is indeed an MIT student! Don't fret and ... is not a guide to optimizing your CPW experience... here are a few ... best to get to know them! Remember that your host is fully aware of the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  in everything I did. Then, I came to MIT.  Here, everyone is the best ... honest, this is Sparta MIT. It's physically exhausting to get A's on every ... As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and ... time of your high school career, much like being a first semester MIT freshman on pass/no record is flippantly thrown around whenever work is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  for you! Anonymous: is caltech better than MIT? I hope not Well that ... believe that neither school is better...necessarily. Of course I have MIT ... your answer. You play field hockey at MIT right? Did you contact a coach

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  actually two santouka ramen shops around MIT: one is nestled between newbury ... ramen around MIT?' is probably going to be this place here. yes, it's a ... conservative, simple choice is usually better. the central ramen (shoyu) is a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  that MIT is a place run by people, and people aren't perfect. For health ... will try you. MIT is part of the project that is the rest of your life ... I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  If there’s one thing I’ve learned during my first semester at MIT is that there is a difference between a bad question, a difficult question ... meaning of the word life is, or what the meaning of the meaning of the word

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of ... offbeat things. Better yet, since MIT has a lot of sub-communities, it

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  're seeing here is the Small Radio Telescope developed by MIT's Haystack ... piling up like crazy over here. But so is work on my 8.06 term paper and analysis for the 3rd 8.14 lab (Zeeman effect in Hg). My oral presentation is

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  Pi Day is a big deal around our mathematically-minded Institute ... , Koch Institute, Division of Student Life, MIT Dining. Meanwhile, the MIT ... by Twitter user Ned the Sexy Fish Man). Student Events Many MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  three of us took in the first week of IAP. Joe, who is the Chairman of ... -night adventure in the MIT tunnels in which he surprisingly relied on a lot of ... offers opportunities for students to live out MIT's motto of "Mens et Manus

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  , one of the MIT students who in September launched a $150 camera balloon ... fellow MIT student who has been flying untethered balloons nearly to the ... said. "This is one area where we're able to make an impact." You can

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  fulfilled. Basically, my room is one of my favorite places at MIT, welcome to ... come in for naps themselves (MIT students LOVE naps). My best friends ... dorms at MIT, you get to pref who you want to live with, what floor you

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  Burger King employee... which makes my eventual MIT degree all that more ... away, Sam '07 is never far from me! Along the 10K (6.2 mile) walk, we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  difference. An interesting parallel is that actually MIT also places a huge ... Everyone. MIT’s Leadership Training Institute is a student-run leadership ... One of the things that I try to do here is to write a little bit

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009