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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  Montreal. Montreal is pretty easy to reach from Boston and as such is a popular spring break destination for MIT students. We decided to visit ... lot of bustling areas and tourist sites in downtown Quebec, which was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  I am aware that it is no longer IAP, but I figure it’s better late ... IAP I took the MIT EMS class to become a certified emergency medical technician and joined the MIT student volunteer service. There are quite a few

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  [annotation note='The MIT Museum is scheduled to open in spring 2022.']new location of the MIT Museum[/annotation] and [annotation note='Which is ... MIT as a living being, where the Great Dome is its heart, and the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  that a taxi to the airport costs $70. Fortunately the NRAO and MIT are ... the site of the first (of what I'm sure will be many) amusing Spanish ... . Our neighbor here in Row 7 is named Isabel. She lives in Chicago and is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  (not Nate…or his friend…) who was concerned that MIT did not offer any ... -related classes and research experiences. Just to whet your appetite, MIT has some ... -famous biomedical engineer and MIT professor Robert Langer. He’s won almost every

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  , and soak up all the trivial goodness that is: Q&A Are MIT students ... watch to stay in touch with current events, because MIT is like an entire ... , and undeniably the ultimate answer to the universe is 42. BUT! MIT is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  final, 6.034 Artificial Intelligence. The grading for this class is quite ... and the Spiritual/Right Now section. The final exam is there to provide ... site did show the console logs, and there was something off about some of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  expanded it. It was longer and more detailed. The book is also in both ... this is a niche subject, but they’re good books to read if you happen to ... Peter Singer: I think this quote cuts to the core of the book: “if it is

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  frequently asked portfolio questions. A crumb of context The MIT application is ... context of your entire MIT application. Before I continue, it is worth ... MIT? If the answer to these questions is yes, then your work

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  in pendulous obligation to the slippery edge of a Sunday night that is ... cesium atom. Editor's note: The following is not for the faint of heart ... th floor of Random) has decided that the MIT student body has yet to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  , this is an MIT blog, I figured that my general readership would be nerdy enough to appreciate it. Not that everybody at MIT is a Star Wars fan. I ... across STARKILLER: The Jedi Bendu Script site, which purports to. Now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  got to MIT, however, consilience took a spot on my mental shelf, where ... 's "Ancient Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium" talk: f I didn't have the ... ancient world and the beginning of the Middle Ages. More specifically, he is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  future of their industries. Sadly, Disrupt fell on the same weekend as MIT ... interesting projects, with the top three winners being AlexaSite, a service that ... strategy is to sell these devices to businesses as paintings that can be hung

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  questions, is interesting. That's because MIT has the most insanely ... about MIT. My advising seminar (Designing Technologies for Kids) is all ... Media Lab's press release site! How insanely awesome is that?! It totally

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  This is an entry I’ve been meaning to write for about a month because it’s about MIT students doing what they do best: Awesome stuff. Last ... open to students at Carnegie Mellon University, MIT, University of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  told many times before, dodgeball is just one of MIT's like gazillion IM ... of Kresge Auditorium at MIT, was the only piece Aaron Copland ever ... watch it because her boyfriend gets more channels than MIT Cable. Food

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  understand why I do these things. The ‘MIT experience’ is different for every ... student bloggers on this site, ‘normal’ for MIT becomes a confusing concept ... , occasionally, on NPR blaring through a $6 radio. At MIT, the pace of life is much

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  My PE class for the quarter is "zumba", taught by a very cheerful, coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... third floor of Building 36. To allow for these kinds of circumstances, MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  Square near MIT. Student: As I learned, the MIT Basic Plan is decent ... , vaccination co-pays, your other needs and stuff. The MIT Extended plan is ... blog entry about MIT Medical: an inside look on their experience with MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is MIT Code?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.06, which is 4-0-8, for 6-5. At MIT, all of your friends would understand ... -250, taking Linear Algebra, which is the unit distribution: 4 hours in class per