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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  , unimportant things, and see how they were sometimes tied to big, important ... program and to visit family, Boston/California for my UROP, and Ethiopia for ... say hi to my grandmother.   October Back to MIT for the fall

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... 's probably also difficult for you to think about the world beyond MIT (don ... about the action.” To which I respond, “How clever of you, I was just

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  Hey guys, I first want to start off by apologizing for not being ... actually loved a ton! It was basically just a writing class on how to write ... met since coming to MIT. For the most part I spend about three days with

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if ... Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of ... .004. Left is 7.012 studying, the second halves to all of those other things

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  how the lowercase C in Flama has closer [annotation note="Strike one for ... for headers, logos, titles, and other large texts, as opposed to body ... ="83921" /] Here's a sign for Swapfest. From April to October, hundreds of Swapfest

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  incredibly difficult to make work correctly, so we abandoned it for a much ... out trying to understand how everything works and in what ways you can ...   Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  to know what to pack, how to eat for cheap, etc, let me know! ... presenting technical information and writing for different audiences and ... Examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  programs you are interested in, and try to see how well MIT is a fit for you ... defective for not knowing how to get around Cambridge, but she is not!  I ... answer them as soon as possible! How do you decide which events to attend

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  'd take a moment to tell you guys what I'm up to for the semester. This ... to make up for a humanities free freshman spring semester. Finishing 6 ... staple course for anyone hoping to have technical interviews, 006 has yet

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  Macbook for a few months, right? How well has that worked out for you? I ... I came to college, after being a dedicated PC user for probably about ... issue for Macs. While it's true that some programs that I used to use on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  ’t realize that the head adds a good foot and a half to your height! Because ... furry feet make it hard to walk. I have a whole new appreciation for ... making my way over to the venue, Tim was ready for his moment to shine! I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  to learn for the test. For an AP. For a final. The singular goal was to pass. And this was good enough for high school. This was enough to get ... , almost like my innate daftness is an excuse for not being able to learn. In

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  and what types of majors lead to which industries, but when looking for an internship, it’s very important for me to have a sense of what ... 're working on. At these presentations, you get the chance to hear directly from

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  wanted to talk to him (and he wasn't online). For some reason, he didn ... ... a new version of you? (Did anyone watch Felicity? These lyrics ... in Boston. On the hallway thingy that connects the plane to the airport

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  need for students to understand both the science and engineering of ... and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines. 6-9 is an ... At MIT, students are able to declare their major starting sometime

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  Homework, which currently includes: (1) Reading for 9.01 (Intro to Neuro ... , it hit me yet again how there's soo muchh to do here at MIT. This place ... (this idea is kind of a reach...but hey, applying to MIT was a reach for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was ... , and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for ... can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  you can add some context and details to your application. It’s a chance to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... about it (I will talk more about this later); it’s one way for us to get

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  hogging wifi and using the textplus app on my iTouch to wish my friends back ... , regardless of how many questions I ask. Yesterday, I was given the chance to ... brought with me to India is already half-full. For a rural-tribal hospital

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  and try to visit as many regions as possible to deliver presentations about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a ... students and their families to campus for the day, and Admissions people

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005