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• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  , but I’m pretty sure that I want to major in it. Computer science ... /or something else. I’m considering a minor in German, but we'll have to see if I ... science, to be specific. I’ve done a lot of research in atmospheric science

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  class in space systems engineering) have led to real systems for ... -pitch quadcopters flipping upside-down (developed in the MIT Aerospace Controls Lab ... theory is about making messy systems behave the way you want them to behave

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... Association (or the UA for short, because MIT students love acronyms) aims to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it ... happy, as it will be the first time in my life that I'm not home to help

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  — literally just — in time for my flight to Denver and 2 hour-long midnight uber ... the airport and time to head back home. I haven't been back in a year ... -night psetting and last-minute cramming. To recharge in the comfort of my family

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming MIT Deadline January 1 is the Regular Action deadline.

  

  . The closer you send in your application to the deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to appear on your ... applying for regular action admission to MIT. This means that you should have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  enjoy the sunrise. Stick a colorful flower in your hair. Say hi to the ... and the admissions office comes to fruition. Breathing is hard right ... overthinking. You end up having to sleep due to fatigue and most likely will wake

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  schedule regular times to see my friends, weekly or biweekly. put it in google calendar. (toons has rehearsal 2x a week) check in with my ... formally, every rehearsal) take my friends off campus (the bus to wellesley

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  volunteered to dress in gold and play the snitch. The snitch is allowed to run ... interested in playing us as well. Email quidditch-execs at mit dot edu to get ... Today. I. Joined. Quidditch. The awesomeness is still sinking in

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  was in the presence of a true artist. He wasn't there to busk or beg, or ... over our footsteps and shouting in an otherwise silent and uneventful night. At first I attributed it to the loudspeakers that blast rock and

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  familiar faces - sorry to keep you in suspense, but you'll definitely hear ... (which you should all come to, by the way: the fun starts at 9:30 in the ... Come one, come all to CPW! I don't know about you guys, but the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  graduate student in physical chemistry. It's good to get different ... People often seem to think that going to an elite school ... undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  stops at 77 Massachusetts Avenue and goes to Harvard Square in one direction and across the river to Dudley Station in the other. As an MIT ... stops appear to be in a straight line from each other on the T map, so I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  remarkable people, free to the world." I started watching them in high school ... we were going to host a TED Conference right in our very own Kendall ... in the decision, then probably in something else, if you keep your mind

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  It's important to recognize that while MIT is known for top-notch engineering and science programs, this school actually has the resources to foster all kinds of creative juice. I wanted to introduce one such example

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  that Alex was going to MIT. In light of this complaint, MIT and Cornell ... out of scraps in the desert, not to mention building his own mechatronic ... experienced in my always interesting (if occasionally miserable) time trudging

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  temperature ever recorded was -18 degrees in 1934. - According to the Old Farmer ... me and another one of my best friends who goes to MIT. We were walking ... looks like it has transitioned to rain =( Last week, I finally busted out

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the ... we made an epic cake for him, but didn't have pictures to show until now. Requisite background information: his research project is to model

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times to be at MIT. It's all the geek-culture, learning cool things, without ... have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Excitement On The Road Adventures in the Princeton Hospital ER.

  

  -worker is fine, thanks to the wonderful medics and folks in the ER. But more ... So Marilee and I spent much of last night in the ER at Princeton ... exciting for two reasons... first, it was my first ride in an ambulance

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 18, 2006