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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  was able to see these phenomena with my own two eyes, in the flesh ... fields, thanks to some special proteins in their eyes called "cryptochromes ... two electrons in the protein to become entangled. The interaction

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  walked in to danger!awesome, here are the other people who were there ... went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting workshop in Central Square. It was founded by Ali Mohammed, PhD '08, an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  If you're considering MIT, you probably like to build things. Throughout my childhood, a small walk in closet in the basement of my house was dedicated to LEGOs. I have three brothers, so we racked up quite a few LEGO

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  ! In the mean time, the Admissions committee continues to work towards ... Toronto are the only three schools to have won multiple titles in the past ... didn't get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... everything. I couldn't stay in 2East. I need to do what's best for me. It's a ... It's 6:30am. The natural lighting floods in past the courtyard

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  wanted to push me in. every once in a while i’d feel so uncomfortable ... . staring into the charles from the bridge brings to memory, the six of us, in a two-in-the-morning walk from mit back to warren towers, after a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events, MIT has cancelled classes today, and is urging employees to stay home

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in ... to 1.5 million things per day. Which is why this entry is short. Sanja said: I think I would just die if I were you... No, really, just to stand

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the SafeRide shuttle to attend the Alpha Chi Omega (usually abbreviated as AXO, and ... faculty hour, with many luminaries in attendance, including President Susan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  is from california, and as someone who went to high school in minnesota ... branded it as bubble tea. i loved that place in high school, but compared to ... brain research and secured an apartment in central square, super close to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  Last weekend, I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT students get in free with their MIT ID Card, which is always exciting. Look at the good weather, even in November! I wonder how long this will

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  ' days of my childhood all in ways related to MIT. Exhibit A: TOMB ... interactive puzzle adventure that you do in teams where you go from room to room ... Now everyone raise your hands if you used to watch Saturday morning

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  their social and cultural standards. In order to solve these issues, G ... This guest post on LGBT life at MIT comes to us from Cory Hernandez ... . For more information, be sure to check out other posts from regular

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  grateful that i get the chance to do this, though! every dance i’m in is a ... dancer—chances to dance in so many different styles in such a short period ... yeah so i guess i'm joining the "what i'm doing this IAP" bandwagon—in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  things that don't belong to me, I've spent the past 100+ hours staying up ... that should rightfully go to the extremely awesome '14s (seriously, I ... trying to do everything possible to distract myself from the fact that Camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  to a boston day in the spring, one of those rare ones with the power to ... other college in the country, right?".   A few months ago I was cooking dinner with my boyfriend and he was telling me about his visit to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  mathematician, and I look for patterns in the world, yet I want to believe that ... rural area of Somalia, the first in his family to attend school, just as ... community. This means walking down the hallway to greet smiling friends, then

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  in episode 2? It was AWESOME to meet George Takei. We did get to talk ... able to contact anyone in the outside world while you are there was kind ... 've been trying to organize a reunion! Do people recognize you in real life

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  just wanted to talk to my mom about putting me in a gifted program ... volunteered to help out the following year. (You know how it is, when you're in ... universe, aced both classes, and decided to major in Course 18." This story

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  you tend to notice and find significant in life are partly reflective of ... of their six classes; something I agreed to in the name of optimistic ... -nighters in a row. I imagined what it would be like to live through stereotyped

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016