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• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  So I'm writing from the end of a well-needed break back in San ... Program), and the adjustment back to home life has been, as usual, greater ... by volumes of different people at all hours of the day. What can I say

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  The thing about summer is the weeks kind of all run together, so all the days just sort of bleed into each other and everything starts to ... food? Lots of food?) Held together by the ketchup that is lab or class or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  I was born in the province of Sichuan and speak the Sichuan dialect. I imagine it as the equivalent of a southern hill-billy drawl. Therefore, I, the Sichuan native, belong to a species quite closely resembling

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Michael Jackson originally worked on the soundtrack to Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but the deal eventually fell through. Okay, so I ... major and I have no idea how to navigate all the crazy twists and turns of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  (Also see Bryan's entry) The first full week of October is always an ... early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be ... for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Finally back in the office! When we last left off, I'd just finished ... to one another, so sticking the Masterman visit in the middle wasn't exactly ideal. But that's how scheduling works sometimes... the schools call

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  much at peace. Last night I went to see the opening night premiere of the Bollywood movie Veer-Zaara. I love the energy of opening night film crowds, especially for big releases. The last crowd I was in that was this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  ."][/annotation]was the 41st annual MIT Mystery Hunt and my third time participating. The ... over the world. It starts Friday at noon, and then we puzzle ... "]nonstop[/annotation]until someone finishes the hunt and ~ finds the hidden coin ~. Alan: This year

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is probably best saved for another blog post; the important thing is that I did. What can you gain from an entire year free from the bondage of school

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  ...you actually AREN'T doing work, because the total work in circular motion is zero! - FYI, the line "my academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans." is from a musical written by MIT students that I performed in. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  the Boston Symphony Hall (with the Boston Pops, no less!). Her other accomplishments at MIT include being an Emerson Piano Scholar and winner of the MIT Concerto Competition. In her most recent recital on campus, she performed the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  's blog for the day... Shaye: Are you sure this is legal? Yuan: Don ... : Shouldn't we be telling these people about Battle of the Bands? Shaye: yeah! BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!!!! It's gonna be awesome! W00000T!!! It's gonna

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s happening at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies?

  At the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, MIT, the Army, and ... useful to the soldier. Army members of Team ISN also give guidance on soldier protection and survivability needs, and the relevancy of research
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  Everything's going just fine! I'm registered for classes, the grad ... enter the adult world. And yet the past three weeks have been the most ... to this place than just doing classes. Here's the blog post where I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  the great fortune to be an MIT Arts Scholar I attended four EXCELLENT concerts in the past week, for free. Concert #1: Verdi's Stabat Mater and Te Deum, performed by the MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) and the MIT Concert

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  Hey hey! Welcome to the liveblog! At this very moment I'm sitting in ... absolutely surrounded by prefrosh? Because I'm sitting at the Brown Yale MIT ... Mikey's (the MIT speaker, and recent graduate) information but, as this is

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  Today, I emailed the remaining candidates who have been waiting ... blog post to announce that and explain why.  As you may know, the wait list helps us manage the inherent uncertainty of not knowing how many

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  "While Mens et Manus may be our decree when heard outside the school...here it's parete legi novembri ...OBEY THE NOVEMBER RULE" -- Hack Punt Tool It's November 1st. Hopefully all the seniors in high school reading

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  . Inspired by the wildly popular TED talks, the “TIM” in TIMtalks stands for “Think. Inspire. Motivate.” There has already been some coverage of the event through The Tech, the MIT News Office and the Alumni Association

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  8.13, or as it is more commonly known, Junior Lab or JLab, is the first experimental class in the “standard” 8 path. Most 8s take it [annotation note="hence the Junior in the name"]Junior Fall[/annotation] after

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025