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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ’t just mean software innovations like generative AI or the internet. I’m talking about the hundreds of billions of silicon transistors that form the ... perfection. If you think about it, the CPU inside your computer is basically

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  I've mentioned in the past that I'm taking CMS.335 Short Attention Span Documentary. Abby '20 has blogged about this class in the past, but ... off with the same things as Abby said: I've always wanted to make cool

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  and they were roommates living with "randos"

  

  graduates live together after graduation. And the cruft houses I've seen have such interesting names, like Castle Kingside, Soviet Russia, or The Bunker. The first night the three of us moved into our new place, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  only pick 54 class units, while using the precious Pass/No Record grading ... “four-year planner for the MIT community” from the awesome Danny B.-D. ‘15, who wrote about it here. This is the best tool to plan your academic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  11th, which was the last time I posted something. Namely, the semester ... flew across the country for California where I am currently lying on a ... -my-face-with-food skills over the one and a half weeks that I am home, and as such, I will be

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  that they chose me – the inexperienced and very young intern – to travel to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one of the trading company folks – “They chose an intern!?!? Which crazy

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about MIT or the college process, you are in the wrong post. SCRAM! This is an adult swim. Parents, Welcome back to the Nance Effect! Hopefully you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on the admitted students parties. We had some reports from the New York City party. Michael wrote, The ... was unscheduled, but that made it all the more better. For example, Les

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next administration's agenda ... to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia ... , and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  international students.   As you can see by the photos, this was a grueling ... covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out there, the shiitake mushroom of the matter). Here are some of the things

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  , sexual harassment. Like many, I’m heartbroken over the shootings that ... also as an Asian woman. It feels like a brutal knife to the heart in a year full of blades. If you are interested in supporting the victims

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  -disciplinary, flexible, and engaged with the larger world in ways many other departments are not. For the curious: "DUSP EXPLORER is an online, interactive ... projects intersect with each other and connect with the central themes of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  splinters in 10-250 next year, you know the reason. Back when I was in high ... high school this fall), I was one of the AP kids, as I'm sure a lot of you were. But there's so much I don't agree with about the AP system

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  ’m not doing enough. i hate the thought that if i tell them i have this ... written these before. I’ve been thinking about the things I’ve done in the past, and how much of it was just luck. It’s even picked up the impostor

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  International student orientation started last week, and the first ... they aren't officially frosh until convocation, the international ... to be a happy place, or at least, that's the lie I'm going with

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life in the Fast Lane why do i walk so fast?

  

  undergrads walk faster here. The [annotation note="the longest hallway at MIT, connecting the “main block” buildings on campus"]Infinite Corridor[/annotation] is a battleground of different speeds. The tourists walk at a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 29, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  Pardon me for the grammatically incorrect tonight title (in the sardonic words of the ever-quotable Winston Churchill, "This is the sort of ... all the (hopefully) awesome entries I'll be putting up in the next few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  (This entry courtesy of the free wireless internet at the Hotel Triton, where I am hanging out after my UCSF interview, waiting for the ... the blog, because I get to impart all kinds of advice from an almost

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  in the life of an MIT student" thing. Psets/Projects -7.03 (Genetics ... mathematical models of neurons. I spent so many hours in the W20-5 Athena cluster ... doing something similar (in the "spending a lot of time on it" sense) with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in the UK, by starting new Middle School teams - the idea is that these kids will become the High Schoolers that start or join High School teams

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012