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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  logic methods can transform social ideas into precise concepts that can be ... examine.” Quite different from math class, where we were taught not to use ... weekly/monthly spike in deadlines, I get a continuous flow of work. The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  , but if you can't be there, the award will be mailed to you.) So for ... can be found at: http://swe.mit.edu/highschool/essaycontest.php If you ... Hi prospective students! I’m writing to tell you about two events

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You’ve seen nothing, sweet winter child. You’ve never tasted true heat ... don’t seem to like where the heat is at already — for the past three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  tension of not-quite-capsizing, square dancing, the joy i get when working ... check in, watching older students smiling widely when they get to put ... tradition, where we keep talking about that web app we'll never build, then

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  controls combine with each other and interact with the environment. You can hold the jump button to jump higher. You can move while in the air. You ... Mode. It doesn't drop mechanics or skip bosses or whatever. You can turn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  't really want to go to a "jock school," the kind of school where you had to turn out for the big football game and get drunk beforehand, or where ... students participate in them, you knew that every athlete on campus was just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  's usually a pretty good chance that you can get into a class on the first day ... 5% of their applicants are published. So if you can get published ... are only graded in a pass/fail fashion -- if you get an A, B, or C in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  entertaining my face is. But, I guess you can play along for yourself, if you ... Learning Materials for Biology aka. THANK YOU MIT FOR OFFERING A CLASS (even ... get us thinking about what online content is being implemented right now

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  training really forces you to get to know the world of film-making. For the ... on campus, you can learn how to feed film reels into cranky old ... do first, and I still feel that way. Don't get me wrong; I can get very

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should ... outside of your family who can help you to determine your need for a waiver ... you one. Action Steps for the Fee Waiver You can write directly to MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  ="attachment_113444" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] you can't back out once you spam ... two cans of red spray paint and one can of black (from Bad Ideas Weekend ... for the oven to get ready was a bit boring. I commented on her cool key

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  Panel for Parents: Saturday morning, you can learn more about MIT's unique ... parents love getting to visit me in Boston. The Parent Lounge: I hope you ... airport shuttle buses that can take you from the baggage claim at your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Appetizer Prelude to an entry

  

  Real entry to come soon (within a week), this is just to get you ready/anxious. Click here

  • by Snively '11
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  you hate baseball (in which case I’d argue you just don’t get it, but ... you to your home, hold onto it. Let it get you through the homesickness ... . I joined clubs where I was able to find a great community of friends

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  , arrangement, aesthetic, and content of stickers. It's true, you can tell a lot ... that, the specific floor of EC that I live on is 5West, which you can ... his startup so I can promo it (shameless plug: get the Privasee

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  follow. my partner is lead, but so far, i can hold my own; he doesn’t need ... two three. the tricky thing, you see, about forward forward lock ... -fourths, which is one two three, one two three. you have to fit four steps in three

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  've started my class. If you're a mechanical engineer, attend MIT, and are a ... Engineering Tools." 2.670's job is to get students familiar with the tools and ... anything else you might need. While a lot of people who decide to be

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  , when I did finally get home, I was in for a surprise. Although I was only ... to handle their newfound "empty nest syndrome" was to get literal pet ... After getting the chicks, my parents set to work building a pretty massive

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  were chicken scratch. Oop So...if you're like me and can't see yourself ... school that I didn't take advantage of its task categorization, as you can ... 're considering this. If you look at my journal, you can see that I didn't bother

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  friend had said earlier tonight. "You seem happier." I am. Words cannot ... of where I am. And I've tried to type this sentence out again and again but the words can't come out right and I don't know how else to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019