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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  throughout the country for the past year, with intermittent internet shutdowns ... situation. For a month, my father would try to call home only to get an ... “international” as a fluid term--I don’t always mean literally students without U.S

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• 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.

  

  discussing in class) for us and answer any questions we had. This is the ... originally came to the US and worked for a Japanese chef, because she didn ... concerts in the past week, for free. Concert #1: Verdi's Stabat Mater and Te

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  of devising models and gathering evidence for and against them. The ... different and mutually conflicting theoretical perspectives on what makes for ... should also maybe warn you that this post is full of ~spoilers~ for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  . Standardized tests provide an important service for us and our students, and we ... allow us to admit students from across the country – and the globe – for ... : Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good through College Admissions

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  , would it be possible for you to tell us what the status is of Transfer ... for ISEF this year?" Yes! I'm looking forward to the Intel International ... for 2006/2010 admissions? When will the 2006/2010 application be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  I haven’t been doing a great job of blogging this semester for a ... setting myself up for failure by promising myself full blogs about ... celebrate the end of our time at MIT. We gallivanted around the West Coast for

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  support students living in cook-for-yourself communities. As you'll read ... on all weekdays. On the flip side, there are cook-for-yourself dorms ... sources such as groceries, instant meals, or takeout/delivery. Some cook-for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  out with us for three hours every Friday afternoon! So let me reiterate ... back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for ... for Biotechnology and Neuroscience, 10am-1pm. Next up is 9.24 Disorders

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  -Year Program students. This is an opportunity for us to tell the staff what we ... that by now.) On MIT’s list of 101 things to do before graduation for ... off #2 (Pull an all-nighter--for fun). I actually had more all

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  Thursday night was, well, interesting. I was working on my lab for 6.004. Usually the labs for 6.004 are not so bad - they take maybe five hours. For ... . My TA had suggested that we budget nine hours for it. Ha. Hahaha. She

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  as an intern for the US Embassy in Cameroon. Somebody had requested a work visa to the US, showing an offer letter for a job at Verizon. To ... ! Bakhadir, the principal of Shoqan, gave us a very warm welcome while

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  secret room in the back and found a display copy for us to play with in the ... for an inch of rain and a thunderstorm in the White Mountains, Joe '08 ... Market, and an advertisement for Maine's greatest comedian , Bob Marley. We

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  an overview for high schools in the U.S.? It seems impossible to ... like that...then, i feel that it's less tiring for MIT to inform us abt ... for the answer to the optional question, show us something that you made

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  normal. Random Hall, for another year, was back in its full music ... dorm for more than a week before we began to notice that some crucial ... ; Most distressingly: no one could find the Milk.  For those of you who

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for ... you were willing to knock on enough doors and really fight for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  , drink rum, drink rum all day, and come along with us, 'Cause we don't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us! 1. Hearing ... . Taste Quothe the Bryan, “If you’re paying for your food, you

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  stationed at the front desk in room 3-108 for the last 20 years. If you called ... school teacher who wrote asking for a poster of MIT to hang in your ... beaver gisel made for jessica ch'ng when she left the office (pc jessica

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  working (some would even call it playing) with my team. To help us get to ... excuse of coffee since neither of us is a fan. One of his questions posed ... relies on resources - time and people - as fuel for information. I’m always

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice ... . But, I digress. The evening started with us loading onto the boat, each of us humming "I'm on a boat," eagerly awaiting our opportunity to be

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  electroplushies at this SEBC event? they will be taking us for dinner after. If this ... me and Elizabeth (one of my teammates for toy design last year) about ... Club event. Our toy design professor, Barry, sent us this: FROM: Barry

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009