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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  amazed at just how much of a difference that kind of commitment makes ... running around out of control, so I figured I'd put it in an entry by itself. This is what got me going: Taking "advantage" of pass/no-record. "No

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  different viewpoints. At this point, I was happy! 36 unit schedule of three ... . I went through a lot (seriously, A LOT) of stress to get here, but at ... (Harmony and Counterpoint I) 6.009 (Fundamentals of Programming) 8

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  a great success rate this year: Jane Doe: accepted at the School of Science, John Smith: accepted at the School of Engineering, Someone Else: accepted at the School of International Studies, That OtherOne: accepted at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  some background on recent happenings at MIT, so please bear with me: An ... small strip of grass between Walker Memorial and Building 14. It was called Futurity Island: essentially, a very very tall honeycomb stack of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  photos that accurately summarize my current state of existence: The ... -students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5 ... transition this year. Plus some of my classes are “frontloading”, which

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  these things! One of the questions was "What is the more common name for ... drink at California Pizza Kitchen) for guessing "leprosy." I don't know, I ... portrait of my UROP as a young man, but I got so involved writing the stream-of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  ...the number of semesters completed at MIT. So today, I waved farewell to my fifth semester at MIT. It's kinda creepy how time seems to be ... fall out of the sky and WEBSIS doesn't let you pick your own grades, you

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  ), cheered at a (VERY RAINY) football game, watched a (VERY ROWDY!) game of ... So this weekend was a long weekend, in honor of Columbus Day and also in honor of student exhaustion, and therefore I would like to write a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  hard math is sometimes. So Thursday night, at the house, a lot of the ... part of the week. "Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd..." MIT Musical ... where most of the action took place. Surgeon General's Warning: This

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  While I was busily at work on your Campus Preview Weekend (April 7 ... first national title since 1974 by upsetting the U.S. Naval Academy at the ... yesterday's math competition win by MIT was unsurprising to some of you, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy ... internship at a large defense company and was ready to learn anything and ... aerospace. From the start, I knew that MIT had a strong culture of computer

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  at the beginning of the summer to read and discuss interesting papers ... (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a little one-month term to do pretty much whatever they feel like. lots of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  much more emotion and meaning! At the end of the musical, I was singing ... hour of the decision release. Many of you will be glued to your computer ... some retail therapy and watched a few episodes of Friends to distract

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  .112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the moment. Luckily, my TA is awesome, and he was perfectly willing to spend an hour of his time today explaining it all to me - so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  likely you'll be at the mercy of whatever treats the school gives you ... cooperative effort between students and Division of Student Life is bearing fruit in the form of a campus produce stand that will open for business

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  Today is one of my favorite days of the year: the end of daylight savings time. There's nothing like enjoying the only 25 hour day of the year by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading. :-) I know there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to ... harder for air. It's the first time I've been that scared for one of my

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  -hi-uh" -- Adam always makes fun of my *nonexistent* accent after I've been at home ... -related stuff while at home, and I'm not just talking about the education I always ... night was the annual MIT Club of Central Ohio holiday get-together, where

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  . My flight was the red-eye out of SFO on Friday night at 10:20 PM, and ... -In. Finally, I was at the head of the line. Time check. 9:20 PM. I had an hour ... you’ll never get service at all. I managed to get closer to one of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Sport CPW cpw at senior haus

  

  some of the events we had at Senior Haus: Occupy Senior Haus We had a ton ... your home here at MIT. Skeptical Festival This one’s kind of a special ... CPW has come and gone, and it’s left all the students of MIT with

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 13, 2017