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• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  period comes around, I don't really write anything at all, leaving it to ... courageous for applying, for taking the deep dive and demonstrating your ... to grow that at wherever you choose to go next. But please, do take

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  time, for each of the last several years while I was away from MIT ... takeaway address the most important (or at least a sufficiently important ... determine if you are a good fit for the community? Student: I don't know

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  mater. For Sylvester, who introduced the term, a matrix is where a ... ; the former from Latin tangere “to touch”, and adding the prefix in-, for ... this to love, in that a loved one can be a source of rest, but at this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  tunnels, without having to look at the tunnel map, for the first time. Two ... checking if it’s the right bandsaw for the material you’re cutting, you turn ... never thought I would be coming to MIT to chop stuff. But during REX, for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like ... I do at a nearby lab, or the volunteer trip I took to Africa. or ... school to apply to early when’s Halloween? I’m too old for trick

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  MIT campus is defined and elevated by its people, and for this blogpost ... -controlled planes for fun, often building them from scratch (some of which he featured ... freshman-year jolt MIT is known for. He admits to feeling like hot stuff

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  this year. Although our application does not go live for another few ... are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the ... want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  -minute multimillion-dollar gift from an anonymous individual known for years only as "Mr. Smith ... Julie Barr over at the Slice of MIT blog:       In the ... Inventing the Charles River.   At the time, the land in Cambridge was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  experimental, part-edX class called Creating Digital Learning Materials for ... in East Campus for free, bond with Ceri R. ‘16, who was also taking 7.S ... videos. At the time, I was thinking a lot about the foods I eat and their

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more ... : After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break. On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  ago I landed in Austin, Texas to start an internship at Lumension (they ... hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... put out by the powerful hackers who do this for a living. Script Kiddies

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... had been awhile since we had all (or at least most of us) hung out ... for another event, but it was really awesome talking to prefrosh who

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  is an annual event at East Campus every IAP where  people get the ... Says, running up the Green Building stairs for 4 hours, a Python Bee, a ... at MIT. My weekend was unfortunately engulfed by other plans (one of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  : pretty to look at and nice to listen to (the tagline says it all), 5 out of ... article on the Degas exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), but I saw ... . “This line is for the Melancholia film screening. It’s by

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... , the last time I wrote, I talked about my work at a tribal-rural hospital ... do so immediately. It was honestly a privilege for me to meet these

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  our campus for a week every fall!” This all being said, I should ... , has been excited about the coming of the elephants for over a month. So ... ) class from 1-2:30, at which point my friend Alex ’13 and I planned on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  most creative stories I've heard. Just gotta share this. :) "MIT, for me, was always a dream, a place where I could imagine myself at, but ... beat for the song while I played the piano and sang. The video took the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  outstanding to masterful at some points. Even the audience could hear the subtle ... playing what is written in your music and playing for the purpose of ... conductor, such at Gustavo Dudamel. I think the idea of an open rehearsal was

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE LAZY: You, email me, picture of you ... selling serenades- for a mere 10 to 20 dollars, you could chose from a list ... for Logarhythms), who are our all-male a cappella group and kind of the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT ... , it's what i do. i can't look at p53 pathways anymore. and if you don ... the "we expected you to be taller and more buff comments" at Meet the

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007