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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  've decided to try this approach to study for my 2.003 test coming up. WARNING ... 't really care, stay for the pretty pictures, mmmk? Mmmk. Alright here's the ... rest at the top of a hill of height h. What is the angular velocity of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  , music, or art, at least as far as I've seen to date. For those of you who ... of you: entries for the Intel Science Talent Search are due at 11:59pm ... " question 13. Students who did answer the question for the most part have have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  well for me—I like focusing on fewer things at any given time, and in ... at a company in exchange for that company funding your degree. I TA an ... , and if you took another year for a master’s degree, you would start at

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  there are, but I'm glad at least to have a road to follow for the next ... often my 8.04 pset, but that's a story for another time"]at the moment ... PhD would also set me up for. I could work at a government agency, like

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  the deadline for Early Action. Here are some things we want you to know ... November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having ... this date and you will still be fine. Please allow five days for the

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year ... haven't yet replied: As soon as you've made up your mind for sure about ... online reply form at MyMIT. You can reply any time today (April 30) or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  governing bodies at MIT) in another entry, but for now, what matters most is ... , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  for fall 2007! pfffft!), we offer at least math 10 classes in nonlinear ... was delayed for three hours. Sam's Mom has a broken refrigerator. My ... ago Justin Kim wrote: I did this program for a class I'm taking called

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  thoroughly as I had hoped. For one thing, the integrals were incredibly ... 'm not smrt enough to do them, but these were even too difficult for some ... . Which makes for 20 minutes of just not too much fun if you ask me. But

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  slept for 30.5 hours (and will probably sleep at least 10 tonight), cheered at a (VERY RAINY) football game, watched a (VERY ROWDY!) game of ... go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few

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

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  fantasy vii demo was gonna be at e3 for sure, i pretty much had one goal for ... if you like video games at all, then you're probably familiar with e3 ... los angeles, and i too am in los angeles, and i am working for a game

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  middle school-aged son thought it was mean for someone at the Oscars to be ... I had no real use for the word either. It didn’t fit me at all. I was ... ? Not enough at all? Maybe it is time for proud MIT nerds to reclaim the

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  could live at my current place for a very low cost. I had my upcoming ... experience at a company that claimed to use AI for drug discovery, but seemed ... This summer, I worked for fourteen weeks as a software engineering

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  !" , and piggybacks out at a sprint. "Order up for Tasha?" calls an ... 2:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 I am in a café on Mass Ave, waiting for a ... suit and horns. He stands around for a few seconds, looking like he might

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  Yuschenkoff, the service chair at Kappa Alpha Theta, philanthropy is as good for ... If there's one thing MIT students aren't known for having, it's spare time. But if a challenge is laid down for the MIT community, odds are you

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  humans at about the same place, then chances are that this string codes for ... a professor at MIT, Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer ... Under 35 for his pioneering research in comparative genomics. When I sat

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  ’t possible for me. I thought I was absolutely screwed: I would never fit in at ... for the MIT community when I say this: I really hope we do right by all of you this weekend. Tonight at 8 PM, we have an event called “Meet the

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  . Today, I am eighteen years old. I've been at MIT for a month. I don't know ... to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut ... be best to eat Oreos upon waking up for class. But if you slather

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  group pointed and laughed at him for having to work with me. Needless to ... for the Visit Team that I sit on. I organized a tour guide program at my ... work at MIT Admissions!? The kid who used to complain about how much you

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  a Video Speed Controller plugin for Chrome (you can watch at 1- 4x ... address. At that time, the Class of 2021 will officially be freshmen.   ... ; Advice from Graduating Seniors John P. '17 MIT is a great opportunity for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017