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• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  all the lost sleep in the last 3 months. After obsessively refreshing the Academic Record page for like the n! time, it was a strange feeling ... playing in the background had turned into five simple letters and a two

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow ... long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... Night of Toolage: a long, long night of grueling problem sets due the next

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  Okay, so I just figured out how to add the Spanish keyboard to my OS ... involved using the WiiMote to control robots. http://www.iearobotics.com/proyectos/friki-apps/wii-servo-linux/wii-servo.html (As it turns out, "friki" is the Spanish slang word for what we would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  ." This quote came from an F-15 pilot who stopped by to speak to the AFROTC ... excited to commission as an Officer in the United States Air Force, to have the chance to fly faster than the speed of sound, pull more Gs than any

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  1300 homes have been destroyed. The hardest hit has been San Diego, where every school in the entire county has been closed. San Diego County ... students directly affected by the fires, we will be as accommodating and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  you to better understand the ROTC programs here at MIT.   ROTC is more ... undergraduates who are US citizens for success as officers in the United States ... include access to advanced vehicles, systems, and technology, the chance to

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  A few updates for the Class of 2011... Tonight MIT students will be ... Meetings. Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of students admitted to the Class of 2011, as soon as tomorrow night (I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  You want to know the hardest part about this job? Entry titles. It ... consuming large amounts of junk food. Well, that was the plan, and we did in fact make it through the four episodes we had left by then whilst

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  always the best part... how about the milk vending machine in the basement ... think I'll leave it at that." [five minutes later] "Hey, the Quik rabbit ... -mail from Maxine, president of MIT's chapter of the American Institute of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  much understand the housing lottery now, but what else happens during ... Dorm Rush, and the only answer I got was from Mollie, jokingly saying ... effect. Anyway, stuff that I remember... - The Academic Resource Center

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  It is clear to me that I COULD NEVER WRITE ENOUGH ABOUT THE ... into holiday mode and I believe that you need to do the same. As I read ... classic movies. If you need help, I suggest IMDB. Here are the rules

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  Hey, cool, my column's in the Tech! See? My column was a response ... anyone else ever run into the situation where people know who you are but you don't know them? It's a very odd feeling. I'm still at the point

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early ... complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships ... -Help portion of your financial aid, at least at MIT) while at the same time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the ... the MIT QuestBridge Supplement. We submit your QuestBridge application, along with the QB supplement, in place of our first-year application
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  It's no secret that Course 6-3 (Computer Science) is one of the most, if not the most popular major at MIT. According to the Registrar, there were 757 undergraduate students alone enrolled in Course 6-3 for the Fall

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  ="perhaps somewhat naively though I think it was for the best"] I[/annotation] stopped ... than if I had been actively stressing about the wait"]A short while later,[/annotation] I was accepted into MIT early action. I cried on the phone with my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  says you’re in the EECS department – is that true?” another asked during office hours just a few weeks later. They were both under the guise that I ... mathematical computing) this semester, and I blow glass in MIT’s glass lab. The

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  much more productive over the past few weeks than i usually am. of course ... the author documents their friend jack’s descent into heroin addiction and eventual death by overdose. it’s probably one of the saddest things

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  Some lessons, we learn by virtue of way of life. They’re the kind of lessons that unfold not from pulpits or pedestals, but emerge from the ... school in the country’s capital. Mirroring Nigeria’s religious demographic

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  ; frankly, I should have dropped the class after the midterm, but I was too ... moped alone. During this period, I decided that the responsible course of ... for their help during the semester, etc, and returned to angsting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013