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• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  parties I've typically blogged about in the middle of October? And the exams ... a lot of the chemicals you work with in 5.310, and the HEK cells that ... 've learned a number of things: At MIT, the week of my birthday has always been

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  , though most of the submitted forms were from men) and was also thoroughly ... printed out this nametag with an unflattering picture of myself and the ... , right? And lastly, this is the view out my window, a lovely vista of the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  the events of the first Black Panther film. Suddenly, the bridge ... ="aligncenter" width="300"] Wakanda at the end of the first film. Note the structural ... composition of reinforced concrete combines the best of steel and regular

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  :27 -- IAP (independent activities period) is during the month of January and ... and finds out sooner. MIT has an optional interview as part of the ... signing in on OLPC's (somehow the admissions office got a hold of two of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  my computer back on for the first time in weeks yesterday, and luckily ... , and The Department of Facilities. Email number 6 is exciting as well ... number, because of the following joke: Two friends, Alex from MIT and Sam

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  enroll at MIT. This number is a record-high, and toward the upper bound of ... many of you have submitted, and appreciate the time and effort you have ... decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  involve mindless daily chores and where much of the charm comes from social ... pad and acoustic guitar, though i've kind of fallen in love with the ... turned a few pages of infinite jest. i watched a couple kids and their

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  where a whole class is together, and this was one of them. It’s fun seeing ... glance down at the ring and am reminded of some wonderful memories I’ve had ... media spottings.   one The ring depicts a lot of physical entities

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  , but the first episode I really remember watching was the night of ... Stewart was one of the people who helped me pick up the pieces and start to ... world. Under the influence of TDS I became a news and politics junkie

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  of Wyoming. I was thrilled to join the planning team and attend the ... and eating at local restaurants. We ate some of the best New Mexican ... the history of potatoes at the Potato Museum in Idaho, and finished out

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Victor Schwartz and Jerald Kay The recent suicides of college students at ... resort to simple explanations and casting of blame. In fact, the science of ... as the result of an abrupt and intense impulse, often in the context of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  Sometimes you put a lot of effort into something and the external ... and again that I had submitted that drop form. With the power of ... between me and the end of the tunnel. [caption id="attachment_90915" align

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  maximum, and then treat the first two weeks as ‘reading period.’ This works ... sleepless, as I try to keep up with all of the readings and do all of the ... chapters of the novel I’d written in summer and received good feedback. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  , interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on ... application season, and I aim to persuade some of you to handle it differently than I did now that I can look back on and think about the different ways

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  will save 200 lives, the other has a 1/3 chance of saving all 600 lives and a 2/3 chance of saving none. In this version, people prefer the ... statistical thinking. From Kahneman's Nobel biography: The standard example of a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  seven months, the notion of a new life and future along the Charles River ... sentimental and nostalgic. I was leaving behind the place where I first learned ... you to some of my friends, and to the hall on which I'm temporarily

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  to MIT and on a spur of the moment deal, tried out for an acapella ... audition and most are accepted since a good portion of the dances are created ... and when you get here, take advantage of the activities fairs and keep

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  Mathcamp and the valleys of Ojai, Cali for SSP, so I probably didn't feel the ... set of fireworks, for those that also saw the fireworks and know what I ... . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  the picture perfect start to ease my wave of nerves and angst, for what ... part of the cohort. The next day, my roommate Uriel, and some others came ... my shell. I started talking more, creeping in and out of the lounges in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  and center at the CPW Opening Ceremony. Three members of Alpha Phi Alpha ... view of the Charles river and the Boston skyline. I took some pictures ... , dumping the gajillions of photos I shot before 3:30pm on Saturday. I can

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008