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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  -nature to skim through these emails, glancing at the subject lines, letting ... began the semester by learning some basics: how to format comic scripts, what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  degrees and the skies are probably going to be blue for the next three months. As this week comes to a close, so does MIT's week of finals. This ... transcripts, and most people had little to worry about no matter how unprepared

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  towards the Midwest region but was really open to anyone. Basically, I sat ... watching, you also may remember that I got asked to prom. What??) If you ... really wants to talk more about this, but also knows that it would be

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as ... Class of 2014 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  too nerdy. I question whether I would even be able to find a balanced ... you should really ask yourself about MIT, just to begin with: 1. Do you like science? 11. Do you want MIT to completely change the way you think

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  Back during my senior year of high school in 2007, I went to CPW ... wanted to live in, that dorm being Burton-Conner. Burton-Conner has 9 ... different halves of the dorm. The numbers refer to the floor number. I live on

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  're excited to have you as our guests! Here are some (hopefully) helpful hints ... financial aid award, when your supplemental forms are due, how to pay your balance, how to find on-campus student employment, and how your online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  promised to get back to her on that. Class plans are mostly useful for ... more logistically difficult to fit in the extra classes that you need to ... out right.) I feel like the purpose of a class plan is really more to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  desire to stay in academia at least for a while yet. Hearing me talk, he made a comment, half-joking, something to the effect of "I can't wait to ... . No way, I said. I'm not trying to do anything extraordinary, I just

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  .100 - Intro to Media Studies 6.08 - Intro to EECS via Embedded Studies ... 's gone through many, many forms, from 5 classes and a UROP to 5 classes and ... look kind of gross to first-day-of-fall-semester me, a prospective Course

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Saturday, 12/17/22, 12:17 PM ET

  

  This year, the illustrious EA decision blog has been passed to me! My ... gathered from the title of this post. To check your decision on the 17th, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 12, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  summer. It's been an interesting summer; I've really enjoyed being able to ... spiraling, smaller thoughts and feelings. Here is my best attempt to describe ... piano a satisfaction in being able to play decently well, surprisingly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  to produce a zk-snark implementation of an elliptic curve pairing; those words probably don’t make much sense to you, so here’s a short ... -knowledge proof is essentially when you want to prove something about an object

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  impossible to think, or to make any useful decisions at all. I wake up and feel ... activity I’ve done in the past day. This unshakable exhaustion is not new to ... I have observed, is to genuinely care for each other. — "IHTFParadise

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  that they chose me – the inexperienced and very young intern – to travel to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... person let that happen!?" I am absolutely honored to have had the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  was nothing we hadn't heard before, it was still interesting to hear it ... to know from Mathcamp. There was also parents, alums, etc. People ... pretty sure that you're going to MIT?", "What are you going to major in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  There is so much to say about residential life at MIT.  On campus ... traditions that motivate a significant population of students to stay in their ... to paint murals freely, while others limit art or forbid painting

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was ... , and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for ... can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  euphoria as a southbound train. There ain’t nothing like slowing down to ride ... Mississippi. Among all the Amtrak trains I’ve experienced, three stand out to ... ’d like to look in particular at the cultural role of passenger trains in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to immediately running to class (from the farthest possible dorm to run to campus ... closing of the door, the camera cuts away to a peaceful Next House Dining

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023