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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  years before returning to the island it was born on to mate and lay eggs ... wingspans as a sort of sail, and angling the feathers on each wing's end to ... one would expect, and I see rabbits just about every day on my walk to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  humanities. This means you get to choose one humanities field to concentrate ... income. What are your thoughts on 21E? I noticed a complete change in my ... in class as opposed to mindlessly sitting through content I don't care

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  American communities. I can't promise you the answers to all of your questions - remember, the only way out is to THINK your way out. Enough said. Let's get down to business. Who is This Guy? Hey Skeech how did we get

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  dotted line! Troubleshooting: If you just get a solid line, you’re either ... need to loosen your grip slightly. And there you have it! That’s it! You’re making dotted lines! To change the shape of your dotted lines, you can

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs ... with. With many changes on how to study, an extreme amount of luck ... fortunate to get past the rough start and still take most of the classes I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  : Request: Hi, I'm writing to request a regrade on Problem 1.2. I got points ... was rare for my request to result in me getting full points for a ... largest was 20. Of course, 2.2 points on an exam is worth a lot more to the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  reflect on the transition back to MIT from a place where I have lived and ... easy to say that some people and/or places just don’t get me, but harder ... .  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  middle of your sophomore year, to allow time to get a pre-medical advisor ... seemed like a great opportunity to get a different perspective on the ... (“You’ve landed on the ‘Guidance Counselors’ Office.’ Collect your letters

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  luxury!!) to go on fun trips and retreats. On Friday, my floor, Putz ... us more than half an hour to get to Porter Square!!!) to Franconia ... it kept us warm), and then woke up at 7 am on Saturday to go hiking all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  ? Questions from last entry will be answered when I get back to Beantown. Well ... on the chapel is meant to represent religion, and the juxtaposition of ... , leading some people to show up at Ring Delivery with "Phi Theta" t-shirts on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  - but when you come to college and create your new lifestyle and your new ... take the time to get to know them. Hop in a new acquaintance's car for an ... space is big. I couldn't wait to start over - to create an entirely new

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  , with a delay really only to get the plane de-iced (nice work Jet ... ’t had much structure to my IAP thus far, mostly just focused on moving, getting settled after a semester abroad, applying to jobs and the like, and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  . Don't rely solely on your 2400 SAT/36 ACT scores to get you into MIT ... , you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to ... Prize in Biology and attributing all of your success to your admission to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be ... you were admitted on the basis of your merit. So should you report your ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited to get ... , unable to pick out Iraq on a map. As I'm leaving, I realize that while in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  how to get your own radio show? Here's your chance! You'll also be able ... training and have started working on the MIT-EMS ambulance. On your end: CPW ... prefrosh, I couldn't make it to CPW, but I visited on my own about a month

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  student initiative to get more fruits and veggies readily available on ... blog and come on - it's not like I'd be able to focus with the sky so ... raffle to get a free 32GB ipod touch. Yeah. I know. Wow. If that's not an

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  ones I will notice. I found out yesterday that I'll get to be a blogger ... car. In one sense, I am bringing the old me to a new place, where they ... budget. But get ready!!!) I look forward to learning many things about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  to get somebody to guess "stick pickles into your nose and ears?" The ... 't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... Game," and so on. You can call it whatever you like. Divide your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  want to get back on running, but honestly even just seeing the Charles on ... It's April. I’ve been on campus for close to two months now. It ... that make the grind of MIT bearable, and make me glad to be on campus

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021