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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  capabilities. If you're new to how MIT shows off your grades, then I should tell ... If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... easier due to symmetry. I quickly caught on to signs of spherical and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  :35pm) i get to the airport with jebby. we're planning on rooming ... because a toilet got clogged.   2:50pm CET they managed to get me on ... I can still make it to work on time and get some sleep before that

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  my window on Friday as I read your applications: #1 | #2 Cool, huh ... rail on a Saturday or a Sunday and do some exploring (you can easily get ... from Kendall/MIT to Porter). Getting off campus and out of the city for

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  resolution to go to a new bar and meet people every Wednesday evening, which we ... India, and getting lunch with a friend in Tokyo along the way. I got to ... social battery seemed to always be on 0%; in the absence of tasks to do

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  at MIT, he was extended an invitation to speak on campus, which he ... with the last frame missing. The instruction was to write a new ending ... sure you back up your assertions with reliable sources. Me on the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  had on their website, everyone was mesmerized by it’s ornateness and ... helping run our Delivery! We’re passing on the torch to you guys! Good Luck ... event was so much fun! First everyone got in line to get their rings to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  deliberation on this issue. Scientists point out that we need to reduce gas ... protein? I get that, but hear me out. In order to avoid devastating climate ... “carbon budget.” Adhering to health guidelines on meat consumption could

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  need to think about where you're going or what your options are. You also get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  your grades appear on your report card is how we'd like to see them. So ... on the DVD. If I happen to be one of your readers, I'll certainly look ... admissions (don't forget to put your full name and birthdate on it) with the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  your plans to stay on the waitlist rather than return the postcard ... thread to write new formulas and solve the puzzle from a variety of ... of you haven't received your packages yet. Please don't worry - they

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  and climb on. Mice can swim, but they don't like to, so he learns pretty ... result! The paper based on this work is currently in submission to Cell, which is one of the top three journals in biology. And I get to be co

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  , and where they hope to proceed. My own research has always been more on ... 's and then headed into the symposium halls to give a talk on how to talk about ... your particular subfield of a subfield; instead, what they're trying to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  .Take some time today to reach out to people in your dorm. Check on how they ... rough, but I want you to know that if you're feeling upset or sad, you're ... , and to have this piled on top of everything else that's going is enough

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  something in 15 hours on your own and in 10 with a friend, and you get the ... 'm more organized — i've been taking notes on my beautiful new iPad and using Notion to track all my class assignments. i feel very on top of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  is to continue working on it when your pen has already started moving ... well. Once you start lightening the load, your hardware tries to hang on ... class than it is after getting a full 8 hours of sleep. Your body has

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  . I asked Kevin to share some of his thoughts on his MIT journey: how it ... courses, I began to see the layers. They let me take the course on startups ... motivation among friends to get stuff done (in startup speak: GSD.) Halfway

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  out that I need to get all four of them removed... And so on. Each ... - who is a super expert birdwatcher - invited me to go on a "birding" trip ... 5:55am on Sunday: one must rise early to catch the early birds

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  clubs, extracurriculars, and other opportunities to get involved as a ‘24 ... lies on a plane of your choosing. And then you can turn that into a solid ... "]extrude[/annotation]or [annotation note="remember your calculus y'all (just kidding you do not need to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  basement. I went to get water and two people were switching shirts in front ... you get to MIT. I've seen how this is true for some. But for me, the ... being able to be someone who lived 4 years on one hall, or even in one

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection notes A brief update from selection.

  

  Solomon '06 did stop by to drop off a copy of the new CD by Resonance, which ... encouraged by the quality of the deferred applicants that we will get to ... working on each decision: which students will be admitted, which will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2005