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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  surprisingly easy to get to: it’s only an hour away via the Fitchburg commuter ... deadlines that I never had time to appreciate and absorb the material. Some of it I’m just getting now, like Linear Algebra concepts from 18.06 that

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  just put the writing off. "Just one more day…I'll get to it ... for both, to maximise my chances of getting into one of them; these ... driven crazy about two pages before you intend your reader to figure this

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  juggling act feels. I also remember wondering how on earth I was going to get ... soon. In these pages, I hope to create something of a window into my ... was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  ? Parfaits. So, I hope that you have been using the blogs to get an accurate ... , claims to have the largest selection of cold drinks on the East Coast. I ... "hard coreness," so to 5p3a|<. We've seen it time and time again. Two

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  getting married to that person, having kids with that person, getting old ... picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is ... turns out not everyone comes out the second they get to college and not

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  total of over $50,000 dollars. They were able to get a whole underground ... that has some sort of entertainment value will get its 15 minutes of fame. And for this project, they got it. (Google "Dance Floor") But they also

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  my Special Relativity test required me to add (and subtract!) numbers with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a ... book, glanced at the first page, and felt my face melt into a puddle of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  , asking me to take a moment to vote for the idea that she and Divya '13 came ... today, I received an email from Sivakami '11, asking me to do the same ... projects involve MIT students being awesome and (b) they both relate to the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  project to reduce indoor air pollution in rural homes. We owe special gratitude to Zahir Dossa, whose class made our project possible; to the Public Service Center and the Legatum Center, which funded it; and to our host in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  that most people never get to the good stuff! Most of what gets taught in ... ;s a quintic formula that takes pages and pages to write down. But ... As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  it gets better, and allowing yourself to accept that is important as ... offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the rejected, I offer my condolences, and the best of luck as you apply to other

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  meantime. Listen to Wikipedia, where changes to Wikipedia pages ... that make me happy. (Props to you if you get all the references. A couple ... process to being on campus, when you are starstruck. Starstruck by the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  lassis for the staff, to go along with the Indian food we had from India Castle (one of 13 Indian restaurants within a mile of MIT, according to Yahoo Yellow Pages). Today, Marilee gave us a day off to rest and catch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  get used to. Eventually, I made the decision to attend MIT—how could I ... and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... prodding my siblings ever-so-often to end their summer vacation and return to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  group together! We quickly made a Google Doc to brainstorm a list of food ... : get the main thing (you'll know what it is)."]various soup noodle dishes[/annotation]to ... favorite food. We had a larger group of people, so we opted to get a sushi

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  I'm back! Here are the answers to some common questions that have ... topics. For the best source of information, please visit web ... the deadline to accept MIT's offer of admission? You need to return our

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  that only gets seen by some poor undergrad grader. I was tempted to write ... this, I was really worried to get back my 8.02 pset. You'd think that if ... about physics.) Well, my 8.02 grader had written. Welcome to physics. Get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  , and he was able to get a really great vantage point to take photos the ... best measure would be to get some sleep and just watch the fireworks from ... to go down and get as many free tickets as possible for anybody

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are the deadlines for first-year applicants?

  at our more detailed Deadlines & Requirements page as well. The ... the application, you are still able to add them by following the “Add ... exam results after you submit your application, you are still able to add
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  % effective!): A PSA to all MIT students with uteruses: YOU CAN GET AN IUD FOR ... thing and if you're considering getting an IUD, then you don't have to go ... people as this is to me, but I honestly didn't know that I could get an IUD

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018