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• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  Friday by 11:59:59 PM. I love assignments due by email. :-) I still need to ... desired, but it can be quite helpful for freshmen to take a variety of ... encouraged to post more often by various folks around here, so I think one way

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  to alignment, so even a tiny misalignment (e.g., from breathing too ... a video of a monkey reacting to a magic trick, that's exactly how I ... need to do per computation. Single-Photon Interference This effect is a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to ... for the semester ahead, we took a break to look at the stars (which you

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  whole brevity thing." This is sure to be one of the prouder moments of my ... and organizing data to send to Andy in Switzerland so he can keep getting his funding for grad school. Woohoo!

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  sympathy. I'll probably just be a jerk and say something like "I never get ... ever I willingly failed =P) and told me to sleep "a lot" and come back if it gets any "worse." WORSE?! So I guess I'm not used to being in this

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT ... what you would like to major in, you may also want to take a look at the
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  , and I'm going to spend it having a blast with the people I love in a ... . Don't go comparing yourselves to other people who did or did not get in ... game. It's not a good way to spend your time. Go have some fun. Enjoy the

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  Try to concentrate on assignment Fail Browse memes Try to concentrate on assignment again. Fail Browse memes Get hungry Eat all food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  series of puzzles, but what exactly a puzzle is is kind of hard to define. It’s like a Sudoku or a crossword, but you have to figure out the rules in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  affected by so many different factors. (Note to self: take Weather Machine ... - if you aren't the sh*t, you're not going to get into MIT. Having said ... applicants who apply to MIT each year, we try to build a class that represents

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  Imagine a field where by day children play soccer among smoldering ... had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... don’t seem to have any pictures of this fabled field, but Mai Chau is a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Another FAPtatsic Start we're juniors?!

  

  sheets making door signs for the freshman  getting a LOT of cardboard ... intro video. Others, a cringy atrocity. Continue reading to decide ... interdisciplinary, and also decided by the fappers, to maximize their enjoyment of the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  't know what I thought would happen to me: that I'd freeze? That I'd get ... really not a big deal. Whether I learned integration by parts in high ... in December for me to wear shorts three days in a row, and when the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  everyone else's blogs. I would be happy to get feedback from my readers on ... on what it would be like to be a hacker at MIT, the actual accounts of ... whatever "being an MIT student" is to them - just a modified version

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  even want a shot at getting into these classes”. Well, this was news to me! I was left scrambling at the last minute to try and get into a ... darting from office door to office door trying to get someone to make me a

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  some data into something a bit more fun to play with. ~~~ http ... ). Mouseover a data point to see the number of undergrads from that state. Now ... projects and a writing portfolio and all that. Now I have no finals while

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  my activity coefficient away. He explained to us that this was a ... the classical style, you have to prepare the 7th degree of a chord in ... pset due in at 2 PM, this chorus tends to take on a special meaning

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact information securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  , though, it can be a harder question to answer. Our profession requires no ... to a lay audience. I don't operate heavy machinery or conduct ... me to join a judging panel featuring Peter Dourmashkin, a beloved

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Getting My MIT Decision on Pi Day Pie a comic

  

  this comic was inspired by the pie invention scenes in Waitress the Musical

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2018