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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  According to my favorite website ever, StatCounter, somebody from ... decided to take matters into my own hands and e-mail Professor Christoper A ... :06:10 -0400 [08/02/05 17:06:10 EDT] From: Sam Maurer To: Professor Christopher A

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  walked around for three hours. Then, he was off to do soundchecks. A few ... Black Eyed Peas played to a sold-out crowd at the TD Banknorth Garden. I ... besides, I hadn’t been to a good concert since the Rolling Stones were in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  struggling to take it all in. Don’t get me wrong. I love it here already. Sure ... college is a time for reinventing yourself, so why not start by trying ... happened to me in these two and a half weeks in just one measly blog post

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  going to code in Johnson Ice Rink surrounded by a million other people, so ... on the submission website. "Affirmations" has been a running joke ... -dead, "I get better every single day..." My roommates and I decided to join

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  (or EECS). His website - ThePlaz.com - also has a wiki, and on this wiki ... . I did not want to repeat a class – that would put me way behind; I ... had to memorize the process. This put me at a disadvantage at MIT; my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  decided to chronicle my weekend! This will be the first of several "a day in ... another friend 2 while friend 1 was in a meeting 7:15 pm – took the bus to ... activity 9:54 pm – went to a Salsa Night at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of ... by Nina L. ‘19, about her Friday night. Tonight Lujan and I went to Harvard Square to get Dominos. We had decided we needed to get away. The

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  want to get a UROP for the spring? Should I take another technical class ... to notice much else. Thankfully, just a few hours after putting my ... was on a plane headed back to sunny southern California. My parents and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?

  , and tailored feedback offered by the popular nonprofit learning website ... Students can prepare for college-entrance exams by going on an online ... questions from past SAT exams, as well as videos with step-by-step solutions
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  schools, but make sure you like ALL OF THEM. You don't want to get into a ... a hotel in Portland Oregon absolutely surrounded by prefrosh. Why am I ... discuss a broad, general aspect of admissions that is relevant to each

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Around November, a crazy idea nested itself ... experience (thanks to a lot of instruction) to work a little on my own before ... students came in to build their own speakers out of MDF as part of a class

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  to call out BS, animated by an earnest belief that there is a truth out ... like I was developing a sense of myself. That fall, I applied to a bunch ... in fact a terrible way to pick a college, and I soon transferred. At

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  emailed the president, Kathleen S. ‘19, to see how I could get involved. A ... explained by watching an example match. But I moved to Nevada after middle ... teacher as a coach, and we practiced by slapping tables (since we didn’t own

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  formula to exist.  Galois theory is related at least by analogy to a ... by no means all!) natural phenomena occur due to the accumulation of a ... As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  blog" by Amanda Frye, MIT '06 Spending a year at Cambridge has been an ... , "I would never do a program like that. I would hate to leave MIT for a ... experience. I think in some ways I've been able to develop a healthier

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  yeah, here is how to (im)properly get an independent study, a sequel to ... Email a third professor because you are starting to lose hope of getting ... professor in a meeting with someone  Meanwhile, get spotted by the same grad

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  ways, I was extremely jealous of him. He gets to spend the next four ... thought I would be giving all this up by coming to Cambridge. Seriously ... south yet. But thanks to the concerted efforts of a few dedicated people

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  , trying to remember experiences from CPW. There was a lot of information ... . Additionally, it could be intriguing to see how one student’s view on a living ... This guest post on LGBT life at MIT comes to us from Cory Hernandez

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  !) - published a letter to the editor from Folkers E. Rojas on February 28th that I ... past, and like some freshmen and sophomores still do: a place to leave after earning a degree. Then I came to the realization that I was unhappy

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  't have to work too hard on this project; i just had to get a decent score ... be a flagrant violation of rules to attend class, and a bad idea anyway ... time, i get acute vertigo, for example; a few times it's been bad enough

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022