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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  get to experience. The class is in TEAL format that focuses a lot on ... get hit smack in the face within a mere minute by a squash ball ... Two weeks of class have already flown by. Problem sets are perpetual

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  lobby. Rewind four weeks, to a field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I ... would inspire me to new heights of athleticism (although given his recent ... occupied with the crutches to hold an umbrella. So, by the time I hobbled

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  's never too late to check the IAP listings by today's date and attend an ... fall semester. Congrats to all the new 17's- sorry you have to take ... Oh how the months have passed- from fall season to finals season to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  you'll have time in the fall (your first week here) to register for ... , if you want to look at it that way.) I was in line at LaVerdes, looking for my debit card with which to pay for my peanut-butter cup cookie

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  immediately sent to NYC to conduct some school visits. I was so nervous riding the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the ... MIT receives; it’s not uncommon to have folks from Russia, India, China

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  This IAP, Cambridge defied its cold-weather stereotype yet again by not only refusing to snow for more than a few days, but by having ... was welcomed to Techfair by various collections of informative novelty

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  of rural Vietnam, inhabited in the day by water buffalo, seemed to turn ... games, explained to me in broken English by two girls. We were father ... Imagine a field where by day children play soccer among smoldering

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  by simply saying that the response to "What's the bridge like?" is not ... would somehow tie back to this quote, as we learned more and more about ... ) and how things we considered to be brief or tiny, such as paragraphs in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  everywhere. Many of these are "early returns"—desperate to get on campus ... freshmen get to explore the dorms, meet the upperclassmen and decide where ... so many Mikes in EC that Hat Mike gets called by his perpetual headwear

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  by itself, but it becomes a lot cooler when set next to the "I forgot ... . Basically 2.001 teaches you the stuff you need to know to figure out that ... problem to someone else suddenly makes the solution clear). Rick is in 6

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  to your second year than the "sophomore slump", and certainly much more ... This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only thing I gained this year was academic hardship." Sophomore year tends to

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  decided, for some reason, to leave a bunch of boxes stacked in our bathroom ... and head-scratching, because we were able to put them to good use. Also, Sarah '08 had a lot of fun climbing them. Getting up was one thing, but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  What happens when your whole life unravels? Well, if you asked me, I ... healed me. Looping together yarn in that simple way, hands guided by forces ... turn to this hobby time and time again when I picked it up at the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  by Cody C. '14 When it comes to politics, there is one argument that ... process by which projects come to fruition, and how very political those ... my time in school, and he told me about his efforts to get his friends

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  runners!) go right by the Phi Sig house. It's really pretty cool. I need to ... tomorrow. Tomorrow, I have to work in the morning, as I get to present to ... ; Questions Omnibus soon) while at the same time, beginng to work with -- gasp

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  Jaekyung listening to comedy programs in six different languages (as rated by ... [by Ken Haggerty '11] It's summer! Which means that yet another ... doles out various awards and honors to those who've made significant

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  whole thing. There will be plenty of time to go crazy and lose sleep once you get to college. =) Also, Sam asked: "I just wanted to know how MIT handles research with freshman. Do they get to use the same facilities as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is Interphase Edge?

  academic year to help ease the transition to MIT and to build community among new students. Any enrolling first-year student may apply for the program.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my top two choice schools!!! Needless to say, I did a happy dance. Still ... than when I got into MIT for undergrad. I knew I was going to get into

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a previous entry: I am no longer able to make it to the Penn State site of the ... math people. I'll be seeing you.To answer some recent comments: Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006