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• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  the last several months, as you have been waiting to find out your ... staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... different from yours. This opportunity, in fact, may turn out to be the one

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  Head) came up to shake my hand, saying, “Thank you for your leadership in ... the future of MIT.’ Your presentation to Academic Council was one of ... We often think of innovation as tied inherently to engineering and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  ? Sad is when you get an undesirable grade in a class or your favorite TV ... death. There was guilt that the last text she sent to me promised to get a ... remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  Getting Home Instead of flying, my boyfriend Cory and I took a bus from Boston to New York City and another bus from New York to Pennsylvania to visit my family. After we got off the first bus we wandered

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  ’t get past resume screenings at most places I applied to, my GPA was still ... hope you all are safe and well! Here’s what I’ve been up to in ... got too addicting subscribing to Disney+ only to be stunningly

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  There are definitely perks to attending MIT. For example, at MIT I ... may laugh, but you'll laugh for a different reason if you're a student ... an MIT student, you are held to a standard that other people just aren

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  up to get my act together. Showered, dressed, brushed teeth - booked it ... decide to look them up; they will not leave your head for a long time. Duh ... friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  parallelogram to the other end, you’re going from a side to a side that’s parallel ... , eventually you’re going to draw out of the zonotope. What this doesn’t explain ... What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  , or your computer will probably implode. I'll have everything back to ... going to get unless you took 15.655: Power and Negotiation in MIT's world ... -looking hallways have been fenced off. But the 12 euros also gets you entrance to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  You'll get another new entry today as I work on my 20 page paper. But ... . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan ... " but "Friderick." 3. The male emperor penguin must hike 80 miles to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  ’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student ... part activist. We called our first meeting "Bring it to the Table." We ... well as space in CAVS to meet, and we arrived early in order to prepare

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  ways a video, and you don't get to see still images all too often. Unless ... standard 18-55mm lens. I wanted to get a new lens to be able to try out new ... ).   5/10/23The pain of getting older. I was set to leave for Seattle

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  an equality, and here is that example: Take your set $A$ to be the set ... )\cdot (\text{inches}^2)\cdot (\text{inches}^2)]^\alpha.\] Hence, to get ... $. I.e., can you use integration (as opposed to discrete sums) to get rid

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  Stoots. Be sure to hire him for your next major concert. I try not to endorse ... 't really get it either. After the presentation we all got to go right over ... terrible, torrential thundersnowstorm to get home (if German can merge words

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  , trying to get my body to move in ways I never knew it could. The whole ... rare observation because I think it’s often hard to notice change in ... literally moved my whole life to Boston T H E  R O U T E  H O M E Before

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  rolling backpacks and headgear. It's not that my throwback to the early 90s ... getting places quickly, maybe, but not so useful for getting places looking ... haven't rollerbladed since I was much closer to the ground. Speaking of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  sure this is condoned. Just to get everybody in trouble, clockwise from ... 't get over this. Fortunately, the videos were preserved. When I hopped ... the background. I got my plane buddy Philip '12 to pull Tim the beaver

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  for over twenty minutes...) so the doctor left and I wasn't able to get ... order to get to their favorite restaurants. After a couple days of touring ... adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  was going to Yellowstone and I was going with them. If you're taking a ... never blogged about it. Well, I'm going to now, because someone asked me ... in a pre-orientation program they thought I'd be able to help. Instead

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write your college essays. I just finished working with the MITES and E2 kids so this subject is both fresh in my mind and timely for yours as the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011