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• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  make?” I was, for better or worse, all too familiar with this “ultra ... many new abilities our hero Link gains in his quest to defeat Ganondorf. At a high level, it allows him to lift, rotate, and fuse objects

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC Presents: Black Panther 2

  

  staff members to make and distribute popcorn as well as water during the ... beginning of the semester. We knew for sure it was something we wanted to ... agency to see if we could arrange something, but as this process was going

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  proximity to so many different countries make it so easy to hop on trains or ... embarked on a journey to warmer, sunnier lands down south. Two weeks before ... Amsterdam, to an even colder city up north. I guess I'll count that as part of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of ... ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome prospective students.  It was supposed to be about my first time celebrating

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). As for the admit letter, it is unlikely to be ... 's early acceptance rate so low compared to other selective colleges?" Well, there are two factors at work here. First, we are committed to admitting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my ... cybernetics and himself a prodigy who went to Tufts at 11 and Harvard at 15

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for ... musicals (not to mention a brief mention of MIT). Soon after, we were wading ... transported back to my days as an MIT freshmen: the excitement I felt learning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  didn't get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and ... applicants: I know you're all anxious for Regular Action decisions, but I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  may comprise more than 20% of the whole. Try to assemble your "text ... On Monday, I managed to trip and fall down half a flight of stairs while running down to the Senior Haus lobby to pick up the Indian food I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  -14: Bae-Area Bloggers I'll arrive this afternoon, try to grab a quick coffee ... , before heading over to a celebration dinner for Jess K. '10 graduating from med school.   My flight was delayed due to ongoing construction at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  got back today. "Sam, please write neater. It's hard to read your hand ... This was a great day. Take my word for it. What, do you want me to prove it to you? Aww, here goes. Today I ate a grape lollipop that Save

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  want to hear your thoughts about my blog and I want to hear about the ... So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan ... Biomedical Engineering. (My mom hates it when I revert to MIT-speak; I can

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  questions. How To Respond To Your Offer Of Admission. I hear from the folks ... 'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind this: I challenged the other admissions officers to a "no-shave" reading

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  determined that it couldn't make it through, we were asked to get some kind of ... government) asking if we wanted to host a community barbecue in our dormitory. I sent out a few e-mails to gauge interests, then replied "yes." At a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  question. Never mind that your family cannot afford to pay for your ... financial aid to pursue your studies, regardless of your caste, gender, or ... funding. Imagine: 2600 years after your entrance exam to Taxila, you are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  QUOTE: "My advice to a high school student interested in science as a career would be to forget all the stuff they tell you in the textbooks about the answers. My advice to a high school sophomore or junior

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  use for the photography class I'll get to take next term because I'm not a double major anymore. Why did I ever decide to double in the first ... reasons. Pick your favorite one. -I love chem, but I'm not good enough at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  last's saturn okay i asked the bloggers to make a collaborative spotify ... from chipotle with the app, i will have enough points to get a free ... ), just listening to the soundtrack or watching other people play it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  ’t have to make my way back to Nairobi amidst these very uncertain ... long enough to actually work on my Computation Systems lab due in two ... friends- and I go back to bed.  [video width="640" height="1136" mp4="https

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  this is the third IAP i've spent on MIT. trust me, i really tried to get away, but my research called to me and i decided to forego a bunch of cool things i had applied to (externships, GTL) in order to go hard

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020