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• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  , a 2003 book on hacking published by The MIT Press. Little is known ... MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks. Long a ... subculture—providing a deeper understanding about intelligence, strategic

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  's not wrong. If you rewinded back to high school, a younger me (still just ... aversion to STEM continued as I went to college and pursued a major/minor in ... myself. I've been surprised to learn that there is a community of students

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially ... fellow adMITs. my daily routine consisted of waking up, making a matcha ... regular day, to a CAMPUS with PEOPLE  e v e r y w h e r e was so much

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  pressure (self-inflicted, to be fair) academically and a lot of difficulty ... overwhelmed by work and school and the thought of having to get good grades for ... I took a break to focus on college and adjusting. I then felt

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  to tell but if a picture's worth a thousand words, then 18 pictures are ... does not have a license for Matlab! I have to use Octave! That's why my ... ) to do some of my modeling -- overall a pretty freaking sweet program

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  .” Okay, it’s actually supposed to say “one week ago” but it definitely wasn’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two ... a topic in mind to guide the conversation, I just wanted to see what

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , I responded to one such inquiry with the following: While there are a ... to read this blog entry that I wrote a number of years ago sharing some ... themself, including whether MIT is likely to be a good cultural fit.  The

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  to admit fewer than 20 students. It is a difficult process: as usual ... applicants, receive decisions via email from our office to the address listed ... chagrined about those we could not. As a former transfer student myself, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  one class, or make that three. I just took a test and I'm not sure ... QUOTE(S): "If I have kids, I'm going to name the first one "Control ... !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  . Online Communities. There's a list with links to various online communities ... Students admitted regular action have a whole bunch of new stuff on ... students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  's a picture of Harvard's Widener Library to serve as a transition ... seven floors. It's home to a GIS lab, as well as the resources of courses ... undergrad, there's a special form that I must get signed by a research

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  kid level for a long while, though.)Anything else? I was once quoted by ... : How walkable the city is. And how, once you've been here a while, every ... ), Annie HallFavorite food: A corned beef sandwich from Katz's deli, with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  ahead of me in school, was working on her college essay on the bus to a ... using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made ... applications I've seen. I thought about this for a while, and what I came up with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  so I wanted to fill it in with a different class. "Ok", I thought, "I ... though. I was actually excited! I was initially going to write a post about ... more abstract 18.100B to the more concrete 18.100A, which has been

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  have the opportunity to explore a diverse number of science, math, and ... -Chairs --- Feel free to drop a comment if you’ll be partaking in these events, I ... Hi prospective students! I’m writing to tell you about two events

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every ... 's honestly a rather pleasant way to spend an evening. Said the MIT student ... you can figure out how to do it without making them mad. Usually. 21M

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  instead. I'm off to make myself a sandwich and read about protein folding. ... to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  spontaneity turns out to be a disappointment. An artist I like retires to be a ... the world to have a productive but unremarkable career. So it goes ... -nighters in a row. I imagined what it would be like to live through stereotyped

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year ... skills, qualities, and experiences that should make for a really exciting ... of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  answer session. A New Jersey MIT freshman had come from her spring break to ... to Admitted Student Gatherings, social events for mingling with other prefrosh, current MIT students, and MIT Alumni. The one closest to me was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014