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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  In my continuing quest to obtain a teaching certificate through MIT ... , 11.125 is more likely to talk about whether the tests you write for students are formative or summative, and 11.129 is more likely to talk about

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  current roommate is also temporary, although you will get a chance to keep ... language halls) was completely random. There's going to be a concert here in ... . Unlike Paul, who was probably using his own computer, I am using a fancy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for the next 5 days or so. We hope to meet with 3 students from the University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  taken a class that would help me to solve this quandary. Here are some ... because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing to do except homework. This is especially useful since almost all of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of the most exciting things about being a student at MIT. The flagship MIT student research program is UROP. When you do a UROP, you find a professor
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a ... . It's a great way to escape the MIT bubble and get some (literal) fresh ... Seriously, this is a real occasion. People talk about never leaving

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  completion of the second quarter. Your school does not need to mail your midyear grades to us. Students simply list their grades on the FUN Form ... opportunity for you to update us on anything important that has occurred since
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  some hot sustenance from a Dunkin' Donuts and biked back to Boston as the ... So, my last few weeks have been no fun. To put it lightly. My main ... suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  get a summer break -- or have the opportunity to do internships, MISTI ... preponements, a fancy term for moving the exams to an earlier date. Preponements ... to work and study. The term hasn't quite ended yet! To give you guys a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... of what it's like to be a mechanical engineer at MIT, and something of ... game in a long time I am legit jealous I won't get to participate in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  , and a nice walk back from dinner, we ended up back at the dorm and I checked my mail. A postcard! We read it, I showed it to Laura, and then ... the way to dinner tonight we were discussing Adelaide '09 and her role

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you'd like to see what an MIT final exam is like, let me know, and I can post a ... I'm currently studying for what might turn out to be my last ever

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  to break my heart in a lot of ways. Anyway... Tonight feels like xmas eve. I distracted myself with a transition shave. It's supposed to say ... , anyway) - we'll be mailing in less than 24 hours. Wow. For me this is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new entries recently to keep folks entertained and informed). While I was busily reading application files today at the Diesel Cafe, I realized that a woman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when it's half-hidden under a thin layer of it. Stupid: when rain falls on ... about snow: Don't welcome it with a fire alarm and evacuation at 9

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have ... sure there is a single "right" answer to that question. I wish I could ... For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  To start out the new school year, I'm going to try including more fun ... writing text posts, but I just want to experiment more beyond comics and static images. And Lydia may or may not have suggested that I try to vlog

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out ... memo too. Now, if you're going to a biannual event involving an ... I just came back from watching MIThenge, a celestial phenomenon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  to pick up new activities to fill any available time, like a gas ... 's healthy for my brain and GPA to have a little bit more "free" time in the ... various commitments, I tend to punt a pset before I punt anything else

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now, the conclusion of our transfer admissions cycle, seems as good a time as any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008