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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  referred to as J-Lab, because it's usually taken by physics majors in their ... STATISTICS Expose a "counter" to a gamma ray source, and make some statistical ... four semesters left. 2) I have to declare my concentration (every MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  by bus) and went to L.A. Burdick, a store known for its delicious ... fall asleep -__- I know this entry is kinda short, but I wanted to make ... , post-6.046 exam. I know that before I came to MIT, my impression of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  , it really doesn't take much to make me laugh hysterically). On the off ... semester, MIT undergraduates are flooded by e-mails reminding us to fill out ... due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a

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

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  generated by ChatGPT (for example) tends to be fairly generic and plain ... may want to go into more detail by exploring apps like ChatGPT in class ... -ended queries similar to those typically offered by instructors, responds

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  busking by the mall. Even the art sings to you: this flower by the Space ... I was walking to the Pacific Science Center with a friend one afternoon, hoping to catch the 8:00 Daft Punk-themed laser show in the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  intended to major in here at MIT. [annotation note="Of course, it makes sense ... favorite movie. If I saw or heard anything Tarzan-related, I'd beg them to ... my residual fascination with Tarzan contributes to how much I love the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  -Japan works – you apply to the program as a whole by November or so. After a few ... This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the world am I? Two days ago I won a prime cut of meat by winning a game of

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  small dashes of whimsy make it go from a list of puzzles to magic. The ... campus for a weekend, to do things, which are limited only by what the writing team decides to do, not by hunters’ willingness to do them. And so

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  the issue with this bit of logic: "I was going to tell you to make the ... How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of ... same sequence of notes. There is so much I wanted to do for IAP for no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  ... congrats to those who got it! COOKIE MONSTER by Marcy Levey, Brian Tivol, and Roger Barkan First: Recognize the various cookies used to make the ... job to stop him! At 12:17pm today, hundreds of hunters gathered in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  awesomeness that make me glad to be at MIT (not to mention projects like this ... place to watch the fireworks in my next entry." Without further ado... 1 ... topic by a couple hours. I think he has my office bugged!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the regular deadline to ... for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to ... cost, I recommend taking three SAT IIs in June. I encourage you to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  major, biology, 'useless'. Shocked, I asked her to elaborate. She felt that the impact an individual biologist could make was negligible because ... 's a terrible metric for uselessness.) But the same is true, to varying

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  was able to get by without actually having to do work. At the time, it ... this semester that make me wish I had paid a bit more attention when I ... fickle and annoying and COLD." I remember my parents jokingly asking me to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  trigger. 19. Discovery is making a snow angel. 23. Discovery is going to a ... effort to make the room less bright for sleeping roommates. 44. Discovery ... outmaneuver any NYC taxi. The Motherland. I woke up last morning to the slow

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  clathrates to make the shipment of liquefied natural gas safer. Currently, it ... shipped in specialized tanks over long distances. By making a natural gas ... that his supervisor was not able to make a natural gas clathrate, but he

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  time do you have of making new friends and getting to know new ... Rush week." Pass/No Record is what you make of it. I'm not here to talk ... cases, you cannot do well by not going to lecture or not turning in psets

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  do to help us (and you) is make explicit in their letters any ... often submitted by a counselor or school official alongside the required Secondary School Report. We have always said that it is most important to get
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu 18,109 students applied for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  annually by the Sigma Kappa sorority). Below are links to a brief sampling ... Charles river. In addition to excelling in his coursework, Joey happens to ... passion for physics at MIT. He chose to study here at MIT, but that doesn

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011