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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  optimization problems by Sunday.”[annotation note="to be fair, we do also read ... more classes to graduate, exactly enough to be a full-time student, and I ... ’t go to rowing practices. This means my UROP is my main organized

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  Mateo, we’re at booth I22. If you’re around, feel free to stop by! It ... recovered in a year) More on this later, maybe. If you want to sign my cast

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  enough to require shade, so I moved from tree to tree as the clouds shifted. I watched professors walk by, canvas messenger bags at their hips, wrinkled button-downs. In the time intervals uninterrupted by traffic, the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  is by no means the end. Many MIT students have been deferred; you can ... may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don't know what to call; that's okay

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And more importantly, and more to the point of this entry, some shirts I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  Triforce was created by three Goddesses to serve as a symbol of their sacred ... back to one of my favorite video games from when I was a kid, Zelda! The

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  If you're old like me, you'll remember a classic episode of Saved by ... nerd, Screech, got sick and Zach had to help carry the team. One of his ... -vehn-se-nup' But given that science likes to redefine itself every so often, it may

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 MIT Admissions Statistics Summary statistics from the past year.

  

  By popular demand, below you'll find admissions statistics from this ... summer. I also hope to post an enrolling class profile and more statistics ... ,370 students deferred to regular action 295 deferred applicants admitted during

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  VSEPR Google News is the best.

  

  extraordinarily busy (and short!) week that I will describe to you all in detail ... down by the river. Seems like nothing has changed since then. I know this because I set my homepage to Google News. I only did that because I didn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  immersion that allows you to take the second level during the spring semester! These classes are limited-enrollment and available by special lottery only ... sure I'll do it. I'm excited! I've always wanted to learn French.

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Trick or Treat! Smashing pumpkins, and no I don't mean the band.

  

  chunks go in the radial direction when it crashes to the ground? Answer ... . Now I must admit by the end of the evening, I did have a slight crick in my neck for staring up the whole time, but I still managed to have fun

  • by Bryan
  • November 2, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  , classrooms, and labs radiate from here. Whatever you do, stay to the right when ... seasons go by.) When this happens, the setting sun can be seen from the far ... , a reference to Stonehenge.
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things ... ,[/annotation] the massive flurry of dormspams as clubs begin to campaign for ... can pretend to be friends with each other in a 30 person class.  The

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  "I think that I could make a black hole," Carl says. I raise an ... bottle to mix them in. And then...BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" He whisks his hand around in a circle, to mimic an accretion disk. *     *     * I met Carl

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  decided, in a last-minute change of plans, to make our event now centered ... making progress. Not as much as I had hoped, sure, but still enough to be ... I’m no cook when it comes to normal food, but if stupid ideas were

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  to be applying to MIT, for you will not be judged entirely by the ... a writing class and wanted to share his experiences and insights with ... to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  abilities. This all, however, isn't sponsored by MIT though. I had to go ... Square to New House (well, more accurately, MacGregor*, but close enough ... . *blushes* Last year, I posted Taiwanese pop songs to "encourage" the EA and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  's house in Kentucky as I write this. Thanks to the people who wished me good luck on finals! The reason I'm writing this entry is that by now, those ... process. I've made some effort to keep up with current events in Admissions

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  , no, it doesn't make any sense to me). Good luck with the rest of the ... So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and, realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  applications. Last year, it was 17,909 to be exact. And we don't just see them ... several times by various committees. In other words, an application is usually read or seen by several people, multiple times throughout the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011