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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  was based on one-variable calculus. Now, I knew the focus of the class was to teach you how to write proofs and not necessarily focus on the ... low on a homework before, and I honestly was so confused as to how I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  campus). CAMBRIDGE ON CAMPUS BAHFest This April, I attended my third ... and greet are below.      ON FOOT Cambridge Arts River Festival ... children is so rare on a college campus that it's refreshing to see them

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  never going to end. It seemed like all my midterms were clustering on the ... into two categories, and the amount I spend on each category is extremely different. For me, I spend the mass majority of my time on my Physics and Real

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  .S., getting on a flight to Milan was quite a struggle. All flights to the New ... thin layer on top. To a chocolate lover like me, it tasted heavenly ... sculpture composites of their members. We gorged ourselves on delicious pasta

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  out on not having to take any once again. Last semester, I took all ... an additional opportunity to improve your score on any section of one of the 4 midterms. I lucked out and squeezed a high enough grade on our

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  changed here. I have Professor Tegmark who, on the first day, said hello and ... get to experience. The class is in TEAL format that focuses a lot on ... Tegmark declared National Gauss Appreciation Day on September 13th. To not

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes ... set off on a cross-country road-trip. I was leaving that early because I ... a way that was considered “eerie” by Sam, took on a “summer father

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to ... , but if I can finish all of them, I’ll consider myself decently on my way ... :01, there were already 16 people on the waitlist for sailing. Sidequest 3

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  , after we’d each already examined every application on our own ... on MIT faculty pages. Nisha D. hails from Petey’s neck of the woods ... essay on her Final Fantasy 7 obsession. An excerpt: I don’t have enough

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to ... usually travel on a daily basis, I want to cover as much as I can. I want to ... day that I'm still discovering new things about MIT, even coming up on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  person on Twitter and learn about their interesting lives.” About when you ... be––I don’t even know when. But they will be on sale but it won’t be ... generally...I decided to try and work on people who were somewhat iconic and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  me (it tastes like autumn), so here it is (mostly based on this betty ... dish. Use a knife to draw a pattern on top if you're feeling fancy. Bake ... ) * * * * * * * over IAP i took a class on software-defined radio taught by MIT Lincoln

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  . We had bathrooms on every floor of the dorm building, and they all ... went to the bathroom on our floor, found the guy at the end of the ... dining hall. It was a single large hall on the top floor of one of the two

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  to has involved me working on abstract problems with my head in a book ... and my UROP and not super engaged on campus this entire semester, which didn't make it a bad semester, just less bloggable. To touch on some of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to ... -page in-depth analysis on the tone of the main character’s dog’s whimper ... some random strangers speaking in German on the train if you don’t know

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  always count on him to share an empathetic look with, especially when the ... workout was mistyped as 52 times 2 minutes on the rowing/torture machine ... because I thought I’d be spending the rest of my night on the erg. On the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  grandmother on my dad’s side, which I only get to do when I visit my parents. We ... white shadow on all the trees. In the summer the cold settles between the valleys. Mornings are foggy; nights are cold. On the 4th of July you can

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  , 3 my fourth. Each student must focus on a HASS subject eventually ... academic future last semester. I was focused on the present and what I wanted ... made a job decision. But more on that another time. Why did I think it

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  I returned back to campus on December 29th, and as the Amtrak approached Boston South Station, I spotted snow on the tracks! As I stepped ... -covered sidewalks. I had yet to master the tunnels and navigate through them on my

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  on making yummy food, and making a lot of it. Cooking is a social event ... kitchen makes people stop on the way to their room and chat about their day ... all. There are 6 dorms on campus that don’t have a dining hall and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015