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• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  with different themes. This year’s topic was Portable Windmills. At the ... students for a chance at a summer internship. Momentum was a truly amazing ... reunited at last.    5. I needed watermelon: I painstakingly dragged

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  Do you ever feel like you can't do just one thing at a time? These ... winter at the very least. Admission was just 10,000 won, which is a little ... . We had arrived at 10:30 PM, and there were still families trickling in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  The MIT Midyear Report is now available! You can fill it out now at ... at BHCC) A- AP Chemistry (self study / MIT OCW) Chemistry ... ______________________ and I will mail or fax them to you at that time." Some of you have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  UROPs. You've heard about them before, but here's a refresher. At ... at every new cut was a real "whoaaaaa what?" moment :) But though ... summer gig. A really cool summer gig. That was all. At the end of the

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  good bonfire, our group of five decided to take a look at what was ... into the place to be at night. Over a hundred people gathered around a ... , mother and son. At a call, two members of the family had to pick up the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  things at MIT? Where to live is a subject that is frequently touched on in ... . The living groups at MIT are as diverse at its students, so whether you

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  message from her asking if I had ever attended any classes at the Russian ... 's hard to accept brilliance at face value when, well, sub-A level grades on tests at MIT would beg to differ). In fact, as far as innate ability goes

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  Mary, and my status as the youngest child meant she knew my location at ... reactor design), and 10.213 (chemical engineering thermodynamics) all at ... amount of ethyl acetate at a given purity per year. Ethyl acetate is a very

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  like a crazed lion, tearing at every nerve ending within its grasp. I ... weeks staring at the ceiling, pondering life, pain, and the existence of a ... . Here at MIT, uncertainty abounds. The key is to embrace it and keep

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  combination of those). I'm not even a senior yet, but at this half-way point, I ... advisor yesterday, and at some point he said, "When the time comes, I ... looking at things through different lenses and rehashing them until they

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  people at MIT who want to help you, who are willing to help you - though ... ask, they'll at least help you figure out where you should actually be

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  it you'll realize you were never ready at all. Perhaps there's a lesson ... under their wing at the institute and, as their namesake implies, advise ... ), was a particularly important figure in my freshman year. I, at the time

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  study Marketing here at MIT, as well as cross-register for art classes at ... -Conner residents, take notice. Ana, who attended MITES at MIT, has also spent the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  closest with Tom DeWitt, a marketing professor (also on the committee) at ... project, look at these sites: • http://www.livingeconomies.org • http ... at least :) Cheers!

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  here, at this moment in time. Do you know how hard you've worked up until ... worked hard, and you were all exceptional at what you loved to do. That ... the hearts and souls of more than one admissions officer here at MIT

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  artificial intelligence or machine learning. At first, I was hesitant, because ... easiest semester at MIT so far. Don't let this scare you, prefrosh. MIT is ... just above my knees, which is the threshold at which objects become

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  . Last night, by special invitation, the Academy met at the house of ... saved at whatever cost. The fears of State Street and the prejudices of ... inauguration of Lincoln, and the proofs of moderate counsels which he will at

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  scientific community convened for the first time at the University of Chicago ... (this year, it begins at sundown on March 19). In the interest of keeping ... Iraq. Nevertheless, he aimed to resolve the age-old dispute by looking at

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the ... are a group of people at MIT who do this sort of thing all the time ... while you're here at the 'tvte.

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  The MIT Midyear Report is now available! You can fill it out now at ... "Subjects taken" box. For example: Organic Chemistry (via dual enrollment at ... you at that time." Some of you have graduated already and have no new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011