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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  sharing and appreciating passions, regardless of major and background. The ... limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... , that it seems as if we are all part of the progress. When there is an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post from the MIT Alumni Association's page that caught my eye... The Great ... by the Book, which can be found on the second floor of Hayden library

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  wasn't a result of sleep deprivation. I was bored out of my mind. The same thing will happen with Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, or ... Voyage of the Dawn Treader in my reading textbook in elementary school and

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  the benefits and challenges of applying to MIT. This is the first ... at the College of Wooster. This is the first time for me in a dorm in a ... conference of the Overseas Association of College Admissions Counseling (OACAC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  .01 exam. So on the back of my index card, after writing in all the last ... before the exam. (Despite the fact that I was always sort of afraid that a ... time of my famously long to-do list) I must have re-inked the fading

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  long time. Michael Hartl wrote the first version of The Tau Manifesto for ... /geometry (hopefully). Much of the material from this section is drawn from Michael Hartl ... around the circle) and diameter (length across the circle). The ratio of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  " come from the Thomson Reuters list of Citation Laureates (which has been ... ; Bengt Holmstrom (Economics) Theory of the firm | Contracting and ... in Courage" Cast your vote now on the MIT Admissions Facebook page!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  early. For the first leg of the trip, I hitch a ride with my dad to his ... ride itself, which has become my favorite part of the whole thing. In the ... This summer, I'm working part-time at the Division of Student Life

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  in the first reason. I’m less than three days away from my starting my ... . Which means, all I can do is trust myself and do what I can to the best of ... Wait. Why am I here?  For those of you who don’t know, I actually don

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  '00) and a current student (from the Middle East). Aside from some fantastic applications, the highlight of the day (for me) was my making mango ... . Tonight, I'm going to a screening of the Oscar-nominated short films at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  frequent the blogs would love to stalk learn about one of the new bloggers (: Hello everyone! I’m Kirsten, one of the four fabulous freshmen MIT ... seconds, we’re going to start a brief presentation on the life of Kirsten

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  three trips, the first of which would be the trek from Next House all the ... and the river, and headed south towards our first point of interest ... Shuli and I had taken the first time, but instead of heading into the Fens

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  C/4C Claire Nieman '13 On Sunday, 25 October, the cadets of MIT's Air ... first, let me start with a little background. The question I get asked ... 365 have 1-2 hours of class every week, where we learn about the Air

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  Pot Pie was stunning, sort of like the 100-page rant at the end of Atlas ... and dusted with cayenne pepper. The first time I slivered the crisp pink ... the mature musk of well-aged Costco-quality imported vinegar, followed

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that ... . The mission of the office is to provide excellent services and programs ... the academic success and personal development of undergraduates. Staff
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  skimmed it, looking for any mention of chairs. Nothing on the front page. I then turned to page 18 where I saw the title "Seats in Renovated 10 ... copy of "The Tech" after work today. I was very excited to get my Tech

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... It finally happened. I got Covid. Right at the last week of ... the equivalent of posting the rough draft. I had a close contact with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  name for a last name - essentially, my name consists of three first names - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... of the syllables "schla" and "nguy"*.) Having a simple yet so complex

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  'm enjoying it much more than I thought I would. The first or second day of ... (onstage), the time range of the costumes spans a millenia, and the whole ... matches my artistic outlet of choice--sewing! My now most famous work: the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  calc ahead of time was a pretty big deal. The first day of calc was spent ... 's move on please.) The first day of physics was spent reveiwing derivatives ... Mathematics pset, and that's when all hell breaks loose. Like the first week of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006