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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  nation's economy (by ensuring that people actually get up and go to work ... seemed to be a brief moment of clarity amidst an opera dedicated to counting to infinite, programs being folded into paper planes and thrown at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  . Because the movies are made to be watched by Spanish speakers, and not ... . I’m still a long ways away from being confident enough to call myself ... last 6 years. You’d think by now I’d be at least vaguely proficient, but

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  about my UROP. By the time I finished, I decided to not post them. As is ... are there. Next we have "apple," and what I presume to be "apple" in ... the same way I refuse to abandon light mode switch from Apple Music to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  stormed off to Red Mango by myself, and I had a wonderful opportunity to ... a tour of MIT, I might be giving it to you!! Come say hi!! Also, I ... For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  egalitarian in that way. We really want to do our best for the students and ... visit. Not being constantly out of the office also allows us to put ... Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, among others. I was planning to use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  . Thanks! I stopped by the Academic Resource Center the other day to ask ... that it will be up here May 1. They also said they'll be mailing it to ... wow. Macgregor seems to be a nice place to live. Are the dorm rooms

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  '12, not to be outdone, responded to the above by building a “short ... this class. I'm already 3% of the way to completing 8.07! Don't give up ... Studies: Dropped. -Intro to Black Studies: Turns out to be surprisingly

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  .001, 6.001, etc. While this can be a great way to get your feet wet in a ... 'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home ... start with some other subjects, but that can be hard to do first semester

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  waving sparklers (thankfully, this hasn't found its way to YouTube). I was ... ; a year older than her charges, would certainly be reassured by the ... something to be said for being able to get from Mass Ave to Kendall Square

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  of hard work by the records office staff to get it that way. Admissions ... 15). Mail Services sorts the mail and brings it by the bucketload to ... all of the documents therein are yours, that it is ready to be evaluated

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  carton of milk couldn’t possibly hurt, he made his way to Shaw’s, a grocery ... an MIT student, he bought the milk carton and made his way to his floor ... open to make omelet, shrieking vegetables chopped into tiny pieces by

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... , there seemed to be an overall lack in drive….. It terrified me. In all ... hadn’t gone to two different high schools, and that’s why I hope to be

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  with it and assented to its claims. 5. Notes of a Native Son by James ... words with my own pen. "There is a strong argument to be made," Ta ... . It is eerie to see an open-grown oak surrounded and shadowed by firs

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  you unconditionally here Feeling like there’s no way you’ll be able to ... would be better for other people to just write a blog for me (although ... pset to paper to exam and before i know it the semester has gone by and i

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  we took part in. My parents are worried about me going to CPW by myself. How do I make them feel assured that I will be okay? I went to CPW ... .  If you cannot find a Medlink wherever you are, try to make your way to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  scene. Autostitching can be used to make panorama shots and even "mini ... Research paper The final project generally had to be a model that attempts to reflect an aspect of human cognition in some way. Unfortunately, I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  due to excess carotene. So, I'm not Jewish. Not that there's anything ... . From: Jordyn To: [email protected] Date: 10/5/2006 1:24 PM Subject ... holding a fantastic event TODAY in our Sukkah on the Kresge Oval. We'll be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  graduate school to being a professor, or from medical school to being a ... would be huge: Go to college. Go to graduate school. ??? Be a ... first). I was lucky to get the opportunity to be here. And while luck may

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  your own life, and not be told when to go to bed and what not to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home that’s ... class ranks or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  candidate is also wanted by a coach, can this really help?" John, to be ... that asks you to ask me questions. I can always be reached via email at ... generally feel as though we're being prepared to solve problems, and in

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006