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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  problem set and all the rest by myself, and I found myself going to my first ... knowledgeable enough to even be part of the class if I went to office hours. I was ... nonchalantly if that makes sense. I was used to being able to easily grasp things

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

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  created by the entire team every so often for you all to try, and then a ... from all over come to MIT to compete to solve insane brain teasers with hopes to find a coin hidden somewhere on MIT's campus typically over the

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  ’t change--indeed, it’s possible they won’t have to so long as the way we ... believe me when I tell them I used to be terrible at public speaking. I knew ... whooped in rounds by some pretentious kid in a suit, I didn’t want to ever

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  amazed by how well i'm able to bounce back and keep facing forward rather ... people being willing to help me do timed transfers in my experiments so ... is a hotspot for birders!) joanna always being willing to grab lunch

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  incredible things I've had a chance to do and be a part of - mea culpa, mea ... goodbye to Boston. I'll be back soon enough. ... -checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  't offered admission, you're just as amazing. I regret that we won't be able to ... . And now, with the congratulations out of the way, it's time to get to ... First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  airport we quickly stopped at a grocery store for food and the hotel to drop ... , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for ... greatness. We reported to the sailing pavilion at 5:30 am on Saturday

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  to be an actual adult for the night (I turn twenty next week. Yikes!). I ate way too much food and tried to tone down my age a bit by putting ... of her friends, and their kids (which turned out to be a surprising

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  , mostly because introducing myself is way harder than I thought it would be ... longer in high school and b) supposed to be somewhere (read: class) right ... % I think this one is going to continue being true, but I keep trying to

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  known for the [annotation note="the feeling of being overwhelmed by ... . I couldn't bear the feeling of my room anymore. I was ready to be at ... ^3 (Student Support Services) and the mental health hotline. And to be

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  , so they're going to ticket the event by invitation only with a ... how many people came to the event. That way, the next year, we can try as best as we can to find a venue that's the appropriate size. Also, by

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  , but what they grow to be” "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest ... energized by our diversity, with a meritocratic openness to talent, culture ... was feeling a more light-hearted, nonsensical post to take my mind of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  glance at the material once, then place it all by the curb to be recycled ... at this point.The only way to know that you can't afford a school is ... of harm's way; check out the banking facilities, check to see which

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  this entry might be a good way to lure people to sign up for overnights ... this term can be found here; it might be best to sit in on freshman ... should bring for meals, and perhaps the best way to get to campus; when I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  concerted effort to be more still this year. It also feels nice to be doing an ... Petey lift too. [Edit: I forgot Amber and MG and Audrey!] To be honest, I ... 't agree with either of those sentiments. I like to think IAP is a sort of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... pace, is that I am constantly being asked what I'm going to do when I ... know if I want to be an engineer anymore. I can't tell if I never even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  this class. For many there is a perception that the only way to increase ... scrutiny and examination before being admitted. PERIOD. Hats off to those ... much pain you must be in right now. You too need to allow yourself a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  MIT as a place they could apply to, be admitted to, and afford to attend ... do it the right way, and to this day, every morning I wake up and look ... -answering machine! (Not to be confused with a "question answering machine", which

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  get to glimpse my innermost(ish) thoughts. And by you, I mean the entire ... decided to go to MIT. In some ways, I am still surprised I got in to MIT. That's one thing some people forget upon arriving to MIT, I think: being

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  primal joy akin to ancient man being taught how to make fire on a cold ... don’t want to be stuck fumbling with a paring knife and getting ... ’t claim to be a food safety expert, but I can claim to know how to have

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021