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• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  . At this moment, let’s do what we can. I believe a place to begin is by ... ways to come together to work on these challenges, for ourselves and for ... , current, and future students of the Institute will be able to work together

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  further research must be conducted to corroborate this hypothesis.   ... to be read each week for 20.102 as well as a final 45 minute group ... ’t an easy decision to drop a class, especially half way into the semester

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  everything works, and by showing them how to be kind instead of cruel, and ... Institute's history. At and by way of the ceremony, 1,054 undergraduates and 1 ... chose here because he wanted to be broken down and rebuilt, and sometimes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  promised to sign "one if by land, two if by sea" to indicate from whence the ... historical sites are. As is to be expected, they are clustered around Harvard ... , I should be able to check some of them out. [caption id

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  . Taiwanese nationality is by no means required to join ATS, by the way. All you ... + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by ... processed foods at the Harvard Fall Festival (not in any way related to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  , mom     One of the best ways to learn is to teach, both ... analyzed ~6 months of data from dogetipbot to investigate whether being ... There's a story my mother likes to tell about the time, soon after I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  still found out a way to have fun there. [caption id="attachment_73120 ... younger. When my kindergarten teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up, I said I wanted to be a Velociraptor. So this was easily my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  . It doesn't have to be —  indeed, most likely shouldn't be —  longer ... wonder (even though, to be honest, we probably won't wonder at all, since ... environments. To be clear, this isn't a specific pairing or set of narratives we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  from here when I lived on campus, so really this used to be my local ... semester, I'm lucky enough to be able to be involved again. It's honestly even better than last time. In a way, it's actually quite similar to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  nerds (yuck!) To be fair, this depends on your definition of nerd ... all, they probably would be willing to teach you how to do those things ... University, and if it’s not a good fit, those four years are going to be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  lesson in RLC circuits to the seniors in AP Physics. I must be getting ... 'm going to be honest with you, I cannot for the life of me remember the ... -deprived by this point, or had managed to pick up practice problem book or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  deferred? If you call in, we will not be able to tell you "the reason" why you were deferred, or "what needs to be improved," simply ... that can be seen by the Admissions Committee (February will not be seen

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  you trying to get your Regular Action application in by the January 1 ... ? January is the last testing date that can be seen by the Admissions ... , just be sure to designate MIT to receive the scores. Please do not rush

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  Roast, so the balloons had to be stored someplace during the week. This ... . If your initial reaction to that was "...um, what?", then I'll fill you in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  how some people might find it to be a little slow, but I personally didn ... to "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by David Sedaris, (hey ... Hindemith beat me to that by like 40 years), so I've been looking for a good

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  series of existential crises because i realized i didn’t really want to be ... . i used to think a lot about all the other paths i could be living ... feels like there should be an announcement attached to this life event

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  They say that the best way to get something important done is to do ... ’m desperate to avoid blogging, and I blog whenever I should be studying. At the moment, I’m supposed to be preparing for a 6.01 exam on circuits tomorrow

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  guarantee you that no matter what your interests are, you will be able to find ... to MIT, I've finally come to a decision about whether I want to be ... ).... and I've decided to be ME (get the pun?)!! Why you might ask? Well... it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  is read by multiple people, it goes to committee where it will be seen by up to 10 different people. Finally, the Dean herself reviews every ... ? ------------------------------------- Danish wrote: "I want to improve my scores by retaking the tests but I have

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  into lab sometimes and be startled by the Jibo that I sit near turning to ... anxious? When I’m by myself, I like to listen to music or watch BBC nature ... complication, one of my resolutions is to be more healthy. This means cutting

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019