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• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  do my part for the statistic that 90% of students have had a UROP by ... by semester or department and search for keywords. ((Side note: It ... there are in their speech. For example: did you know that children often

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  for a ten day immersion into the epidemic. Taught by Dr. Bruce Walker ... . It doesn't take long for our heartbeats to naturally fall into sync ... for the future: "I'm going to finish the FRESH program and go to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  swanky hotel in the early 1900’s, then it was a grad dorm for 70 years, so ... leave for class 3 minutes before it starts has been a game-changer. 3 ... my ID and being trapped in the lobby for all eternity. 2) White walls

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  studying for the same tests. Your schedule is like the food trays in the ... , but focus more on technology for the developing world, you can do that ... take a break from the weird food analogy for now. (Sidenote: if by now

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  that I had to fear for my life, which was already beautifully covered by ... had to ask for the school to not put me in the lowest classes. Their ... think it would be better for him to start at the bottom and work his way

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  the noises of the world, even for just a couple of minutes. It’s almost ... can happen if you just feel it in your bones. I for one see shapes that ... for a night. Often times, they’re even free! MIT offers so many free

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  there and felt my stomach sink. Wait, really? High school was easy for all ... junior college their first two years, for example, and do very well. In ... admitted here?” question in a very bad way. Everyone was ready for spring

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  week has been really tough and really strange for everyone on campus, and ... searched for the Boston Globe article that i knew would have been written. i found it. i read it. and then i searched for the MIT admissions blog post

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  , for fear of skewing election results) a statistician who moved from ... for Nate Silver; it was a public victory for scientific rationalism in a ... people showed up for this political statistician than for a movie star a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  didn’t end in .mit.edu, except for Google and a few random others. Late ... each set out to do our specific reporting! For me, that involved sending ... interview somebody for a news story, we have to look at the entire situation

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  sipping Trader Joe's 100% maple syrup from the bottle to make up for lost ... 'd be set for the rest of my life. The day before I left, we picked blackberries with my grandpa and built a tipi of sticks just the size for a four

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  . Winter break as officially started for me, so life is pretty good right now ... . She’s had to live with the mess for the past month). But last night, as ... Simmons for the MIT community. Often times these are discussions

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  wall. But it still wouldn’t prepare me for decorating and ... some fantastic art for your walls through the Student Loan Art Program ... ://listart.mit.edu/student_loan_art_collection. It’s a really cool program that lets you keep art for the entire

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already ... promise. There is, however, one analogy for which I cannot be completely ... Stata Center, I just HAD to take a picture. I've been here for only a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  we go! Psets are an abbreviation for"Problem Sets", which is the ... first pset for 18.01 (Calculus 1), a class that I wasn't having trouble ... , but the only ones that end in "2" and "5" This went on for a while

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  offer a statistic for those of you obsessing over the "chance me" threads ... - instead, check out Chris S.'s awesome entry. The essays are a chance for ... what I love, I - for better or worse - took it rather literally, and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  as well, but for now I am enjoying myself in the moment, even with the ... side, that also means it is harder to find people to ask for help ... ’m already looking for a job! Anyway, my classes are a lot of the reason I am

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  pathos for the metaphoric childhood of a scientific field. Yet, as soon as ... I'm convinced that this guy is working for Delta Airlines and will ... preparing for this. Guy in Seat 17A: What are you snacking on? Me (eating

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  a generally useless, chronological order. When you ask for a map ... train to look for my house. A woman helped me carry my luggage up two ... for days. I walked until the Japanese Ghost of Christmas Past walked up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  it for yourselves in the next six months. I can hardly wait. The ... been sleeping. The truth is that MIT isn't right for everyone. Some ... physical metaphor for your intuition) pushes you, but you struggle harder

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009