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• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and ... blogging life. Which is wild to me, conceptually. On the one hand, because I ... where we are now. And you just made it 15 minutes, how bad can 7.5 be?" So

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  performed surgery on a pair of ferrets we had been studying - and I got to ... expertise to be very helpful (though hopefully I'll get there someday!), but I ... you can use your imagination to picture what it was like. Or better yet

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  your beliefs about the number 7.) I took this as a challenge to ... copious amounts of food, you need to rethink your definition of a ... and feeling full to the brim with celebratory joy, I started to get a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  to getting your first UROP that I unfortunately overlooked my first time around: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/how_to_get ... . Having the chance to get that coveted position in the lab of your dreams

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  favorites on New Year, so get me your entries by midday on this Sunday ... to scan it in yourself, though. Submit your entry either by leaving a link to it in the comments, or by emailing me your file. My email address

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass ... 250 C or when I want to sparge the water with helium to get out any ... magnetism are actually kind of the same thing, I started to get a little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  because in order to teach you have to know your stuff, and because through the process of teaching, you learn more about your stuff, and how others ... -generated censorship, or how people manipulate social media to suppress speech. While I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  qualifications, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to get a job at all. So despite my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I wanted to get paid, then offer me less than that—I accepted the offer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  focuses is placed on teaching you to SPEAK, rather than just read ... tries to mimic real life as much as possible, and you're not asked to ... drills that you're supposed to be learning into the scenario itself, so you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  eloquent since honestly I don't really know how to explain it, but sometimes ... I think I have to be? That is how the world works I hope you learned your lesson I did and it hurt That's how it works I question my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  town began to reassess its very existence, and how it could continue on ... , August 2nd! Snap to it! AND NOW BACK TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED READING ... pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed. - I actually was in Alaska

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  a point i could stand on to watch the sunset. i ended up walking to, i ... interested in seeing how it'd adapt to a virtual format. after spending an hour ... 're asked to pay attention to how our feet are in contact with the ground, to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  ...here we are). This past January, I learned how to code (again). On a whim ... pleased with how I did and was really, really nervous to get the decisions ... how to approach a problem and get childishly giddy when I figure it out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  last week when I was trying to get my [annotation note="On my way! to a ... department to sign on Tuesday, then on Wednesday they emailed out about how ... to occur around the first week of June. The '18s graduated on June 8

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  sincerely apologize if she wasn't able to sign your forms after I skipped out ... than Halley's Comet. Tomorrow, I will (1) wake up, (2) attempt to get a ... 10:51 PM, on the farewell eve of Infinite Activities Period: School

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  overwhelmed by work and school and the thought of having to get good grades for ... I took a break to focus on college and adjusting. I then felt ... getting jostled around, but you couldn't bring yourself to care because you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  that was posted on the railings at Lobby 10 was probably meant to confound my picture-taking efforts. It was on the second floor, and getting a ... . (Oh, and it's got facts and stuff on it.) With that in mind, here's to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT ... waiting for wifi access (especially on a retreat day where I was supposed to ... own. You might want to wait until nighttime and open your letter under

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to ... apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student who lost out in ... student forgets to return the piece on time," Arning acknowledges, which ... tank. It got infested with fruit flies, and we had to get it fumigated

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008