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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  is true no matter how you drew the vectors you picked for your zonotope ... parallelogram to the other end, you’re going from a side to a side that’s parallel ... , eventually you’re going to draw out of the zonotope. What this doesn’t explain

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have ... that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  may have complicated feelings that you don’t know how to name; that ... know Weekends, get it poppin' on the low Better days comin' for sure ... If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that ... to function properly. When you don’t get sleep at night, you end ... use the provided parts to make air cannon to get a ping pong ball to

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  to get into our (or anyone else's) headspace for your essays. One tip ... forthcoming cycle. There's no reason to start on them now, but some people like ... way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  hat to be a pre-show hit! So hold on Tim Gun, it looks like you are ... fashion class. Stick a solar panel to your shirt next time you dream of being on Project Runway, and get ahead of the game! And the game is just

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  chance. And now I'm wondering - To all of you who just clicked 'submit' on ... asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... repeated reassurances on College Confidential that my tiny error would not

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Apple store on Boylston Street. Although the store's actually less than a mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... delicious dim sum with friends in Chinatown. After gorging ourselves on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  central to your area, explore and get to know them. You are a temporary ... you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... questions and plenty resources on campus to help you figure out the details of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  pointers on how to find a date, things to discuss with your date, etc. They ... baby, how about I tinker with your software while you turn on my hardware ... 's get together later to converge. --Hey, I'd like to sample your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  how to perform each exercise. From then on, we dove straight into our ... to leave, which meant I had time to change and get to my next class on ... class by “stretching”—aka sitting on the floor pointing at your feet, or

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  corner. You’re excited about getting to finally be your own person.You can’t wait to throw your cap up high at graduation. But you’re also a tad bit ... meals. And the laundry you don’t have to do. You’re worried how the future

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  frustrating. When you contact your EC give them a little time to get back to ... still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in ... get it into your head that it's going to be hard, but everyone else will ... pretty psyched. Original list (which is to say, my perspective on life at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  cultures should happen on the day I was getting ready to leave one for the ... Corner Theater?! I seriously don't think you get how exciting this is. I ... Campbell is? Like, 50? And then what subset of those 50 want to get a book

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  I want to focus on my last Friday at work because it was one of the ... lucky enough to get onto a team. We teamed up with the RP lab (Rapid ... looking like this: The cardboard on the top was due to an event at last

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  (technical skills and mathematical maturity), before moving on to the meat with ... week[/annotation] based on my estimate of their workloads. To estimate ... based on how many of its prerequisite classes I'd taken. For example, past

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  , but also a call to action. No doubt, we wonder how young people with so ... treated disorders to establish a system of continuing care while on campus ... highest suicide rate? The answer to that question is: No, this is not true

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  fraternity/sorority and don’t have big productions to put on for your ... . No matter how much of a challenge your target audience may be to reach ... . Feedback – It’s nice to get honest feedback from a peer about how

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 722 applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010