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• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  with?) Part of my problem is that although in life, I'm generally a ... ) minutes and then go to bed. But if I start a book, that book is getting finished, that night. Partly, this is because I'm lucky enough to be a really

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  mater. For Sylvester, who introduced the term, a matrix is where a ... ”, which I think is way more reasonable. In Tagalog, mathematics is sipnayan ... think this is way cooler than the alternative matematika, tracing back

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  one So I left, that is it That's my life, nothing is sacred I don ... people around. but, this is supposed to be different, right? i am in ... in some cases, this is true; some of my graduating friends are sticking

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  wondering what's happening to your applications. The honest truth is, we're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is ... every one of you a fair chance is to read what you've presented to us, and

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  strawberries, which was an awesome, colorful, goopy mess. If DNA is nothing new ... interested in the nucleus of the cell, which encloses the DNA. Your DNA is a ... on to your children. Instead of paper, it is written on a long string

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  universities really be? This time, that extra perspective is not mine, but that ... style is flexible enough to suit your diverse academic needs (spoiler: it is, unless you aren't looking for flexibility), then you're in luck. If

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  requirements. But AP seems to be the American standard. Which one is preferable by MIT?" IB is generally equivalent to AP in terms of academic rigor ... time.' Is this statement as literal as it seems? Simply, not considering

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  ) considered? If yes, how would you evaluate them? The grading scheme is ... -US grading systems. In fact, your system (O/A Levels) is probably the grading ... 't find information on it there. This is a program I'd like to write about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad ... seeking is useless. what i mean is that you’re an unfolding process. your seeking is one beautiful, important part. every day changes us. the things

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  listening in on breakfast conversations. “The curse of this degree is that now ... at night, and since our mealplan is open to anyone we can have upwards ... chill week, which is a week filled with events for new people to have an

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  't put a finger on why. Everything is ever so slightly more tiresome: each ... oddly still, like time has slowed and all that’s left in the world is you ... feeling bad is circular[/annotation]and probably not a good way to move

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also ... write. This is harder than you might think, as was learned by a man who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  last on campus Thing, which is almost always late into the evening. I ... rusty old bike is 19 mph; I wonder how fast I'd be able to go on a sleek ... inbetweenness of September is just so... gray. Today it's raining again. Normally

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  most of all, we want it beautiful. VC-talk is speckled with grandiose ... current world is not good enough, and we need to strive for change, and we ... future, I don’t think it’s quite deserved. The future is not so different

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  ; specifically what comes to mind is the Schachter-Singer theory, where the ... itself and (2) the interpretation of that arousal. Obviously this theory is ... from something I know is good for me, but I know it is not what I need

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  open stores and the outdoors; this is mostly true for adults as well ... student to the structure of regular adult life? one answer is to avoid ... another possible answer is to leave school but to not move on. my friend

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  that my internship is wrapping up tomorrow, I'm reflecting on what I ... mean is, if I weigh compensation as a heavy factor in choosing what to do ... somewhere that is fast-paced and making important strides in a high

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  , this is the result: the samurai’s sword (left) slashes straight ... will not last. if your blade was too dull, that is because you yourself ... illusion, the struggle in the bhagavad gita is about conviction and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  indistinguishable blob. this is a familiar experience, the feeling of days blending ... reminder of death. this is the mirage of novelty, and it has a simple ... memory results in a confused recollection of the entire group. this is why

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  that it was homesickness.  homesickness. that being away from home is so difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on ... week. it is an amazing place, with lots to do, but the weirdest thing

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022