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• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  would post updates from my West Coast trip after I returned, so, here is ... students (you can read my trip reports for ISEF in 2015 and 2016). ISEF is a great competition that sends many alumni to MIT and is broadly aligned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  and the world." I quote: MIT is profoundly American. The Institute was ... time, and without the slightest sense of contradiction, MIT is profoundly ... with the travel ban, or to the people affected by it. What I do know is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  allowed five pages. I am convinced that there is an inverse correlation ... format, but are usually necessary. My first approach is to comb through ... cheat sheets is no walk in the park. They can take hours, predominantly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  firmly believe that Boston is severely under-explored by most MIT students ... , directly across  is the second-tallest skyscraper in Boston, and the ... is low enough to the ground to appear to extend forever - people on the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  , someone is always going to undercut you and counter your "I only got 5 hours ... maximizes the time you spend on problems, which is, surprise, what the exams ... guide. It's hard for me to admit that my studying is still inefficient

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  excuse of coffee since neither of us is a fan. One of his questions posed ... . And so one of my goals this year is to work on decision making. As the ... us is: It’s better to make a bad decision now than a good one too late

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  MIT is not about the challenges of problem sets. It’s about a ... the MIT buildings are truly random, and that this place is special and ... MIT’s location is urban, but not describe the intimate atmosphere of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  's going on?" Friend: "..." Me: "...is that a parade?" Friend: "..." Me ... surprising -- it is, after all, a port city -- but that's far from all that makes Seattle the city it is. For lack of a better word, it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... ago, so perhaps you might be curious as to how different life is for me ... . But let me tell you - working at MIT is a suh-weet deal. All the awesome

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to bright objects, awkward s pa ci ng between words and letters is visually ... ourselves with is the existential crisis of some whiteness. But when something

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  your type is, there's always a group of people who share your interests. Maybe your type is playing with foam swords in a ball pit. Maybe your type is going to a classy business luncheon and networking with econ

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  ways you can spend your IAP. The MIT Externship program is expertly ... dozens of fields, open exclusively to MIT students. Although there is no ... . Every externship listing is different—some positions require interview

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  Episode V? He replaced it with a robot arm. And guess what. This is a robot ... scenes. Just like those 4D movies where the chairs move and wind is blown in your face. Except this is with reading.   Another project was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  weekend. Because that's how it is in my head, let's go through these in a ... other than that it is very much an experience more than it is a show ... game of cornhole. "What," you might ask, "in the world is cornhole?" As

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  rest of the integration is trivial,” or that “most people are introduced ... -in-the-grand-scheme-of-time-and-space-type insignificant, as hard to avoid as it is.) 1) Stop. Collaborate and Listen. (Ice is back with my brand new invention) 90’s song references aside… Be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  times that these tips are most crucial. Taking care of yourself is ... How not to do it. (A dinner from last summer) This is probably the one ... accompanies sleepless nights. People will have competitions over whose week is

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  One of my NRAO friends is a big fan of the band "Drive-By Truckers ... happy to tag along. (It is very telling that when the crowd started ... looking at?" he asked. No stars, I replied: my friend is studying Saturn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I ... effects is so paramount in my life that it surprises others and myself when ... perspective for at least 45 seconds. Here it is, if you've missed it: "When

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  My hope is that in the next p-set and class-filled 48 hours, I eat ... month, what makes me feel guilty (and thus what makes me post again) is my ... reason I'm writing this right now is because Snively '11 sent an email to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  that there is such a thing as a stupid question (the answer was right there on the lecture handout). That being said, he was - and is - one of ... Undergraduate Teaching, the nomination and selection of which is determined

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011