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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  achievement in high schoolers. That's OK by Smith, who is manager at the school ... Hollis teen is a Presidential Scholar with a summer job at Google ... Hollis resident who is interning at Google this summer and will attend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  report is simply to get a sense of your senior year grades. It's one piece ... 't sure what method to use, by writing 2 answers on the paper, you actually ... ." Please remember that no one is ever admitted to MIT based on numbers. The

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  to give hints on what your word is. The hints should be subtle enough ... legs were both straight, or of the top wasn’t curved in the way it is ... with the way the π is cut, especially if you look underneath the middle

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  , following the Shaw's trip. My body is not designed to get up at 5am. To my ... fortunate coincidence) so I was able to get the individual house presidents on board. The New House 3 president asked me where we were planning to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  , this weekend is the one I've been looking forward to all year. Besides ... now, though, it's byooootiful. The kind of weather I'd like to ride my ... What To Bring To MIT Next Fall? If you're planning on having a bike, make

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  program. Sponsored by the good folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, the program provides scholarships of $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 to ... , Philosophy or "Outside the Box." To apply, you must submit the Preliminary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  've discovered that the best way to survive is by recognizing the small victories ... shock for this reason. I'm the kind of person who is used to saying yes to ... , "Dang, what did I do wrong? Oh the irony." MIT is hard. I'm not going to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedules are up!

  

  , and 21A.100 is required to concentrate (and let's all connect the dots ... Yesterday was the day that is usually my favorite day of the semester ... favorite day of the semester is actually the day they put up the full

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  will say, the best part of final projects is when you are done with them ... free! The live stream is embedded below. These products are designed by ... 'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  victim). Happy pi day! Brought to you by your social chairs + eva + anna ... (CONGRATULATIONS, Class of 2012! I'm way excited to meet all of you ... . Excited to get fitted for my dentures. Anyway, I'm still hosed, and I have a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  in what makes the most sense to you. I quickly assigned each bit to ... have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom ... 't the part where you cut down just yet. Instead, this step is dedicated to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  Yesterday was the final Friday of IAP. IAP went by so quickly, and ... suitemate at the dinnerware class (i.e. which fork to use, is my bread plate to my left or right, etc.). In the photo, Mitra is showing off the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  get extremley red and I would scratch it to the point where my skin ... try my best to leave and go to random cafes and to Stud5 (the fifth ... briefly, but going to Trident and sitting there for hours surrounded by the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  ’t. Once you get to the upper floors, A, B, and C towers are all separated ... college is quirky than by saying you live in a triangle? I had the room for ... MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  must find a way to get to Ogana Major on your own. He is waiting for you there. Be careful, though. Ogana Major is under siege by the Imperial ... Best Picture to Annie Hall. But these are just from the third draft of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  how well your classmate is doing. The goal, of course, is to compare his ... today? Skip class to work on the pset instead. This is great on timescales ... stroll to a speedwalk, or a jog, which is destructive to your steady

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  day has been exciting and full of surprises. I usually get to the office ... everyday, which is definitely preferable to a long walk or commute. From the ... sure that the person who does is willing to help you learn. Every few

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  . Life is hard; get used to it. And then I came to MIT, and I realized ... MIT, freshmen get to do things! Freshmen get to be the president of ... 's obviously Bad. What I'm describing is MIT at its best.) Here, you have room to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  . The best way to describe to you the way I feel about math now is through ... volunteered to help out the following year. (You know how it is, when you're in ... open to kids specifically. If you're visiting campus, stop by the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  ’re hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, you ... ; the relevant one is How To Actually Change Your Mind but I don't ... give it to you in the form of a short poem I found recently by Piet Hein

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012