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• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  the senior thesis Mike Short '05 had to write to get his BS in Course 22 ... treacherous stream in rustic fashion. This is the best picture, so it goes first ... hiked from here all the way to the second peak you can see in the back

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  summer, all the way to August 1. However, our goal has always been to give ... According to the admissions profession's Code of Ethics and Professional Practices, May 1 is the "National Candidates Reply Date," the agreed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  fall off beneath the plane is exhilarating to me. It makes me feel free ... the way. It's pretty easy to convince me to go somewhere, and in fact it ... by how a fairly small puddle can suck all the heat out of your body

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  final, 6.034 Artificial Intelligence. The grading for this class is quite unique. We have 10 labs, 4 midterms -- each broken down to the Core section and the Spiritual/Right Now section. The final exam is there to provide

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  . Welcome to REX. One of the first things you learn when you get to college ... —littered with trees and illuminated by flashing, multicolored lights—the East Side ... from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  professor left the room, she turned to Danny and said, "Did you get the email ... posters. On our way to the tents, Karen randomly decided to jump on ... .100 (Intro to Comparative Media Studies). The professor handed out

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  point I'm getting to here is that this argument is clearly a far cry from ... you can argue and debate the guy until you're blue in the face, but is ... than he deserves, so let's try to reorganize here before anything gets

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language classes over IAP

  

  a day, five days a week, but the benefit is that you get an intensive immersion that allows you to take the second level during the spring semester ... January -- the intermediate period between winter break and the spring

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  (wonderfully blogged last year by Michael) is tonight. ‘Tis the season for ... one huge part of this independence is being able to say, “Hey, MIT, you’re ... random leaves ended up in this picture. It’s really cool to see the wind

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him ... curve. This curve will be what Gabe uses to decide whether he should get the vaccine or not. One potential policy implication is that we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  email to inquire about missing documents. The MyMIT tracking is up-to ... do is tell you that MyMIT is up-to-date and to be patient as we process ... are better able to serve the problems that we can do something about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I happen to know that girl (bus driver) and it is unbelievable the amount of ... accepted to MIT. Jenna's essay on the bus driver was one of many things that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  going? Well, not too bad. In a way, I can't seem to ever get away from MIT ... reason. Don't skip all your 2.007 labs to go tanning on the esplanade, but ... named because a railway president wanted his trains to be considered the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  ....answer some questions posed by the Daily Blog Prompt bot. Tell us about your ... ? Summarize some of the material you are studying in a way that is ... the right amount of torque to get the satellite in the right orientation

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  application, I wrote a sample blogpost in response to the prompt 'What is your ... ’m not going to be the best, then what’s the point in doing it? and in this ... doing all the things listed above, i decided to procrastinate by turning

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... founder of the Grameen Phone program) spoke to our D-Lab class a few weeks ... few weeks ago on the ways form logistics affect retirement savings Read

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  “It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... comments below civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  human being when the only news i get is from MIT Confessions... this feeling of being trapped in the Bubble is tangible in my failure to take ... at MIT, where so much is going on and you’re surrounded by so many

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  mattered. Embracing the unknown is always hard. But it's good to practice ... . Right now, it can feel like the most important thing in the world is what you'll hear in the next few hours. Your mental and emotional health are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  was mispronouncing the name of a continent, or the way I refused to call ... most of it is pretty mundane. The author of MIT Reuse Poetry takes Reuse ... Appearing shortly on the bench outside of the first floor nautical museum is a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015