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• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  've been so heavily goal-oriented, focused on getting through to the next ... internship, doing the next best thing. But I'm quickly running out of nexts ... To set the mood: You and me - shallou   Looking back 2018 was

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  just pushed out so much work to get the website ready for the launch. We ... are all about. Maybe all you need is a 10-15 minute story to get you ... failures and challenges along the way as a community-building exercise to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  Hall. We seem to be going the right way. Follow the stairs on your right ... wonderful grocery store) will be on your left. Random Hall is next door to the ... Downtown Crossing on your way from South Station to MIT, the entrance to the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  good crosswalks, the safest way for me to do this is by going into the ... , on my way to work. And the most complex of these is the traffic circle ... mode of transport when the weather is (reasonably) nice, it's a great way

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  HASS is the one I look forward to all Monday, Wednesday, Friday. So I ... week passes so quickly, and the weekend is over in a flash. I don't know ... -postcard of Marlon Brando, which is nicer to look at than the green plastic pot

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  -wannabes were), I need to get my 8 units the old-fashioned way: PE classes. (I ... set to a wide range of modern music. We begin by teaching you the calls ... . The class is taught by Tabata Sensei, an 8th degree black belt and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  which again by the way IS REALLY FREAKING HOT, and the first time ... decided to make a snowman. This is the end result: I know what you’re ... ’re fun and quick to make. To get the smooth shape, we use a technique

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  students in a couple weeks, and the point of this assignment is to teach a ... minutes is like the blink of an eye when you're being considerate of your ... progressed is to never mention terminology before explaining the associated

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  getting a tour of the NYPD Cyberintelligence Unit organized by MIT's career ... exams or psets in the way. 6.177 and SP.800 happened to both take place ... meetings right before. On the bright side, we do get dinner cooked by an in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  the warmth still feels like a tiny miracle. Campus is starting to ... home to the 41 and see that the alignment chart is being updated, and 5 ... get a text that there's pad thai in the 52, and one of our DJ's is

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying ... Lobby of the Stata Center, the market is open Tuesdays from 10 am to 4 pm ... Next House. You can also get here by the Trader Joe’s/Whole Foods shuttle

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form ... report your coursework and grades. This is similar to the Self ... just the way they would appear on your transcript. No need to convert

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  because of the pandemic) are a great way to spend dedicated time thinking ... need to take some time to relax and recuperate before getting into the ... love (for delicious bread) by heading back. Seriosuly, the bread is so

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  hard copy of my schedule for the day. Here is a Google calendar ... , where Copernicus was writing to suggest that the Sun and not Earth is at ... , among other things) and the kids were all too eager to suggest ways for us

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  your housing all the way down to the quantum level. Rest assured that no ... first week of orientation, you get to go around and visit all the dorms ... all your stuff and move to a different dorm. The day after REX ends

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form ... report your coursework and grades. This is similar to the Self ... the way they would appear on your transcript. No need to convert them to

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• 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 ... about where I'd end up in just a few months. The only way to give each and

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The new wave-y pop song "I Should Be Allowed To Think" by They Might Be Giants begins with the lyrics, "I saw the best minds ... back to MIT for IAP was not the best idea that I have ever had in my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  ending!) Anyway, the best advice I have for you is to get really excited ... getting in) is not the defining moment of your life. You're only 18 years ... about how it's probably all for the best this way. That said, please try

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005