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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  are others. It is basically an introduction to programming in Java. I’m enjoying it so far, and I have to admit that it is a good feeling when your ... quite right. I’m not sure I will use Java in my future, but I suppose it

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  Whew. It's been awhile. Um...so what I've come to realize is that IAP ... 'll give you all a few days to work on it, then I'll tell you the funny story ... . It took us about 15 man-hours to solve. Finally, this puzzle was the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  sorority life at MIT (http://web.mit.edu/panhel/www/index.htm). Want to test ... are nothing like what the media portrays. I'll try to dispel some ... clarify exactly what a sorority is. According to the Panhel website

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  , five months. I've gotten used to moving quickly. I've gotten used to ... quickly. The other thing I've gotten used to is living alone. Up until the ... address, takes the next printed sticker, puts it on a tube, and hands it to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  contribute to better outcomes for students in STEM — it contributes to better ... —  and only for the reason —  that it is "narrowly tailored...to further a ... no other workable methods can achieve that critical mass. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  those entries. Instead, I want to focus on something much more grandiose, much more important––and much MUCH geekier. It all started, as most nerd ... poll on Doonesbury.com asking readers where Alex should go to college. As

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  /accomplishments can be useful, particularly if it is an usual pursuit or it requires ... that you bring to this process and your talents can be considered with ... to this process and your talents can be considered with your other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  awesome little class that I like to call Toy Design. Also, if you can wrack ... . Hasbro is awesome, they care a lot about what they do, and it was fun to ... Fair 2008." WHAT'S TOY FAIR!? I quickly did some Google searches I found

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  had to do on a computer but hey! It worked! I'm excited! I can use the ... Prefroshling, everything is numbered. Get used to it. Also, when I asked the ... thing to do. If I were to do it all over again as a prefrosh, knowing what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  , though, is to contact your EC before Thanksgiving, or even to do it now, if ... at no disadvantage.) If your EC has not gotten back to you, but it has ... important step. If your EC has not gotten back to you, and it has been a long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  can basically trip over fascinating monuments without realizing it ... declaring its independence--neither did the land it stood on. Originally ... leveled most of its hills in order to fill in vast swaths of land in South

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  to let me work for her nonprofit which seeks to use data science to ... , Courtesy of Geena B. It wasn't the start to the summer I planned, but it ... excitedly spoke of internships at Microsoft, Google, or MISTI, I frantically

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and ... homepage. I’d encourage you all to watch it if you’re interested--it’s pretty ... because you are not just given knowledge–you have to earn it. I’m going to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  can: “It is well known the drunken sailor who staggers to the left or ... ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred ... . but what if i don’t? i’ve been thinking about what it would be like to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  that planet are a little hard to acclimate to. It seems that this planet ... . And if you make it in here, you did too. And, if you are ready to work ... traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  every year for a few years, I suppose it's supposed to signify the first ... paths because, let's face it, MIT is a broad and deep place to be immersed ... 't it? And the wound is kind of gross too. Needless to say, a split chin

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  gills from 6 to 5. The blue shark quickly became a staple of the Ikea ... in streams to the point where it reached #32 on the Billboard 100 ... + rights in its advertising. People prefer to buy from companies that align

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  using Notion to track all my class assignments. i feel very on top of ... to join them even though it seemed like a pretty bad idea. but i don ... room all the time, so it's easy to get things done as soon as a class

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  rink. I used to take ice skating lessons in Indiana, but all I can ... plastic bags and enthusiasm. It was like we had found a way to bottle the ... apple picking skills, I stuck with my own improvised method. I call it the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  four years living in Baker House and I loved it there. When I returned to ... can add a different dimension to the college experience that I knew ... great opportunity. It would solve my problem of needing a place to live

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013