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• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  confidence in the area. Some cool opportunities came my way: I was invited to ... called me the class clown, but they also called me the second-smartest kid in the class (first place went to my math rival). If they were busy

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  to be more and more people on campus but not the type of people you ... 't used to be very social, I lived in the middle of nowhere and was very ... ' in the floor lounge, going to see Wicked, snowball fights with Conner 4

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  . *happily shows us his set up for the virtual semester on the second day of ... to have failed 8.02, funnily enough, because it led me on the way to ... , he asked how we felt about the pset. He wanted to know if it was too

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

   police for getting too close to the front while both my friends met Tim Cook ... tunes to get the mind flowing. I prefer to use themostdangerouswritingapp ... stop typing for more than 7 seconds.   This works to cook up a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  those of you up to speed on the course numbers), I’m pursuing a Theater ... 223,462,346,400 on my SAT. I did not take all 27 levels of the AP ... the campus life center, gently harassed a staff member to let me use his

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  By now, three full days have passed into my second semester here. The ... the next few months with 57 units of courses: On February 6th, the ... about wanting to have things proved and all, so I definitely like the idea

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  . What could MIT give me that could top those three? I went to the second ... , meaning they fully expect me to hold on to this card for the next four years. Along the same lines, you’ll want to make sure you have a good picture on

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT. From my FPOP (Freshman Pre-Orientation Program) to Orientation to the ... glow-in-the-dark murals on blacklit walls. People are spinning poi lit on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  to agree on the score for each question. Most people graded the third ... more important to be cautious about the moves you make on the board ... research so you're getting it anyway. I said goodbye to Daniel, got on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  below). So MIT Medical can do the whole deal with care end-to-end on the Extended Plan. Or, if you are on just the Basic Plan, they need to send your ... arrangements to put charge for the services, either on the MIT Student Accounts

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  whiteboard is definitely dirty by the end) intended to be used on new ... on the whiteboard. Only do this on old whiteboards! No how-to guide ... addition, there may be a tiny bit of residual toothpaste on the board. To fix

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After ... pset parties***, the awesome people - but if I had to narrow it down to ... , appealed to the journalist side of me). And that's why I'm really, really

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  food poisoning or stomach bug that manifest on the flight over, so had to ... honestly it just felt good to fall back into the routine and catch up on ... applications to read in the summer, we must not have much to do. It's probably

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  majors. On the other hand, if you don't have very much AP credit to begin ... reflects on my ability to be a good scientist. At the very least, I ... of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  the previous run-on aside cause you to forget what I was talking about ... left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  at the forefront without a second thought on their impact on ecological ... learned on site to design the next iteration of my project back here on ... To set the mood: Feeling Blue   "When I'm in New York I listen

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  serious. I jumped off the couch, threw on my running shoes and took to the ... before 7 - much to my surprise. I had made this the day on which I'd start ... out here, out on the roads again, I was lapping the person I used to be

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . Silbey let out a huge, surprised yawp before proceeding to lay on the desk ... only that the second law is hard to teach, as you said, but also kind of ... finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  ; and the second, a class on musicals, did not have a quality of ... chance to start reading again, and to reflect on the semester which had ... 'd written this year, and left it on the table for my wing-mates to read. I am

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  on the days where I don't, I learn to love it and no longer spiral into ... to study at one of the most famous STEM institutions in the world. Yet ... ." This isn't the first time it's been mentioned to me. In fact, someone

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019