Search

Search Results

• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  that during our test on Thursday we're going to be tested on the material ... feeling of excitement and accomplishment that propels you on to the next day ... just seeing the faces of young students and old professors, you start to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  was going to stop me from attending the colloquium on Thursday. Kip ... this one: The second half of his lecture was devoted to LIGO, an ... stretch spacetime, are predicted to cause tiny motions in the mirrors on the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  It doesn't take long being on MIT's campus to notice all the laptop ... hall and dorm, so both of these stickers had to be on there. The ... with the stickers I put on my laptop. They need to convey my personality

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  's pointless to try and stick a number on your chances at MIT. I guess the moral ... program that will save 200 lives for sure. In the second version, one ... the gamble. If the same respondents are given the two problems on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  (ABC’s) for the 2nd semester. I'm going to grade my IAP. The following ... , so the report card was just for fun, but the serious question to ask is: Where did all the glorious IAP time go? This seems to be a popular

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  to our first away match of the semester on the 2nd and 3rd of February ... ! This really meant a lot to me, and I can’t wait to spend the next year on ... then waiting for hours on the third day to see doctors once the pain got

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  learning the importance of placing school first and jobs second. But a very ... freshly pressed suit, and made my way to the Career Fair. I talked with ... It's been a week since the Career Fair, which still feels like

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  (thanks, Mollie!), MIT rose to the top of my list. Even so, I couldn't help but worry as I waited for the Admissions Staff to send back their reply ... opportunity to visit the MIT Literary Society, where I met students who were

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  .    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the ... little research on the web, and think of some questions to ask. Remember ... interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  burnout and exhaustion from all the things I was trying to accomplish on not nearly enough sleep. I could go into the reasons for this – wanting to do ... I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe, and also how to navigate the Course 2 roadmap, littered with numbers ... 's just skip to the next point), Even with his whole morning booked up

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  tour of the second half of Calculus I in six insane weeks. Now it’s the ... !!!) multiple ideas to solve a key problem. Yeahhhhhhhhhh--- I don’t like the ... things MIT has been doing to me: I finally buckled down and memorized the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  pass. On the plane I decided to text my dad to let him know I made it ... the best way to talk about my life since I last wrote without publishing ... things. Also, lists are really easy to comment on, because you can say

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  end of semester surveys), students spend 20 hours on 031. So, doing the math, we’d most likely spend close to 40 hours on 031. And spend close to 40 hours on 031 we did. This class CONSUMED our lives last semester

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  some point, I took a break to refill my mug, pausing on my way out the ... the good life?” and on the very last page I underlined “to such a degree ... ?” -Anne Fadiman, in the preface to her essay collection Ex Libris

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  't relevant to the post as a whole and because I didn't know a lot of the ... , are just the coolest shit.) I reworked my schedule to include 24 ... make a website or add-on to make life at MIT easier, like Courseroad or

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

  i became british for a summer featuring an internship at bristol robotics lab

  

  soldering iron after forgetting to turn down the airflow on the heat gun. For ... fingertip. On the second print, I ran into an issue where the clear acrylic ... wild blackberries as snacks on the way to work. People were friendly and

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 18, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  helping run our Delivery! We’re passing on the torch to you guys! Good Luck ... location is also next to the garbage cans and trash shoot, and behind the bathroom on our floor (*classy*). I remember seeing the sophomores last year

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  there too. On to the Boston Regional- it was the first year Boston had a ... possible to apply for transfer?? I saw on the MIT fact that they only ... allowed to miss one of each. I haven't worked on the ambulance much, but

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  . (Thanks, college!) But to focus on the mostly positive, here are the things ... Program), and the adjustment back to home life has been, as usual, greater ... shower for the first time in months without having to flop around in flip

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008