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• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  to compensate by progressing in difficulty at a slightly faster rate ... up clarifications of concepts we learned in class, I get a slew of ... nightmare that I was trying to double major in 18 and 6-3 and had mysteriously

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  procrastination. Been there, done that. Also, get a sturdy portfolio to hold your ... adjusting to my new schedule and new classes (also more on that in a later ... up in the Z Center. Here's a throwback to last year's career fair

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  deportation procedures. In short, we can come with a lot of baggage; baggage ... , this can be seen like a trick question. In a conversation I had with a ... . For instance, “Hmm, so if I mark an ethnic identity do I get a

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  . Excited to get fitted for my dentures. Anyway, I'm still hosed, and I have a ... only take a second, and I haven't blogged in so long that I got pushed off the front page, and the only thing I hate more than getting pushed

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  week, or two weeks if you're in a pre-orientation program (such as ... ! You just might be the lucky one who gets to join in on our late night ... you just as much as you want to get to know MIT and if it'll be a good

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page ... Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  back from his trip to Italy) If your assigned host is back from Spring Break, expect to get a call/email from them tonight or tomorrow (you may ... , are very much looking forward to CPW. In short, we're all very excited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  Tabacco sought to teach organic chemistry in a rapid, compendious, yet still ... tomorrow for your integration by parts-ing pleasure. Right now I have a story ... 's lab that she would in fact be leaving MIT to move to New York with her

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  't need to pack your schedule with APs to get into a good school. You know ... demonstrate your desire to challenge yourself and take risks, you don't "need" a ... Award two years in a row, and get profiled in the city newspaper. It was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  graduate by getting an internship at a firm that would be likely to extend a ... interested in getting to know me- personally- other than my resume, or my ... day, I made a Target run to get eggs (about two minute’s walk from my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  room to get a drink and trip over freshmen psetting together in my ... to be employed in the future. (And is a fully hardworking, productive ... .) You don't have to be on your game at all times, but it's a good idea to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  't get to have him for 18.02, but his lectures are nothing short of ... ). =/ Hahaha it's actually a pretty hard to read graph, but it's sequential by ... - or course, with a lower-case c - in each department also is designated

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  weeks in, we released the first iteration of the software as a tool to ... , are you even old enough to go to a bar?” (“Of course! barely.”) My first month-and-a-bit was spent building a custom charting package to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  . Keep Yourself Busy In other words, keep twiddling your thumbs. Get a ... 't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized ... your covers so you're not in public when you find out. You might want to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on ... you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is ... a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind. You can get so confused

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  empowering it is to dance with fire in front of a supportive crowd. I love ... physical stickers to a WeChat sticker pack, participated in nearly every club ... Many months ago, I broke my water bottle cap. I tried to find a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... and an honor. We are grateful to have walked this short part of your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... and an honor. We are grateful to have walked this short part of your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  the cereal in your basket on sale?” Later that week, I had a wildly ... would get to it eventually a few times, and then I forgot a few times ... in the past century. Interesting, there appears to be a sign error in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

  edited a Wikipedia page was when I was eleven years old. I think I edited ... entirely sure what compelled me to make a Wikipedia account and add more to ... , and what blind spots might be embedded in my studies as a math and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023