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• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  of shit I was going to eat, sometimes served on a high-speed conveyor ... is required for my major, so I had to retake it. I failed not just one ... , for one. hahahaha On a lighter note, I’ve also become more sure about

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  Hiro Nakamura on the NBC series Heroes, has signed on to the film 21, a ... MIT blogs, thanks in part to its posting on digg.com, where it received ... A few random notes: Thanks for all the mini-contest entries! I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  , fans who ventured to Manchester in the storm for the Monarch's game on ... JT would get back to them with the changes to the schedule for that ... watch, but I decided playing wasn't for me since I seemed to have two left

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  Sorry for the blog vacation guys. We're scrambling to get ahead in ... on schedule to mail decisions in mid-march.) MyMIT has been pretty ... something you do for the pleasure of it." That question, on the MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  Sacramento, CA) I left Boston on Wednesday last week to head for the West ... until I figure out to upload them to the blog :-( On Saturday (yesterday ... and feel it works well for us. One by one I’ve said goodbye to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  admissions for this year and let the remaining waitlist students focus on their schools for the fall. To those of you who stuck with us on the waitlist ... really great students on the waitlist who we wished we had room for. We

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  I've been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday ... with a large table awaiting us. It was a great opportunity to catch up on

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  their room. Unlike murals on the walls, which generally have to be ... put on it to be special, to reflect the fact that it was the first time the door had ever been painted. I thought about it on and off for all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  forms of exercise and used to go on walks with our mom frequently ... time, we decided to walk on the beach (side note: we learned walking on ... decided to bring it with us on the walk to potentially feed some seagulls

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  next year. So this time of year I am asked all the time for advice on ... . And, as I am gearing up to head to St. Louis for the FIRST World ... tournament and how good a solution you develop for the project, but also on

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  set to play on after students’ efforts for Kendall Station" - a bunch of ... childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  as needed. The Midyear Report also includes an opportunity for you to ... Updates"). The Midyear Grades form has fields for your to report your ... some answers. On mitadmissions.org, it says the following about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  , for one-hour one-on-one time slots, to brainstorm, to edit, to go over ... on Tuesday Night Yesterday I finished two 11-page essays for the same ... went to rehearsal for the final project in dance, played in a badminton

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  ;congratulations on your debut!” There appears to be some sort of argument of ... , I’m not responsible for any errors.) I was assigned to start ... : Agency for Journalistic Investigation (AJUR) and RIA Novosti. This post was

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  the "Build Your Own Pizza" app on the Domino's website to order pizza for all the teams. MIT Natya is one of several dance teams on campus; I ... when performing on stage and even easier to forget that the audience is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  American Solar challenge race. On Day 1, it took less than 20 laps for us to ... for FSGP On July 13th, we finally had a rest day where we got to display ... event, we had to demonstrate and explain how our designs for Flux complied

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  !) - published a letter to the editor from Folkers E. Rojas on February 28th that I ... , we found science/engineering fun and easy; thus allowing time for us to ... hard work, so I came prepared to reduce my nonacademic commitments. For

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  As I sit back and reflect on my four years at MIT, I would like to ... numerals -- On some forms and posters, people refer to their course (major ... learned from them and used them to confirm that I wasn't ready for graduate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... requests for tours" before they even started marketing it. It's nice to see ... ." On a final note, if you're in Cambridge and want to see a building that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  , you’re dancing awfully close to Jimmy...”) Have no fear, for if you come ... pointers on how to find a date, things to discuss with your date, etc. They ... population. --I think I need to work on the structural formula of your fatty

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008