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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  resulting data will be construed to corroborate the idea that something is ... they would not be allowed to live in Senior House in the fall, as new ... , I got the impression that Senior House was a failing dorm (it isn

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  years ago, while in the early months of it, I kept being asked why I was ... whereas the second half would be more for having fun. small personal blogs ... . Sometimes, the water would barely be over our toes, other times it'd be well

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  to the entire US team, but especially the 3 who will be attending MIT ... broad but good question... this will be the topic of many of my blog ... begin in the fall term. For transfer admission, we will admit students for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  surface would be amplified below. It may be easier to think of the GEM as a ... ,000 holes can cause the foil to fail. Laurie began her UROP last spring and ... thesis project, she will eventually conduct a comparative study between the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: The Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming manages credit policies for incoming freshmen, and the ... page for up-to-date information on AP and transfer credit.] Remember

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  raincoat would be necessary, but oh was I wrong. When your umbrella fails, it ... consistently for the past two weeks, and I’ve realized that after 2 years, I finally feel prepared for the rain. I come from a place where rain means

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  of people would be content with sweeping what happened under the rug ... work the first time, and it certainly won't be easy, but I figure giving ... that I’ll be going forward in the right direction.

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  ; Sophomore Fall: All Will Be Well (The Gabe Dixon Band) Dance With My Father ... that often, I hum the title couplet (all will be well / you can ask me ... long gone. I was reflecting on this the other day as I happened to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  the determination will be in your case, but you should submit your ... I'd be hearing the same information over again. Anyways, it was ... extra recommendation from your boss would be great. That's exactly the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  awesome. I'm sure the text will be transcribed at some point, and I'll link ... I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the ... will anyone have to stand up here and welcome the first female president

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  in the Burton Conner TV room, but after an hour of failing to get the ... advantage of being twins! Hopefully sometime over the summer, when we have ... about sums it up! We just got settled down into the semester, and will

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  transfer applications in my Simmons dorm room. The heads of house at the time ... the most???) From childhood, I thought being smart was mutually ... seriously in the professional world, I had to be literally serious and kind of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage with the ... gig, to be honest. Your application will be read by a small committee ... answer the kinds of questions that might be useful for identifying their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  the infallible power of mathematics. MatPat would surely be proud. But ... failed me! But why? Linear algebra to the… rescue? TL;DR, rotations in 3D ... times to achieve the desired orientation. There must be something else

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  being a super great idea because I ended up really, really loving the ... Oxenfree and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Doing these classes also helped ... and pay, where Google was the end goal that I failed to reach. It took

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  either choose a career or a family and failing to choose will only lead to ... number may be attributed to the fact that a similar percentage of ... , making them more interesting and adaptable. Can't the same be true of life

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  Pending recovery from my illness, in a few hours, I will board a bus ... . Diana boarding the "Knight Bus" (ie the Big Yellow Bus) with her ticket. Aboard the bus. Rocking the 3D Glasses. After the movie was over, we

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  of them have in common though are the scale and weight of the exams. Another non-trivial difference between academics at Cambridge and MIT is the ... of thought. Throughout the semester you'll take 1-3 tests + final and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  it really came true. I never expected to be the person who I am now ... then slipped into the opposite problem of being too relaxed ... . My two passions were basketball and programming. I was on the Varsity

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  into the CPW live chat already know, your hosts will be contacting you ... be :) If you've checked out the CPW website, you will have noticed a ... already knew, but for many of you, that won't be the case. It's not a bad

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010