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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  " programming languages. In spite of this, 6.001 had a very strong reputation for ... conspiring, which means that I need to put that to an end. In the next little ... was taught in 1980 by Hal Abelson and Gerry Sussman, the authors of its

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is ... Caltech, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the inorganic chemistry ... exciting time to be around MIT, because it is Nobel Prize week. For me, this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  speak at Math Prize for Girls, a competition for top female students in ... ignite. For many years, the only LinkedIn profile I had was a joke ... Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  what pass/no-record will be for you. Personally, I've always believed in ... This started off being a comment in snively's entry. Then it branched ... running around out of control, so I figured I'd put it in an entry by itself

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  wrestling with many new abstract concepts in my head for long periods of time ... 'm getting back in the swing of things. Sending you all strength and luck for ... As some of you may know, I am majoring in math and economics

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  in the archives if you look for titles that start with "Meet the ... other things going for me in my application, so I was just wondering if ... , "In Romania when one applies for college one knows the lowest grade

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  ? How can you make the best decision? If you've made up your mind for ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  for the undergrad. ii. I started writing this blog in the fall, when ... a CI-M for both 20 and 6, so I’m knocking out two requirements in one ... tells me about the time he signed up for a nutritional deficiency study in

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  , and really opened up. I played music in front of people for the first ... shell. I had developed a real confidence in my self for the first time in ... people in my home city. People that had been living there for ages, but

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  in. I barely wrote during the spring, save for my intensive writing ... dropped UPOP in the spring semester. UPOP is a career accelerator for ... career, and I did not have it in me to wake up for 3 days straight at 9 am

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  responded — responsibly — by changing or cancelling their activities in the ... moment for many of the students who have been looking forward to visiting ... in college, and my younger daughter is a high school senior who is

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  keep in my bag for emergencies like these. After a forty-minute train ... been happening for the last two weeks, and I don’t know why. I bitterly get up, say good morning to my roommate, and head for the bathrooms

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  in fellowship deadlines and requirements, graduate school applications, and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for ... . What do you do afterwards? If you want to continue in academia, you try

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  non-profit organization (Teach for America, Peace Corps), work in a lab ... rough, and can sometimes leave you feeling as if you’re trapped in a sick ... probably an easy decision for you (at least it was for me.) Hopefully you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  .111 and 5.112 are identical. Stay in 10-250 for 18.02, calculus. 1:56 PM ... night, neighbor donated book for free. 2:46 PM: Momentary reveling in ... miracle cure for back pain. Decide to go swimming. 9:58 AM: Made it to Z

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for the first time four years later to see Lucy Lawless in Grease. I ... for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your ... applying to MIT this year. In this vein, I thought I'd post some of my old

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  to school for lunch most days, and I figured I’d try doing that in ... now I use one in bed, one for out-and-about, and gave one to a friend ... of blue tape, and I’ve kept this stuff in my backpack 24/7 for years

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  in the past, some for profit, but many just because I felt they needed ... absolutely exhausted one evening, getting to bed early for the first time in ... academic players in science and technology. For example, I recall a very

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  statue for a quick picture. As I waited in an empty seat near the departure ... between us, awkwardly sitting there in silence. I thanked him for the Cuppa ... I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  development for [annotation note="It's a running joke in our friend group that ... here in hopes that someone will gain some interest and pick us up for a ... for a double major CMS/6-3 with a minor in 4. I'm still not completely

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020