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• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  , almost everyone i know is in it. you don't have to figure out where you ... one concern i hear from a lot of people on-the-fence is of mit ... say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  in the other country. It's interesting to see the different sorts of ... discussion board. Probably one of the most striking differences in ... completions, where we at MIT enter (in English) what first comes to mind when we

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up ... for the Mac, I have come to love later versions of Safari in a way I ... Tools) during the day, helping to teach the new class of EMT students

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  upside-down and climbing the ropes, and training my body to balance in the ... the strength to be graceful. I kept taking classes in freshman and ... most of what the studio above my old middle school had to offer, but at

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  put in, so my detachment is on me.     There’s an innocent energy to ... gifts as a way to distinguish the recipient of each gift. Then sometime in ... hahahripahah)[/caption] My sister is now going to that other school down the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  in spring, I said fuck it and decided to rush. It is one of the best ... . 1. Live and breathe PNR. Don't stay up until 3 in the morning to ... mean learn to optimize. Is it worth an all nighter to turn in a pset that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  in your near-adult life. Because there is just so much to do all the ... -learned lessons in mind, if not in heart. Maybe the only way to learn how to live is ... to make the exact same set of mistakes as last year. I landed in Boston

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  up in and boarded a one-way flight to Boston. The rain was moody and ... : the first week of orientation is (almost) dedicated to REX, or Residence ... Next House had to offer, I decided to remain in my temporary dorm for the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  in the US with a research or innovation idea, we encourage you to apply ... experiencing what life is like as an MIT student. Due to the pandemic, the ... ’re trying our best to recreate as much of the trip as possible and capture the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  Another busy week of classes has come to end! To celebrate, I went with a few friends to the Collegefest in Hynes Convention Center (it's next to the Prudential Center.) Admission is free if you have a Student

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  cohesive classes in the major that you want to switch into. This is because ... address the topic in a proper way. First, some questions. Is Physics major ... makes up ~7% of the class each year. Is that a lot? That's hard to say

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  even. You start to think the dome is a mocking symbol of the work you ... think what drives students to succeed here is the goal to contribute ... they’re paying attention when in reality all they’re doing is scribbling

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  you have the chance to explore offerings in any field and see how you'd like to focus in the future. The topics are wide-ranging and can be closer to the kinds of design one might see in Course 4, architecture (see

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  school year. This is a major change because most of the MIT sorority women ... sisters in an informal setting. This is useful for underclassmen who are to ... your desk in the Reading Room to see a row of empty coffee cups and Red

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  the work is made difficult in order to help you learn more, not because ... . That is all for now, folks. Feel free to ask more questions in the ... 'm pretty sure that MIT's campus preview weekend is (a) the most fun (b) the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  guess this is the right place." Most days, though, I just felt like ... —and is—a lovely museum, with so much to see. I had just started my journey ... happy to have gone on. But, the thing I remember most was that, midway

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... imaginary answer. Ex: “7 times 7 is 49, drop the 9, carry the 4 to the next ... . Rationale: when evaluating the most direct route to your goal, be it the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  revel in the idea that every day I come to work I can discover what ... , and the day I feel like I need to lie about MIT is the day I'll start ... 'd want to work at MIT. The Institvte is a mental amusement park

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  savvy (like me), here's the wikipedia article on RFID). One of which is ... Bulthaup in 2001, the year he graduated from MIT with a Bachelor's and Master ... of RFID. You should read the article, because it does a much better job

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three ... that I admitted to the Class of 2006. In the fall of 2001 - Thanksgiving weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006