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• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  to be finishing up right now but due to the extreme bloggability of the Caltech prank (ahem - "failed hack" - the Tech definitely calls it as it ... Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  revolutionary technology being developed at MIT by the Self Treading Insole Design ... incoming hazards and obstacles. The demonstrated use case is to avoid ... Researchers Develop Self-Stepping Shoe From the article: "The smart device, an

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  . :-) Next Monday, we'll be going to the MBTA Control Center on a field trip to ... . ;-) So what are we really supposed to be learning in college? The practical ... (Hey, I never finished those entries from the summer, so I have to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  soccer team, so if you want to play tennis, you will definitely be able to ... test scores for academic credit. These tend to be the humanities and math ... goes to the effect of, “If MIT doesn't accept AP credit, what's the point

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  revolution and its consequences...[/caption] If you were lucky enough to be ... minutes for me to have the misfortune of using a Bevi machine. (The reason ... that. I want the MIT Admissions Blogs to remain a platform for positivity

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ? So what if you're not smart enough to enjoy that stuff (I'm not smart ... . To be quite honest I was 2 weeks ago leaning toward 8-B for the option ... 't be concerned about the difficulty of majors it's all about what you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  overtook me. I could not do math. I failed to comprehend chemistry. I wrote ... unpredictable times in the evening. I’d immediately sit down to compose frantic ... to focus on symbols when the body wanted only to escape to bed. I began

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  , he asked how we felt about the pset. He wanted to know if it was too ... changed the length of psets to be shorter and be more manageable. He was ... to have failed 8.02, funnily enough, because it led me on the way to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  the first place. What if I want to be terrible and artless? What if I ... to the rap class I’m taking this semester with Lupe Fiasco; my living ... time approaching music as a creative outlet, and to be honest, I’m not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  come from that question? It was so simple, yet had the potential to be so ... , confusing everyone, making weird sounds, and refusing to be consoled until it ... sometime before the New Year’s countdown. Thinking it was just to wish me a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  wrong abstraction". It turned out to be the right call, because the ... , yes. But to be honest, coming into the internship, I wasn't sure what ... to be? I only needed to break down the task to the level of my highest

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... pink, because I always wanted to be seen as smart and I didn’t think “girly girls” were smart. When I grew up a little I started to feel the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  probably be called 32 before long because nobody can agree on how to ... through 12, and if you're on the ground floor you have to go outside. And ... DID YOU KNOW? Michael Jackson originally worked on the soundtrack to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  Poker Authority"), will be on the Bravo reality television show "Queer Eye ... episode is being advertised with the tag line, "Turn a Poker Dud Into a Five ... one DVD set about Texas Hold 'Em: Ed recently spoke to the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  for the art alone. Thursday was originally going to be exciting as ... the problem, but I have made a contract with myself to NEVER pull an all ... early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  , I go on calls on a quest to save the world.  I'm technically only in ... again as I thought back to the day I got the call from Society for Science ... Hi!! First of all, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE AN MIT BLOGGER!! When I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  today! And third....the CPW weather machine appears to be in need of some ... check-in. However, if you take the MBTA (Logan -> Silver Line to South ... . At least a few hours. Try to visit most of the dorms! Even if there

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  attached to a spring that can be seen in the picture below that was ... Deep Neural Networks that just goes to show the range of things being ... the Einstein Show called Genius during winter break, and it is funny to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  means I don't have to take the FEE, but do I still get 9 unrestricted ... easier, if you're planning to double). You can't use the elective credits ... year. If you plan to live here over the summer, I'd recommend buying a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  turn them to math terms, even if I knew how to do the math from there. I ... wait for scores to come back to know I failed. I definitely failed ... my MEng next semester, and I do not want to be taking 102 units, and I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022