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• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  according to MIT News) it was a huge success! My photography skills are less of a success, but I gave it a shot. There have been tons of articles ... ). I’ve been to county fairs with craft exhibition booths and ventured to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  yet (I'll get to it later, I'm about to go to sleep...), but basically, it will potentially involve re-programming a WiiMote. To that end, my ... /proyectos/friki-apps/wii-servo-linux/wii-servo.html (As it turns out, "friki" is the Spanish slang word for what we would

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  your questions. The Midyear Report is an online form that is to be ... ). The Midyear Report is to be completed by you, the applicant. The MIT ... Common App MYR which is filled out by your counselor and sent to Common

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  , Anyway, because it is very competitive to get into schools such as MIT, I understand that it is important to do what is enjoyable in school in terms of ... ; it is (outrageously) competitive to get into schools like MIT nowadays

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  the class started, it has kind of blown up due to all of the lectures ... note="side note: since the class was open to the public, it was so funny ... ? Is there a way to view vector and matrix values at each point in a deep

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  processed all materials. It may take us up to two more weeks for your ... PDF, this is exactly how the admissions committee will see it. Recommendations: It is okay if your teacher or counselor does not include the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  , I’m sure the other bloggers will be more than happy to write about it ... to talk to people in the entry about what it’s like to live there. In ... give them a numerical ranking?!?!), it’s MacGregor’s approach to try and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  -ish blogs and living. I know in theory that this feeling is okay, it just is ... supposed to be, I'm just waiting. Sure, it's nice to feel excited about ... something akin to this, but it's also anxiety inducing. At least now I'm above

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  need something to bring with you into the shower. This one is nice—it has ... to fit lots of stuff, and also it was cheap :D 5/5 stars   Main ... and bed are right next to each other, it’s also my bed lamp! Saves a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  leisure. We moved the couch to a new corner, but that left its previous ... membership activation), we cut our losses and just had it shipped by freight to ... You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning ... of nature. [It] is nothing else but the will of God producing certain ... personally admit to thinking it was part of some puzzle that would perhaps be

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  the door was shut. While closed doors don't impede the view, it is truly ... , however, was not going to let myself miss anything. The pilot brought it up ... chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  I may not have alluded to this before, but my roommate, April, is ... thought it would be a good time to finally try some real cooking. April ... reads this. Hi Mom! *grin*) It turns out that April is a really good cook

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  've also found that it is really easy to push writing to the back burner if I ... -deprecating way to put it, but I do think it's difficult to pare down all the ways I ... and like, if I had Greg's attitude of "it's hard for me to see how I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  [I know this is WAY overdue, since Ring Delivery was a while ago, but I blogged Ring Premiere and it would just seem unfair, wrong even, to leave it alone without its partner Ring Delivery. And seeing as the Brass

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  local sports store. It was supposed to be a prop. I was subscribed to ... mental struggle. Rationally, you know that the board is going to move when ... stationary board, but now I had to balance on a moving board. It took a while

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  of awkwardness just long enough to email it to the class. (Junot is ... Ysabel de Leon Assistant to Professor Diaz Um, how hot is it to have your ... with Professor Junot Diaz. I was inspired to take it by Nadja '07 and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  with Stu Schmill, our dean of admissions (yes it is going to be as ... 'm starting to feel like a real engineer and it's super. So yeah - putting on ... II There is not much to be said about this class except that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  that time. It didn’t help that I never had Wi-Fi at my house and had to go places to work online. That being said, it is doable. It is ... application season, and I aim to persuade some of you to handle it differently

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  continents besides this one. It is difficult, now that I have been handed all ... , so who knows why.) There was a lot of “ooh, that place is hard to get ... right, and there wouldn’t have been any reason to complain about it. I was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017