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• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  out to be so pleasant, I had to write out physical sentences about it ... was right. My favorite class right now is Introduction to Machine ... machine learning, to some degree, is all about learning representations of

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... want to use the Common App's paper recommendation form. It is also okay ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  It is 2:30 and I already stained my neurons and nail-polished them to ... postal worker. To those of you, I bring item #6 from the yellow To-Do Post-It ... hopefully no one is looking for a grand unified theme. First, I would like to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  alone, and we think that is great. You do not need to submit a portfolio ... compelled to highlight a particular talent or skill that they believe is significant enough to merit a platform of its own. For those students, our

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  , from the ground up to the trees and around again. The next morning it was ... -distance. Luckily Ami is a physicist and her hat is science-magical and they got to be ... in front of it, and the Harvard Bridge is on the right behind the trees

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.

  

  As is my style, I didn't arrive back to MIT until the last possible ... it to my family to spend at least one week at home with them before ... , but it was the third day of term; I had to go to class, and, to be

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few ... , prompting them to make enough noise so that we could find them. I've found it quite useful to carry a flashlight and multitool at MIT - it's a bit of a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  sun and fun. The class of 2005 graduated, and it was really awesome to ... sight to enjoy. It's kinda crazy how I've already finished two years ... decided to stay here in Boston this summer which according to rumors is

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  tabs on what I'm learning at this fancy college I go to, which is why she ... academic life, it's mind-blowingly refreshing to have something in my ... juggle in our lounge in order to take a break from a grueling pset. What is

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to make is that Susan Hockfield was the best candidate by a landslide ... waiting to board my flight to Philly. The flight was uneventful, and I ... to Budget where my rental car was supposed to be waiting for me. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Rewriting my Blogger Bio more like brutally revising i guess

  

  . The delta in my personhood is literally entirely due to MIT. So, as a ... it to see how MIT has changed me. You can usually [annotation note ... taken that spot), B'z is not on Spotify and it hurts me everytime i think

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  post that it is too late for additional materials to go to the selection ... , this is our first year blogging, so I don't quite know what to expect. I ... identity to its non-discrimination policy (sexual orientation has been a part

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  presentation for 16.810, we made a short video. Here it is for you to enjoy ... If you're considering MIT, you probably like to build things ... dedicated to LEGOs. I have three brothers, so we racked up quite a few LEGO

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  material. It is, in the big picture to me, a tradeoff. In comparison to last ... never going to end. It seemed like all my midterms were clustering on the ... hours, independent time devoted to studying, that is really at the student

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  stuff you need to go dig through all the blogs for it. The new site will ... new admissions site. I can't wait for this baby to launch! IMAGE #1: the new homepage. It will provide you with the latest 10 blog entries

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  reading and for being a great audience. This isn't to say that this is ... , and at a quarter to five, the mailman came to post the letters. Sadly, I missed the photo of the postman coming to take away the letters. We have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  said NO to MIT: First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to ... a wise man once said, for us, it's more than a job. It's hard not to ... whom to admit, but the final choice is yours -- which school is the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  message to that person looking back, and it is this: go find the magic ... , de poésie, de vertu, à votre guise. How is it that I get to live every ... and choose to walk it through day after day? how is that I get to

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  is on its way. It involves my Thanksgiving in Senior Haus. And the ... , it gets cold in that wet, drippy way that makes you feel like you ... 's about it. This concept of leaves falling off trees? Yeah. Completely

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  deadline to set up the interview is October 20 but it's really best to have ... something like a teacher when you talk to them. And this is how... I know each of you is looking to find colleges where you feel you can spend the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008