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• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  professors released a disgusting amount of practice problems, so I started by ... If you are reading this, it means I am successfully on my way out of ... would be a D or F). There are a few existing camps of advice on how to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  kind that is often read by a half dozen people within MIT. It's sort of ... are the latest in a long history of efforts by the Institute to free up ... : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This just goes to show you how lucky one individual can be. I actually thought ... -> 16 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> winner. More pictures of some of

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  of events for August, Boston has been graced with cloudy skies ... saving time for last-minute decisions. Oh, and grab tons of free food. It ... plenty of opportunities to do so during Orientation: - Wednesday

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next administration's agenda ... effectively without replicating each other's efforts, wasting precious resources, and, worst of all, undermining each other in the quest to gain

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  completed this goal last week! I think by the end of 2020 I’ll have read a ... guided by a definition given at the beginning of the chapter, which I found ... .   The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  , The New York Times, U.S. Department of Energy… And 400 more. They come ... swag, see "Tales of my first Career Fair" by Kevin S. '19) Regardless of ... folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that ... ’t sleep, but I am not one of those. None of my close friends are, and I

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  of indecisive. you're really good at focusing your energy on your work ...   you have a lot of drive and commitment—remind me how many ... energy for things you're passionate about. you're try to be a morning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Engineers Assemble! It's not a double-post, it's a franchise

  

  's golf ball plan to stop the oil leak off the coast of Louisiana? He said ... , too. The President has directed Energy Secretary Steven Chu to provide assistance. Chu, in turn, has assembled a team of five “extraordinarily

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  application process has just started to wind up, but they do offer a ton of very ... sophomore year of high school. Even with me diving head-first into studying for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  the length across it, but instead by its radius — half of that. The ... 12 mv^2[/latex] is the kinetic energy [latex]E_k[/latex] possessed by ... displaced from equilibrium by a distance of [latex]\Delta x[/latex]. With

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  , the stress of the process as it gathers, crests, and breaks, partially ... world. Inspired by the soothing tweets of @tiny_star_field (among others ... The admissions process develops seasonally and repeats cyclically

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  are lots of terrific applications! This will be a challenging year to choose from so many great applicants. A quick roundup of some interesting ... device that probes under water, looking for spots with plenty of catchable

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  : school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my ... freshman year due to a lack of motivation…or something. But I don’t think it ... review” of the semester – which means everybody presents their design

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  organization without ever holding an official title. The pace and energy of ... for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure ... the luxury of being within walking distance of one of the world

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  pandemic, with discussions of how policy implementation is influenced by ... (FLC) hosted by the Global Languages department and MISTI (MIT ... resources we have available to make the virtual course as interactive as it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  . (And by join a team I mean spend much less than a day out of the three ... of weeks ago our snowman resources weren't as blossoming. and THEN ... this right. Specifically the snow piles in front of 77 Mass Ave. Once

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  by going to more office hours, getting more learning out of every hour ... Mel: This is a guest post by my friend Mitali C. '24, a course 20 and ... wonderful result, reflecting on the midpoint of a journey through MIT as well

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022