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• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used ... myself to the mat, unable to progress beyond the most rudimentary of levels ... felt like the millionth one of these attempts (more realistically

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  answer three of the most frequently asked questions here and now, so that you don't have to ask (not that I mind questions). All of the below ... more than 30% of our class during the early action round. Students who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  to help develop a mathematical model of the electric properties of ... two major goals going into the beginning of this summer. One was to ... Environmentally friendly! Sounds good to me. Any non-work-related goals for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  Can you believe... it’s already the middle of August ??? ...and we ... the people on this page! This is actually a group shot of Burton 1 - my ... is once you actually meet them … or talk to them outside of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  year and graduation and "the end" all felt so far out of reach. I wasn ... couldn't be looking so far ahead. All I had in front of me was the present ... moment to the moment. Now, I have just about two weeks of classes left. In

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  can I fit in?" It's a question that's been on the forefront of my mind ... natural by-product of following your passion. The people who are most ... people say it's a good idea, or whether or not it has any practicality. The

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  unemployed college freshman."  And the best part of being a prufesssional riter ... the creator of FiveThirtyEight, the stunningly accurate statistical ... election.  In 2008, he got 49 right.  (and, of course, there's the other

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  , I'm reminded of the times I said 'UROP' and my grandparents thought I was mispronouncing the name of a continent, or the way I refused to call ... away. There's a whole region of the pika basement called Reuse, where

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  of sense. The clubs are great, the vibes are good, and dancing to ... -running interest in the country and its culture, as well as because, of all the ... research at the meteorology institute of the Freie Universität Berlin and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... . Now, instead of using fitted sheets as capes, I buy fabric from the ... and take my first steps into the world of “we don't know why this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  fitting microcosm of the larger spectrum of things MIT tries to capture. I ... ’m a senior, and he’s a junior. We still live in the same floor of Random ... in the optional Maker Portfolio of his admissions application). MIT was

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  ideas that are not good ones. On the day of the Green Building Challenge ... 's hardships and stupidities were swept away from my little corner of the ... other similarly great pains of the human experience. Anyway, here comes

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  Bowen, incredibly earnest and kind, and who took almost all of the (good ... Brown and Yale through the mountain states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado ... our rental car) and the Big Sky State Games, the high school olympics of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  on my project since day one, but ALSO the week of our last mandatory ... gives out 1 pset a week of variable difficulty and length. The shortest ... stupider. The lectures are a lot of fun while generally the recitations are a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  rest of the semester. It was tough: missing out on presenting tonight ... was the right decision for my recovery. The good news is, I am on track ... of the System Integrators,[/annotation] which was a lot of work, but so

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  proposed for the set, so i spent a good amount of time looking for more; i ... us. the show has 14 dances, 12 of which are created in the few weeks between the end of the semester and the start of IAP. we use the entire

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  getting a good amount of sleep doesn’t come at the price of falling behind ... , challenges I found myself learning to deal with as time fled. I was part of the ... , a sort of climax emerged. I was on the path to being part of Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  major works takes up all of the time allotted for a standard ... joint major, 21E/S, actually is.) Last year, I made the mistake of ... eliminated the possibility of nametag-induced confusion. I connected with a

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)

  

  $3 Our group is the Association of Student Activities (ASA), and we ... ) organize some of the flyers we need to distribute to representatives of each of the groups The next day, I walked through Lobby 10 and saw my

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  my boyfriend's door is pretty good at attracting the ladies. Here ... 's phone at: finding things on maps, being good looking, etc. 2) Because the ... the door, especially while I was napping. 4) An earlier version of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009