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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do this with any two regular classes of your choice during your senior year--the ... the tenths place)! But if I got a B in any one of them it would stay the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  banning the recruitment of transgender people to the military. While the ... of uncertainty and consternation. I write today, as I have in the past ... history of military training; indeed, the MIT charter specifies that the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  other people. The change wasn’t one of moral goodness but self ... texted him about all the good things happening—maybe that had felt like ... into the root of her resentment—but she’s unafraid to make that angsty

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  's, and C's do."] ABC/NR. [/annotation] For me, it came in the fall of my ... "]machine learning[/annotation] algorithms, and the minutiae of [annotation note="6 ... .004, Computation Structures"]what happens inside the processor of a computer

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  There Goes My Baby The first music video from the MIT Logs.

  

  your head...but it's a good one!) To find out more about the Logs ... As it says in my introduction, I used to sing in the MIT Logarhythms (an all-male a cappella group), and still keep up with the group as a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  Hey, so as Shannon just mentioned, all of the EA admits got V ... , and perhaps some of the other bloggers, took some time to make some "Special Edition" cards, adding a little something extra to a few of the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in ... the first unpardonable activity of gathering the assembled puzzlers into ... teams found the coin within a few hours of starting the hunt, they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  about the frame of reference that you use. When studying relative motion ... investigate where your frame of reference lies. No, put away the calculators and ... , "Well, what good was it for?" If you're on the waitlist, you might not

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days ... -day weekend and every single day of the weekend was the most beautiful day ever ... , awesomeness in general. So I thought I'd write about some of the more awesome

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  the inky blackness of words on a page because honestly, when we have 198 pages of lecture notes to get through, the last thing we want to concern ourselves with is the existential crisis of some whiteness. But when something

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  college admissions-themed scholarship competition. The first of six episodes aired last night. ABC describes it like this: The opportunity of a ... give the winner a college education from a top-rated school of their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  me. This confused me for a good 20 seconds as I stared at the screen of ... , the monkey pressed another button in front of him, but I couldn't tell ... Sorry for the slight gap in entries, this weekend was crazy. I've got

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  th West 2nd East 4th East And on to the point of the entry... One ... -ish commune full of bright colors, carpentry, and cooking. The cooking is a big ... , only a few minutes farther from main campus than some of the dorms. My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  something due every day of the week. Monday: 18.310 test corrections were due. 18.310 is Principles of Applied Mathematics, the discrete version (18 ... wondering. Wednesday: The weekly 18.310 problem set was due. It had a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  four of my wisdom teeth taken out. Five minutes before the surgery, I lay ... into the room with a cheery "hello!", pulling on a pair of gloves. He looked bizarrely like the father of one of my best friends from High School

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  -up of the firehose. But still. Back when I [annotation note="almost two ... the cover, the pad of post-it's I carry with me at all times in case I ... been struggling to find time for it. At the beginning of every semester I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number ... Mitra. So did Mike Short. Apparently, pretty much every one of the several ... an interviewer say "1024!" and if the applicant says "power of 2!" they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened, sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School ... ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to ... . I'll post more news about the waitlist when things are official (as of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  you are living somewhere far(ish) from the center of campus (like Next ... isn't crucial, but having some sort of computer is. 5. A good alarm ... just got mine from Costco at the beginning of my freshman year and I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006