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• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  forget the good things, because once they’ve happened, they become part of ... that I’ll lose the good parts of who I was only makes them more likely to ... the previous year. By then, some of the people I'd loved working with

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  chris and tiramisu for a hall birthday. it's the first day of the long ... )_/¯" maybe you can be the judge of that. i'm taking 5.12 (organic chemistry i ... don't know, i kind of like organic chemistry, and i like the professor

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  commissioned from MIT, of whom more than 150 have reached the rank of general or admiral. The three Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs located at ... campus. Military training has existed at MIT ever since the Institute
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  the class. It was a lot of reading and a lot of writing, but it was good ... sure. For example, on my first test of the year I got two standard ... until late November, my very last test of the semester. It's one thing to

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  for the weekend: Parent events: Parents have been a part of Campus ... : Friday afternoon at 2pm, there will be a panel of the top student life ... 'll take advantage of the Parent Lounge. The Parent Lounge will be in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  than up the river, and of course I still actually live on MIT's campus ... papers, mixing small volumes of colorless liquids in the lab -- the ... do pick a lab at the beginning of the summer, my choices will basically

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  've never been on the news - but most of us haven't. The phrase "good enough ... deadline?" or "how many letters of recommendation do I need?" Please ask the ... whatever reason, asking questions in the comments section of a blog post

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

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  by now, too paranoid to look at the calendar ("oh my goodness, it ... day, I'll be hopping on a jet plane, bound for the tropical island of ... the topic of this blog. So far this semester, I realized that I haven

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more ... her SATs. In the fictional world of "The OC," colleges might have quotas ... Times has an article on the length of the new SAT. Some students and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  at you. Pursuing the simple ideal of being a good student forced me to ... invisible gravity surrounding the way people treat you--a kind of feeling you ... who have helped me in countless ways, one of whom even took the time to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  wanted to answer some of the questions I get the most, and provide specific information about the rewarding experience of being a cadet here at MIT.  So ... .   Here at MIT we host ROTC programs for three branches of the military

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  [annotation note="To be explicitly clear, the point of this line is not that it ... the heck[/caption] I could tell the story of that morning-- the story ... MIT was one of the few who (on their acceptance website) congratulated

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  One of the most common misconceptions about MIT is that the Institute ... misconception not only because of all the prospectives students I've talked to about MIT's supposed lack of fun, but also because I used to think the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  a good laugh out of the crowd. The other speaker took a different ... checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  preferences. Some of the more common include: HP -- A good computer, more ... 've got for you. Good luck, and enjoy the purchase of your new computer ... I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  were to first discuss the strengths of the story, then address a list of ... worthwhile.   I took The Folklore of Gaelic Ireland for the fairies and ... , and the sum of parts is always greater than the whole. I gained a much

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  good time. Now Now I am just excited to see what the rest of the semester ... of gaming on the culture of today as well as the culture that surrounds ... lecture. Classes 6.034 lecture (10am-11am) This is our third lecture of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Have you ever wanted to copy-paste the text in an image file? Well, now you can--thanks to a HackMIT project.

  

  an Easter egg that gives the selected text an animation. It does all of ... Naptha trending the front page. I've blogged a couple of times already about hackathons at MIT and how amazing they are in the amount of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  of the 20 Craziest Scientific Researches. Some of the Craziest ... Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost ... . «Fragmentation of Rods by Cascading Cracks: Why Spaghetti Does Not Break in Half

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  yet by the portrayal of Alex or Jonathan, but that half-second shot of ... sunflowers, and the poster is pretty bad. Does anybody out there know what I ... Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005