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• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

  subjects outside of the classroom itself. If you're confident that you ... test out of it. It's essentially like sitting the final before the class ... , and you will never exhaust our curriculum of hard, interesting classes.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  one of the things i’m working on outside of class this semester is a ... to produce a zk-snark implementation of an elliptic curve pairing ... of proofs are impossible, but when conducted in the right setting with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  this overwhelming feeling creeping up on me, this slow crescendo of ... every muscle in my body already sore, regardless of how much physical ... me. It is, of course, that same burnout which I felt just as I began my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  parts. I loved the camaraderie of people all grinding to finish their part of the project — there were vital sections of the project that I never ... . Seeing everything come together was so rewarding. I love the feeling of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  . Although I would not have believed this for a second had I heard of it ~4 months ago, when I was struggling to the end of the jobs season without an ...  hours[/annotation] of practice and preparation, the stars in charge of determining

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  moved before the memory making parts of my brain could actually store any reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my parents try to feed me coconuts, but this is of questionable veracity. My

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  the pertinence of writing to science. The answer was: writing is an ... ; *         *         *   The days of partyboy/astronomer Tycho Brahe reclining in the quadrant he built into the wall of his palace are (regrettably) over. Tycho

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  all of this without ever leaving your room.  What are you going ... you. What I can do is give you an idea of what's possible using the ... . I can tell you what I did: I learned a lot of math! And I didn't

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  . Synopsis: (some spoilers for the first hour of the movie) Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), an incredibly brilliant student at MIT who is capable of rattling ... brilliantly and is ceremonially welcomed into the team by all of the members

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  common carnival Of passions and regrets, And gives the world a glimpse of ... summer has been full of new colors. Last semester was not the best, and I've been rediscovering a lot of beauty which I wanted to share a glimpse of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  to nothing and would have LOVED a blog about that sort of thing when I ... community.   What IS Cru? Cru is a caring community of individuals committed to sharing the love of Jesus Christ with people on campus. We do

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  surprisingly common behavior for lots of people. I couldn’t, really, tell you why this happens; It’s probably some combination of the pressure to be happy ... around the end of January. Unfortunately, this year hasn’t been any

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  It’s finally here – the grand finale of the Fredventure! Read part 1 and part 2 to get up to speed if you haven’t already. We spent most of days 7 and 8 rehearsing/performing our music, so half of this blog post

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  This is just one in the onslaught of many posts to come about what ... interesting redux of my sophomore IAP, which I blogged about here, and from which I stole the title of this post. Freshman year I was busy taking

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  I haven’t been doing a great job of blogging this semester for a variety of reasons (grad school is busy, life is hard, writing isn't my ... has things from 2018 I still haven’t followed up on. Oops. So instead of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  Some of the bloggers have written before about the way that music playlists can come to define, and bring back memories of, semesters that are ... screamy songs about the end of the world, perhaps unsurprisingly). I don

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Sport CPW cpw at senior haus

  

  CPW has come and gone, and it’s left all the students of MIT with ... . I organized CPW in my dorm last year. It is one of my favorite times of the school year, because I love having silly events and meeting

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  , college applications were at the forefront of my mind. I scrapped essays ... feared that colleges would reject me on basis of senior fall grades alone ... . Even under the graces of Pass No Record, I feel stressed out: it builds

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  come to campus and learn a variety of topics from MIT students. Hope you ... , then, one of my favorite weekends of the year is Splash weekend, when I ... the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  the distant glint of the Charles. If you don't feel like craning your ... fair amount of sunlight, especially when we forget to pull down the blinds. There is a nice view of Building 1 and a pleasant reminder that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014