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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  MIT contributed in three major ways: 1. The Chinese department is ... I wanted to take Chinese 1 or Chinese 3 (only the odd classes are ... hours weekly to make sure I knew everything from Chinese 1 and 2 as well

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  friends didn't flee my presence then and there was (1) shock and (2) shock ... Internet, the American public's #1 fear is of public speaking. I couldn ... a lot of practice to do. Deep Fear #1: Blanking Out You know the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  think through what some of the answers might be. Question 1: Who will the ... two problems: 1) a problem which doesn't credibly exist, or 2) a problem ... expensive in the rest of the world, with a median global income of $1,700 per

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  texture. While the ribs are cooking, combine ¾ cup BBQ sauce with 1/3 cup Canola oil. Add a few shakes of Sweet Mesquite Seasoning (up to 1 ½ tsp if ... made easily for 12 racks. So I’ll just scale it down to 1/12th of what I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  big numbers again. Playing for the struggling Engineers (1-7, not such a great number), Brown is averaging 170 yards a game and has run for 1 ... -record 1,816 yards along with 22 TDs. "I keep up with it, but Mike knows my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  particular order: 1. Make a budget: Save for the pigs sake It's not ... 's 21 meals for 3 people, averaging out to $1.58 per meal. Compared to the ... , movies, and books, and 1% on all other purchases. I also get a bonus for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  years. Also, I prefer to avoid it completely by (1) grocery shopping on a ... residential dining: 1. Buying groceries and cooking for yourself or in a group ... mentioned this anecdote for two reasons: 1. To invalidate the assumption that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  have divided the types of comments into several distinct groups: 1 ... for domestic students but with the following exceptions: 1) SAT I can ... 't apply Early Action (this means your application is due by January 1st) I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  off every day, leaving you with 1) an invariable daily sense of ... . 1. Control your thoughts. Do not think of anything violent or ... better and ready to apply to MIT now? BananAPPEAL quandries: 1) Is MIT a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  Smoots, but I'm precisely 1.1 Mc ... wrote: "Somebody posted about doing poorly in SAT 1 and you advised to ... SAT 1 in January to improve Writing and CR scores? Or is my perfect

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  (1) allows you to get requirements out of the way even if you have no ... GIRs, [annotation note="Note that departments only suggest doing 1 intro class for your major for your first year."]1 intro class for your major

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  image1="71252" image2="71250" image3="71254" /] this entry is from the ... of dramatic. I fling line breaks everywhere. [carousel image1 ... . [carousel image1="71303" image2="71302" /] That same day, travelling over

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  of limp scribbles. [carousel image1="87579" image2="87580" image3 ... ! [carousel image1="87517" image2="87518" /] I drew up the character designs ... felt that she would have done well here. [carousel image1="87570" image2

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  Mountains. [carousel image1="84455" image2="84453" image3="84452" image4 ... . Not sure what to say about that one. [carousel image1="84451" image2 ... . [carousel image1="84446" image2="84445" image3="84444" image4="84443" image5

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  quite nice. [carousel image1="84402" image2="84401" image3 ... threw for a touchdown!” [carousel image1="84397" image2="84396" image3 ... call that oblivion Nebraska.” [carousel image1="84389" image2

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  circle's area: [latex]A =\pi r^2 = \frac{1}{2} \tau r^2[/latex]. This ... and standard deviation 1 (the classic “bell curve”) is given by [latex] \frac1{\sqrt{\tau}} e^{-\frac12 x^2}[/latex]. Euler’s identity ([latex

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  . Week 1 In Week 1, we began curriculum. At the beginning of the program ... curriculum, we were simultaneously doing these PM curriculum courses. Week 1 ... image1="55452" image2="55453" image3="55454" /] After creating these, we

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  friendships that I’ve developed here. 1. Orientation, FPOP All new international ... in life! [carousel image1="52260" image2="52254" /] Cats of Loop are ... Beach, as well as Heiner Mueller’s Hamletmachine. [carousel image1

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  rankings and thoughts: 1) Baker: because I was hosted here for CPW and ... information: https://housing.mit.edu/node/5476. Pros and Cons List:  Pros: 1 ... . Convenient location on campus: See number 1. 7. Pretty big rooms – If you end

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  facie, if each scenario results in equal—say 1—loss of life. Without ... actions. What could this property be? Three candidates come to mind. 1 ... bound to the other rail in the train variant could plausibly attack (1) by

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017