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• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  Thursday, which is Public Day and when the finalists are at their projects to ... . ISEF will take up lots of my time, so I won't get to do much else in LA ... typically visit the big Faires in Bay Area and New York to give versions of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  learn and grow and live. What am I going to major in? Is a minor ... ? Am I just bad at managing my time? Is it even possible to achieve the ... the hell is a cover letter? What does it mean to “hang out”? Do I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  in New Hampshire, which is to say we went paintballing at OSG. Among ... . (Yes, that was in honor of the 5.12 test that I didn't study that much ... the paintballing excursion, I felt drained in the most cathartic way

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  come to the Student Center to check in tomorrow*? Oh no! How will I ever ... want to major in** Eat liquid nitrogen ice cream High-five Tim the ... them to me! Better yet, post them to the tumblr (you got the address in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  , grew from them (and not the other way around, shoehorning in plot to ... personalities in a way that feels natural, and much about those characters is ... to video game The Last of Us, and is now working on a fantasy trilogy

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  to Logan in about 30 minutes. This semester was the most intense ... without sauce). It may help to place the carrots in boiling water for a ... the snow peas in too early as it only really takes ~1 minute to finish

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  The MIT School of Engineering is world renowned. Covering everything from ocean engineering to aeronautics, there's something exciting going on in every department, lab, and classroom. There's way too much to
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way, let's move on to the pictures... John '11 gets serious with the ... '12 tries to become one with the igloo Steve '12 tries in his own way

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  ’t have much exposure to poetry. The poems I’d read (mostly a few ... . To be honest, I was pretty terrified. This is the poem I read. Six ... , less, less.  But here is the thing. It is impossible to extinguish the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  work, and life is good. But in the meantime, you probably want to do ... Blogs wide game of Funny Farm. It is pretty much impossible to solve ... actually be able to do it. The game is pretty self-explanatory: you start

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  and is able to be happy solely through a conscious effort to live in the ... this state of being is actually fairly similar to the previous one ... -me is that i choose to be; the only reason i feel the urge to focus on

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  -US grading systems. In fact, your system (O/A Levels) is probably the grading ... live in essay. Is it okay if I put one in the completely optional section ... have had MAJOR syllabi changes(going from ICSE to CBSE in the middle of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  Jeremy. Jeremy is my 18.03 TA, which in English means he's one of the ... commenced to scribble down the most hilarious of his sayings, for future ... to grad students, post-doctorates, and even professors - and in my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  across the parking lot and to the Porter T station, which is right next to ... , and you should be sure that the one you searched Yahoo Maps for is in ... think the lesson here is to be careful about how you time your travels

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700 undergraduates. The EECS department is the best in the country and has pioneered ... , a senior majoring in Course 6 to learn about her experiences with the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  thought I'd share. Coherency is left as an exercise to the reader. Around ... inevitably tore in half, relegating us to the simple luxuries of book ... tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  ?” -Anne Fadiman, in the preface to her essay collection Ex Libris ... will live in my new apartment for a year while I commute to and from the ... of the main characters in First Light is Jim Gunn. Preston describes

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  shorter walk, but the santouka in harvard is easier to get to through the ... 're sad and need to get inspired in your life. the ramen is not the point of ... is salt ramen. i think that’s the magic tonkotsu, of using bone in the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  in my life is more problems. I attended 8.351, the Computational ... picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to ... registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  filled the void left after everything I thought I was had vanished. In the ... to walk through. In my head was a mix of regret, anger, sadness ... to pieces, and ironically, this was the year when more people than he

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021