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• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  "? In my work with the lab, I go to preschools and the children's section ... them, and turn to the kid to help me out: is Wilbur right when he ... explanation, can be very enlightening. If the child is of the right age (4-6, in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  them, and then return them to you in the fall! This is the correct answer ... : This is going to be mostly about Maseeh because that's my current home ... questions about them feel free to ask in the comments! 3 Best Parts of living

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  idea, there is a way to fail. There are readings that illuminate everyday subjects in an entirely new light. The question then is, “Why didn ... Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  Mechanical Engineering but decided to do some research in the Math department ... for one of the most prestigious research journals in the world: Nature ... mechanical engineering, he went on to work in the MIT Hobby Shop, so that he

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  's a feeling that I haven't felt in a long time—even the most exciting of ... people in the hallways. It will be hard for us to recover after such a ... to rage, and in a place where most students are only here for four

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  rest, I was completely back to normal. The issue is that I'm behind in ... four hours straight with my friends to 2010s bangers, which was the most fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i decided to chronicle my weekend! This will be the first of several "a day in ... another friend 2 while friend 1 was in a meeting 7:15 pm – took the bus to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  have never taught it before, so the most honest answer is "I don't know ... approximation; I'll adjust things the second time I teach it. My intent is to ... statistics from the Tech today, let me paraphrase it in one Marilee Jones quote

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Brief Addition to My Last Exposition (Or was it a narrative? My FCAT Writing skills are long gone.)

  

  My introduction to most of the MIT Admissions staff - aside from my ... key. The tube was by my front door. I missed it on my way in to find the ... ordeal was over. (The same will happen to most of you!) Things aren

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  , and are used to taking physics class in which the purpose is for us to learn more physics. In this class, the purpose is for us to learn ... 't so obviously useful - but is probably one of the most special classes I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  much, then how can we say no? So seven of us met at the T stop in Kendall ... 's Housing Adjustment Lottery gave me the chance to move in there. There ... wasn't for me, though. This is the point of the Housing Lottery in the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  of the day is that I got to eat lunch with MIT President Hockfield ... ), what MIT's role ought to be in national and global energy policy, the ... -- "Impossible is Nothing"), and the way we're taught to think rather than

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  closest friends in freshmen year, which led to me losing them. I was not the ... . Grades seven to twelve of my education in Nigeria were spent in a boarding school in the country’s capital. Mirroring Nigeria’s religious demographic

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  -collegiate-ness. If that's not the best idea ever, I don't know what is. It's meant to ... decided it was time to bring my casual bike ride form of training to the ... hope about the ice cream half-expected the ice cream to be at the top of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  fellowships (AHHHHHH!!!!!!), and said goodbye to the NRAO, and the building in ... , thanked Ed Murphy, and said goodbye to McCormick, the building in which I ... longer living in Charlottesville. I said goodbye to the brick house on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  failed me! But why? Linear algebra to the… rescue? TL;DR, rotations in 3D ... way to describe a rotation in 3D is with a matrix – a 3x3 grid of ... in true MIT fashion, I leave the proof as an exercise to the reader

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  anywhere and there's so much stuff to do for college kids. I love that the ... , have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy ... people will actually laugh and won't shun them to the library. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  - it is in this spirit that we, the MyMIT bloggers, seek to honor MIT ... . Content caters in large part to the demands of the audience, who can email ... features. Oh, I learned so much in the months that followed. First, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in ... everywhere in between.   It’s been used to eat freeze ... . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for the forthcoming admissions cycle. As you may know, in the past ... . There is no preference in our process for early applicants. We use the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015