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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  don't mind a lack of sleep too much. In the morning, I get to watch the ... , for too often they have replaced a human lunch. Soon I will run out of ... . Weekdays are a blur of work and socialization, with lines between the two

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  friend and classmate? Don't invent a character. Describe yourself. (from ... passions. Highlight quirks. You can’t fit everything into a college essay, so ... ' essays. Don’t read the anthology. It won’t help at all. Find a voice that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  hard to get into M.I.T. Yes. pennutty said: Hi, Iam a 11th class student ... , by designating their lab class as a CI-M. For example, the required Course 2 lab class (2.671) is also a CI-M. Anon said: Could someone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  . If so, he would become the first player from M.I.T., a Division III ... to be easy, especially for a Division III, M.I.T. player," he said ... there for me." In the meantime, Bartolotta hopes to carry M.I.T. to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  sweetness of acidic foods after miraculin is equal to that of a 17% sucrose ... approved by the FDA as a sweetener or food additive, but is mass-produced in ... . Interest in miraculin spiked after a May 2008 New York Times article on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  About Ourselves Mulan I’m a rising sophomore studying mechanical ... Coordinator, and Panhel Delegate! Siyoung I’m a rising sophomore studying math ... student groups). Ana I’m a rising junior in the math (18) and philosophy

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  love rollercoasters, but I usually get a little nervous before them. I'm ... have to smuggle a delivery to a buyer in the Star Wars universe. Now, I'm ... couldn't help myself. This entire trip made me feel like a kid again

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  carrying dirty laundry. I couldn’t run off to Boston at a moment's notice. I couldn’t transfer my UROP down Massachusetts Avenue. I couldn’t remain a ... ’ll never end: you wake up on Monday and know that you won’t be able to take a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  February. Even with this information, questions about the Midyear Report (a.k.a ... students with something to report -- so if you're in a school that doesn't ... semester (or after completion of the second quarter, if your school uses a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  Being a major in Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics, or Aero ... to the AeroAstro Centennial (which closed with an Elon Musk Q+A). We ... camp" known as Unified Engineering, smiling in front of a 747 at the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  recommend having one letter from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities, social science, or language teacher. Additionally, a letter is often submitted by a counselor or school official alongside the required
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  food. i found a cookie recipe over the weekend that's really working for ... degrees F. Mix the sugars, vanilla, eggs, and applesauce in a big bowl ... color and consistency. It'll be pretty thick. Butter or oil a big baking

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  miT-REX Residence Exploration (REX) begins.

  

  Consider these photos for now to be like a movie trailer without sound:

  • by Bryan
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  a lot.  I didn’t do that well in the class but had a good experience ... , forces you to take up a lot. I don’t think I had time to breathe last ... wrote about here. I taught a Spark class about plants with Katie K. '24

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  don't define me, it was a bad day and all the cool things I'm learning ... now a senior and getting oldddd"]But I'm a junior.[/annotation] I hate ... 've satisfyingly popped this pimple. I'M A FREE ELF!!   edit 9/3/2023: I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  10K was my first race in a very long time. Between high school and ... "At the core of many of his stories was a distinction between success ... a lot of life reflected with each mile that goes by. I am not a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  's incredibly sad that I most likely won't be getting in. I'm not a prodigy ... genius to get into MIT. I'm not. I've never won a math competition, I wasn't ... scrolling and scanning, here's a table of contents: 1. Calculus and APs aren't

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tag Yourself a tote bag meme

  

  bags. they have even called us suburban moms. we don't disagree. we made a meme with them - karen c.'20, katherine c. '19, nia m. '20, charlotte m. '20, caroline b. '21. tag yourself. we'll go first. allan is el

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  there, watch some kids and can't do all the cool stuff... Being a ... the beginning. It doesn't really matter anyway. Sadly, I'm pretty sure I ... Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006