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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  said: "well, there's a lot of science that's really important for making ... , 956 sessions** 1330 hours of classes *mostly MIT undergraduates **you can sign up to teach >= 1 sessions of any class 1330 hours of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D-Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor importance (biking for fun, blogging, sleep) but hey, saving the world involves

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not the greatest week, I was thinking about limericks, which of course led ... most important things you should remember for quiz bowl competitions: 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  when it comes to something as important as finances. Caroline asked, "Can ... university, but when I visited Caltech, they said that about 80% of the profs can't teach well!! They're brilliant, of course, in research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  musical phases, I'll try and put them into bullet points in the beginning of ... she got me into it. It was kind of funny cause I liked Panic! and she ... walked into APCSA as my first period. Brings back a lot of memories. IGOR

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  repeatedly slamming the soft tissue in the middle of my foot into the ground ... stability. we can’t go into all of them here, and in fact we can’t say for ... landing) into potential energy (as you roll weight towards the front of the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  is important because they were all at the bottom of my chains. so now ... last updated: october 22, 5:15 pm   my hall, 2E of Next House, has an annual fall tradition in which we play a hall-wide game of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  't kill me. Well, to turn a lot of boring paperwork into a slightly ... yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP ... beyond capable of accomplishing what high school is throwing at you. So if

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  bread magic. Of course, she's pulled into some issues that are way above ... As a child, I was a hugely voracious reader. I spent the majority of my free time reading, and also a significant part of my non-free time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  out two fingertips of toothpaste onto your fingers, and smear it into an ... filled with toothpaste directly into the wash with all of the rest of your ... perhaps most importantly, how to fix old and dirty whiteboards. You know how

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  of the biggest things I took into consideration was geography. I knew ... kind of stigma attached to Ph.D. students who sell out and go into non ... putting into you. Who would be more likely to drop out of the program

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not afraid to get to the heart of issues. So in the spirit of Charlie Rose ... . _____________ One of the best things that I have found about the MIT community over

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  . Unlike the murals, their contents change with the scale of days instead of years, but they often follow a few well-trod paths: lists of classes that floor residents are thinking of taking in the next semester, polls about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  details). If you are a member of the Class of 2011 and would like to request ... can send a letter outlining your plans to our office: Office of Admissions Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  year. and maybe part of me actually just wants to let ec burn into flames ... senior year at ec. but more to the point, all the history of this room, all the years and years of stories attached to each piece, may not get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  from generations of past writing teams. One important concept in puzzle ... with some other important art decisions. Part of the rationale is that ... This post contains spoilers for the theme and structure of MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my ... whatever time i have left, because it can just take an arbitrary amount of ... the grind since my first year here, of course, and i've talked about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  four design majors in the class of 2026 (and that Teresa and I are two of ... program within MIT is like. It’s pretty long, so buckle in! Table of ... course number for design is 4-B, and it exists as more of a sibling of

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... ) deadline, November 1. I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the ... . These short-answer essays are only one small part of the application, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  he worked all day, a hired nanny moved into our home to take care of me ... It's nice to meet you. I'm a new freshman at MIT, a member of the Class of 2009. I was admitted early action and received the news around

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005