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• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  been interrupted by the pandemic. However, despite this, now that it is summer in Cambridge, it is still true that: my neighbor's adorable and ... For the last five years, I have started this post with a jaunty list

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  have is to be confidently relaxed. I hope that you have gone both through ... essay(Mitra) Clarification on what exactly a "good match" is (Matt) But ... or test-prep courses I would suggest or anything like that. I recommend

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  that, I was on my way. All in a day-before-class's work I suppose. Oh ... "what did you do?". I suppose a correlation could be drawn about the ... thought. When a nurse came in to see me and asked what I was in for, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  set off on a cross-country road-trip. I was leaving that early because I ... last carefree summer in Cape Coma. After a week of I-95 mayhem, I walked ... . I had a cartful of crap spilling over the sides, that I was

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  . Then that following fall I lived with four people including myself in a ... sometimes or know how to fold their clothes in a more efficient way. I ... year and I've learned a lot. I lived for the first time with friends in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  faculty in 1997, and prior to that was a faculty member at UCLA and Harvard ... Saxe has even discovered a brain region that is specialized for thinking ... course that you teach? A. In my undergrad course students go straight to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  boyfriend: "I don't know, but I wish I could ride in a boat that's being towed ... on boat etiquette—why is it that people will wave at you if you're on a ... " Anyways, as we approached the island, I started to notice how tiny it is. It

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  unbelievably cool moment that I think will stay with me for a really long time ... , back in the day, we used to get our decision letters in the mail. I'm a ... . It was leaked to us in a joke flyer that was handed out before the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  feeling rising in my mind that I've forgotten how to put in words. Fu ... , there's a class called 2.009 that is one of the Mechanical Engineering ... ) , more often than not I am in it deep. The class runs at a breakneck pace

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  prayed that I wouldn't make a fool out of myself in the classroom. It was ... and flowers, everywhere. I admit that it was a little painful to return ... civilization in history has had a working answer to. "How did the universe begin

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  . That something is match. We talk a lot about match here at MIT ... at a rural but well-resourced public high school in New Hampshire. I ... school. I still keep in touch with a few friends from there. They did well

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  you've made a choice that is right for you. The only thing we ask in return, is that you please let us know. Log in to your MyMIT account, and ... the form. I know breaking up is hard to do, but not knowing is even

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  's going on?" Friend: "..." Me: "...is that a parade?" Friend: "..." Me ... guys come out for the parades: That's a pirate ship in downtown ... surprising -- it is, after all, a port city -- but that's far from all that

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  TWO YEARS. I should get a raise for that), it's Cam's thoughts on the ... left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year ... might also know, as I gave away some spoilers. Brought to you just in

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  with either that spread or my experience in the club — I felt a little ... that they looked a lot like what I imagine solar sails to be. In ... confident in my ability to put together a nice layout; for that spread, I had

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  .100A has been very helpful (I can actually do psets), and 9.00 is ... community is amazing (stay tuned for a post about that in the next few weeks ... so I wanted to fill it in with a different class. "Ok", I thought, "I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  microcommunities at MIT, that together will paint a better picture than I would do in ... . Sleeping overnight in the public areas of a House (e.g., lounges) is ... , on to the point. By now, I suspect that a lot of my readers are

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  how many problems I could solved.") print(b,"The next thing to do is ... to adopt a new syntax.\n") print("So how do you start? Do you pick up a textbook? Watch videos? Take a course? Let me share with you how I started

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  piece (or at least, I didn't catch the title) is a six-screen video of ... difference in reactions. Jaekyung told me that the piece reflects how he feels ... can listen along. I wish there was a mirror, though, so that the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  while ago. So without further ado (keeping in mind that this is all very ... problem ethically. In particular, we will argue that there is likely no ... severity of action that affects our sensibilities. Pulling a switch is less

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