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• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate concern. But in honor of "Patriot's Day" (I honestly never quite figured what that was all about)/It's-the-Boston-Marathon-and-the-city's-a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  great export: How accessible is campus dining? In my realm of discussion ... through a wooden door, which is why I chose to live in one of the non ... prototypes (a.k.a. parents). I was in attendance to take pictures of food- I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area—you can't do anything wrong when completing the form ... must be sent to us from your school to verify your self
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  material? And how does that assist you all in making a decision? I mean, if ... email address is. If your question is a general one, I prefer that you ... math subject in either level I or II?" Yes, that is totally fine. You

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  high school didn’t feel all that long ago, I could only remember a few ... , a small city in the Liaoning Province of China. My grandparents have ... than that of a bag of chips in a Boston vending machine. For 3 days in

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  way to get more mattresses than that. I beg to differ. In a few days ... how hard MIT is going to be? Do you think they're scared to get to ... . This entry is a shameless plug for an event that Keri inspired me to

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the ... . The expected outcome of this approach is that all student accounts in ... day, in April, I got a thin envelope in the mail from this school. It

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  deciding... "Anonymous" wrote, "I have a Q: is MIT gay-friendly? (intl here ... their admissions process, but I do know that of my MIT friends who chose ... writing, "Anon -- MIT is probably one of the most gay-friendly schools I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  . I unfortunately lost a handful of aura points in the past several days ... circadian rhythm out of whack. A few months ago, I was easily putting in ... ] Showing my age I used the slang word "slay" in a conversation the other day

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  as not a sore loser. it is okay but duh I think we should've won lol"]that ... ? Is there a way to view vector and matrix values at each point in a deep ... monotonous complexity that learning abstract computer science in a lecture

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  is a life-long process, and I'm confident in my ability to sustain my ... classes, I have a sneaky suspicion that if I just stop using Chinese (which ... language. That connection drew me to language in general. I decided to learn

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  Counselor (interviewer, or EC), I recommend you do so very soon (right now is ... countries). I have a few updated notes for applicants in these countries. For ... I hope your senior year is going well, and that you are enjoying your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things ... to students in, say China, it’s a big change from MIT where our ... exam, there is only 1 final exam. That’s right. One exam that

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  that can be traversed by a pointer (the current position in the list ... position in memory [ begins a loop ] ends a loop Brainf*** is Turing ... writing “concise” code in brainf*** is a challenge. > “Hello world

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  tank. I stopped in Cleveland for the night (my first time staying at a ... lights were gone. That’s when it finally hit me: This is a disaster, in the ... how grateful I was that she was still there in the last few grueling

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  “that is valued as a physical object above and beyond its value as a ... remains a mystery to me (though I did try to find a pattern in the prices ... .S. locations. Do book collectors travel regularly to those? How big is their

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  formulation is that any statement in np can be proven). you can imagine how ... example is in fact non-interactive so, putting all of that together, a zk ... transform that function call into a proof that other people can verify. in my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  it at that point. In general, service is a good thing. Lipei wrote, "I ... at a hospital). How do I report this in my application?" For ... test date? do i fall in that catagory? to whom shall i admit my situation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  -derivates you! By which I mean that it snaps back with a second derivative in time ... . It was a journey of self-discovery in the sense that I uncovered a ... inflection, perhaps in a context that makes absolutely no sense. Like: “Yo, it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  modelling of a new version of the device I'm working on in lab. 10:05 - 10 ... . My breakfast. My best friend telling me I'm crazy because I'm taking a photo of my food. 8:55 AM - Arrive in lab, unload my stuff at desk. I

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006