Blog
/ About Decisions
Getting My MIT Decision on Pi Day Pie a comic
this comic was inspired by the pie invention scenes in Waitress the Musical
Search
Search Results
-
-
Blog / Academics & Research
what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected
life or how much you'd learn in each class. There is so much learning ... class as a whole — will stick with you. To show this idea in action, I ... evenings spent psetting with friends, trying to figure out how to solve -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.
producing and is rumored to also be in the film. I don't know if you caught ... MIT blogs, thanks in part to its posting on digg.com, where it received ... Hiro Nakamura on the NBC series Heroes, has signed on to the film 21, a -
Blog / Miscellaneous
The Scholar, Episode 2 A few thoughts on last night's episode of the reality television show "The Scholar"...
is supposed to be a new kind of reality show, I guess I shouldn't be ... neediness in terms of paying for college, are from middle class families. I really do think universities need to do more to make college affordable for -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.
RSVP here. On Wednesday, I will fly to Florida in preparation for my ... , FL. Amy has already flown to Texas in advance of her meeting in Dallas ... do!), you'll be able to check your name and go in; if you haven't, we -
Blog / Residential Life
memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)
suzume, i guess, in how you have to think about how this place was used ... , but i do know enough to have gotten to know you i've done enough in ... right now i felt the need to do this because i will miss you, in a way -
Blog / Challenges
And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.
long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... . I dressed up and went to see W in a theater with my boyfriend and we ... A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse
police for getting too close to the front while both my friends met Tim Cook ... less than an hour, my bus leaves in less than an hour, I need to do ... tunes to get the mind flowing. I prefer to use themostdangerouswritingapp -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.
of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off ... college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly ... ordered for myself online, I really do love getting mail. At this point -
Blog / About Decisions
Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…
staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... different from yours. This opportunity, in fact, may turn out to be the one ... in terms of your backgrounds or aspirations, but simply in how many -
Blog / Miscellaneous
World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.
students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how many countries around the world come to MIT. Here's the challenge: In -
Blog / MIT Life
I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.
to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... ). And it took under 10 minutes to get there. It takes less time to get ice ... OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to -
Blog / Admissions
Did the quadratic formula explode?
In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... 'm trying to get over this feeling). The feeling that I shouldn't blog until ... best to get you psyched about MIT. But anxiety runs high, as you -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.
really want to be in a music group, or if you tend to get really nervous at ... smaller role in my life. I was very wrong. When I came to MIT last August, I decided I wanted to be in an instrumental group and a vocal group. I didn -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.
: schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to ... her SATs. In the fictional world of "The OC," colleges might have quotas ... quoted in a recent Bloomberg News article on stress & college -
Blog / MIT Life
Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed
MIT and Boston are in the middle of the actual Snowpocalypse, so what better time to whip up a blog about the beginning of classes? The lighting was a bit sloppy, but I do need to get back in the habit of vlogging -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…
Seattle, and many places in between (not to mention Puerto Rico and Hawaii). If you have registered for MyMIT, have replied to a letter/email we ... invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for -
Blog / Academics & Research
Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…
, the researchers in the Seung Lab designed a robot that learns how to ... little bit of control in how to use these muscles." By creating a ... work in the Seung Lab at MIT to develop the mechanical design of an -
Blog / Advice
Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life
appealing pieces and a better life. You'll know how to gauge for success in ... store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a -
Blog / Admissions
And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.
. To kick off my new blog, I thought I'd do some blogging from the road, with some "day in the life"s, similar to others that have been done in ... . The next day, we slept in, and went to a late brunch at one of my