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• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  how grief manifested itself in me. Instead, it was a tangled balloon of ... such a close scale before, so none of me knew how to react. My head was ... to sink to the ground too. In that moment, I felt nothing. There was

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  accepted or not. But every time I get to thinking this way, EVERY single ... as a freshman in high school. She is me at the core. She is enough to ... are, what inspires you, what makes you tick. Once you get in touch with

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I ... started getting interview invites from a handful of the places I applied to ... choice, but since I hadn't had time to get my pants [annotation note

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  is a LOT of work to be done. But how could this be! It's Christmas ... semester. Early in the school year, I kept getting emails about spending IAP ... experience in English. The bigger goal here then is to inspire an interest in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  you!), how to get around campus, and how to pick a living group (SO MUCH ... . (This could explain why the girl studying in the cubicle next to me looks ... --> no place to stand), not washing my dishes (although someone in my

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  to learn how to read and engage younger children in reading. You can ... , before I get into anything too serious, I really want to give a huge thank you to my team, Team 12. I worked in a team of four other TNTs and two

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  sleeping. I got to the airport at 10 am. My flight left in 45 min and the staff told me that it was too late to check in. I pleaded and they let me check in late and gave me a standby ticket. I made it to the gate just

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in the northeast: Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  something often academic in nature. (2) v.i. To be in the process of not doing something. (definition from How To Get Around MIT)   Which brings us to ... baggy t-shirt to p-set in. I sort my pile of clean laundry. I sort my pile

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  classes you're allowed to take. If you have a 5 on both, you can get 9 units ... 't even sweat it. It never hurts to know how to do a chi-square test (or to ... was in your shoes, so please feel free to ask me questions about SATs

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  canned pineapple in JELL-O but not fresh pineapple. How tired do people get at MIT, with all the work they have to do? Well, yesterday I broke ... moments of panic, I had the sense to reach in and rip it out with one clean

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will receive with your next big mailing (scheduled to be sent out early May), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... these two yet. =) In any case, it's getting complicated. Here are the ... in some countries rather than in others; how political institutions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  it's easy to let our dear old friend imposter syndrome kick in ... . Now, in fall of my senior year (gah that's still scary to write down ... —but getting to read the likes "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  trying to get it published. Before speaking with Boris, I had never ... the program, we spent two days presenting our research to a panel of judges and the general public, and I had the privilege of being assigned to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  . Here in Part 2, I've analyzed the remaining four games, hoping to gain more ... select 5 integers in the range 1 to 50, inclusive. For each integer k you ... three rounds, the rankings are combined to get a final score, calculated

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Food We Made! a photo dump of non-aesthetic pictures

  

  . This summer, we've had more time to be in the kitchen, and we've made a ... 's pretty magical about this dish is seeing how quickly so much liquid gets ... summer to make it. It was worth it! We ate the whole thing in the matter of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 29, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... about to pack up and leave when we saw—get ready for this—Bubble Man. I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  dots in advance to know how to position the starting frame when we ... ://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19318310[/caption] To project all these reels with no noticeable breaks in ... frames or ⅔ seconds. Pretty confusing, but you’ll get used to it relatively

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry in an effort to get back into ... , seeing as my immediate reaction to getting sick was thinking that this was ... after were good. So now I'm back here, learning how to not be burnt out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022