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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  math majors learn how to talk and write (in LaTeX) about their work. I ... want to also talk a little about my experience being Course 18 and how it ... ones did, in the sense that I’ve had to do much more struggling and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  , first picturing ourselves in the 10+ companies we applied to, and then in ... take a gap year, or scramble to find a job. We didn’t get to participate ... feeling in the air. Listening to the exciting vamp in the background

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there ... problem was to get the answer. What about the answer? Why does it even ... assignment was to bring in photos and talk about why we liked/disliked them. I

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  , i only knew how to make scrambled eggs and boil pasta"]how to cook for ... [/caption] Ultimately, an unnecessary item to have, but getting this filled me with a primal joy akin to ancient man being taught how to make fire on a cold

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  admission in any way? 3. How can I access your answers to queries posted in ... anything else) Also (I hope I get to ask 2 questions in one comment), I had ... , "I'm going to take the ACT without writing in September to get college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  take the time to get to know them. Hop in a new acquaintance's car for an ... extracurricular commitment, then rushed home at 8:30-9pm or so, to finally get some ... me, had crossed the ocean to attend university in the States - but they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  exciting College Adventures™. I had to slump over in the Maseeh 3 bathroom at ... . What I didn’t realize was that, in the process, I forgot to do things for ... and spent time in different communities, getting the feel for different

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  In an Uber ride during my freshman year, one of my friends turned to ... extracurriculars or the people who sat next to me in class. I was the proud introvert ... , naturally, I thought that I ~had~ to be an extrovert in order to be successful

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  generous financial aid, anytime money is involved people tend to get stressed ... we have about how to improve the SFS content, like more financial ... development) backend is awful and really gets in the way we needed some better

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  of 9 to 1. How do you get time? You write. You argue persuasively for ... you were doing, you could in theory get observation time on the VLA. I say "in theory," because as you can probably imagine, getting time on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  'll post more information about how to get involved with birthright in the ... ended, but I'd like to sum things up in one post and just get it all out ... Propulsions Laboratory over in Pasadena, and I get to see Caltech and Los

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  : how close to last am I for PE team picks? Physical education was, to ... , something to poke at: c'mere and look at how weak Camille is. It wasn ... someone to notice that I was adamant on skipping meals because of how I felt

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  , and figure out how to get my passport, which was in New Hampshire, to ... 'm confused about how I'll be able to participate in MEET if I'm seven hours ... students in my major don't typically go to sophomores. at a certain point, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  anymore), so now in an effort to get this post up, I'm just going to wing it ... Full disclosure: Regarding the tagline: I have no idea how to write ... . I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  I couldn’t get myself to write.  I miss signing up for college campus ... the few that actually gets to go to school here. I remember that on one ... wished to get into an ivy league school.  I miss looking through the old

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  week to get out 14 NEW BROTHERS (note the excitement). Anyhoo, for those ... the country might look like or how far I went to stick out on this ... think wild and crazy kids in togas. If by togas you mean suits and ties

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  . I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25 ... kick to the face. - Scotty in Star Trek often says "Ye cannae change the ... to cut him in half and count the rings. - That's not Chuck Norris

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  read or listen to the entire story. In the New York Times: Her Mission: Easing Stress of Getting In Looking at colleges with her daughter was often ... 800 SAT scores whom they had turned down. Message: You’ll never get in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the ... with so many different motivations are attracted to Career Fair, it gets ... we needed to catch to get to iRobot. But then we couldn't find the bus

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  there is a line. A LONG line. Just to get to the Self Check-In counters ... on many airlines and seen how air travel functions in several countries ... course I didn’t want to sacrifice a single hour in Taiwan, so I decided to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009