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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  figured 18.01 would be a walk in the park, I took one look at the p-set and ... like I thought it would (for the rest of you, look outside, yup it ... ) What I was expecting: Chris, what is the derivative of x^2? How about x^3

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  Environment offices, when I was accosted by a man in a bicycle taxi. MAN: "Hey ... with strangers. But as the man sped off in search of another victim, I ... minutes! I could write a whole blog entry in those 15 minutes! But then I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  you try it. I can't say how many things I would have missed out on if I ... people that I would be going to school with for four years. I also had a ... . So keep the cash in your wallet for your MIT sweatshirt. Rule #2: If

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  V-Day, I'd like to put in a plug for MIT's production of the Obie ... . I hope many of you will check out a production in your town this year ... . At MIT, we celebrate the holiday in various fun ways. Of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  last but not least: sara Just going in, I knew this challenge would be a ... note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also ... . Angie F. ‘28, Ellie F. ‘28 and i were talking the other day about how the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  .223 as I write this. (though I did hand in all the psets on time! go me!) I quickly gave up on the ASE’s, figuring I would be better off just taking the ... [annotation note="I took a similar class in high school by cross registering

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  reflection of how amazing God is. I’m in awe. Utmostly, and fully in awe. < ... …God is a genius. He knew how this would play out. He knows the power of ... how powerful it is to you…but I think it’s amazing the way that that

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that ... say 'Hmm, I need that colour' and other kids would suggest ideas for ... the I/O Brush would say oceans, Jacob's jacket, a lunchbox or someone

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  from something I still don't understand in the Media Lab, is coming back ... in attendance. I was in the room with the entire admissions Illuminati ... didn't. When I was a high school student in lower middle-class California

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... ’t find the model online) I started folding origami in high school because of a book I’d found in the school library. It contained a variety of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  silence in my car or hotel room, I think to myself, “Would Flat Tim do it ... "]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided driving on the highway while I was in high school. Living in the Boston area

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I ... date. I had assumed that these took place in like February or March, but ... department store when I was home in December. I'd never owned dress pants

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

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  , because how the hell should I know? I got in to my first choice school, and ... background and ability to pay (why else would I get bullied in to sending in my ... I would know- unfortunately, in high school I could rattle off a long

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the wait list ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... your case (and might hurt it). I would recommend sending us a note (no

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the waitlist ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... (and might hurt it). I would recommend sending us a note (no more than a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  weeks. If I can summarize this section in one sentence it would be the ... swept up in the competition. But I can't tell you enough how much better ... I struggled with the most. When you're in classes all day and doing

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  that went to MIT also would have changed and grown in similar ways, and I ... starting startups to revolutionize education. I got to fall deeply in love ... 't solve everything. All in all, I had a transformative experience that has

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  been in. (Coming in second would be the one between 8th and 9th grade ... industry CS internship. Traditional, it is not. I'm tuning in remotely from ... what I expected, but it's so hard to tell how much of that is due to this

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... In my email this morning: Hello fellow Young Alums! As you may or ... commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  how they interact, particularly in the lab. Unsurprisingly, Germans ... , to ponder. It's quite incredible really. Coming from the US, I had it easy overall. Growing up I spoke English from birth, and the few

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012