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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  person. Christine asked: Hey Jessie, I have a question for you. How was ... were other activities I liked more, or was interested in, and I quit ... committments. Erer asked: I noticed in the admissions stats that because of the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  sea in Antarctic winter after living without food for 120 days. I set my ... television in front of my treadmill. Sure, I lost a little by not hearing Alan ... !"). Unfortunately, I would have had to run like an entire marathon to do that, so I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  . I felt a bit like Ashton Kutcher in his new commercial for Axe, except ... Melis just blogged about Senior Ball so I figured that it'd be a good ... , free, and a bunch of friends were going, I decided that I could suck it

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  receive any exam booklets." Prof. Guth smiled and asked whether I was in the ... into the wrong exam hall, I said "Um, yes. 8.012 is DEFINITELY in this ... freakout when gears in my brain clicked and I realized who I'd been speaking

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an ... find what you like about MIT in other places, or how best to showcase ... Dear Applicants, Each year at this time, I feel an overflowing

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  of homework, usually in the form of a problem set. I thought the ... membrane time constant τm? iv) How much external electrode current would be ... → ∞, V(t) → V(∞) ≡ E_L + R_mI_e. Setting t_0 equal to the current time in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  . Admittedly, I would have far less faith in my ability to “do-it-all” if it was ... Biomolecular Systems on Friday morning. In an effort to procrastinate, I was ... equal representation of women in science. When I casually mention to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were ... importance of collaboration originated from my work in theater long before I ... rigorous," but it hints at how even a music class can embrace technology in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  to the family... but eating dinner all together as a family. I wasn ... against books at the dinner table is the fact that I was so stinkin' nerdtastic that I wanted to read at the dinner table... I DIGRESS. The point

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  additional information: sign in, click the light green tab "how to APPLY" and ... interview required? No, it's not required, but I highly suggest having one. "Your interview gives us a vivid sense of you as a person and how you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  million extracurriculars I was involved in. A word of advice: Take a deep ... mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the schools I want to get into. I was in your spot once, and I'm there once

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  i haven't written about what's been happening in my life at all in the past month, not here nor in my personal notes. i want to say that i ... were staying in mit for winter break. that night and the next night i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  would like to work on and become masters in their area. If looking at ... the FSAE team members: - I had the chance to sit in this year's FSAE car ... seconds, in case something goes wrong. I think it took me about 30, and the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in-person info sessions and tours as well as online sessions. Head over to our ... -created version of MIT in Minecraft!
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  before. It was this: I would ask Lady Gaga to sign something that belonged ... card costs exactly $15. (In case you're curious or vegan, I blocked ... I might as well tell you straight away that this story ends with Lady

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  ’d attend would assist in paying for her degree. She loved math, so she ... in,” she confessed, “until I got accepted to WISE.” Misconceptions ... “sitting in the basement with glasses on in the dark,” and she would not know

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  pretty set on what my major for a while now (in fact, I specifically ... there any less cool. I've been writing this from A-Control in WMBR and ... and pretending sleep does not exist. In the meantime, I'll be fending

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  MIT, how I feel about them, what I loved, what I'd do differently ... really got used to it. I learned a lot in 21M.302; I looked at some sheet ... My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  it was his home.  I wrote plenty of times about how it was my home ... think I'm special, in a way. The kind of way where life threw a lot of ... cat, Rory, and I live with the amazing Dan S. '17 in a tiny three

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  'm pretty sure they don't actually see me at all in our room since I've been ... content of the class. But you should probably ask me how I feel about it ... stuck out to me because I enjoy blogging. It's all about how journalism

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013