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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  have studied a foreign language... the only languages I studied in high ... not much I would rather be doing with my time. However, I am afraid ... want to hear. Should I consider answering in a more conventional

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  jazz, I've been picking up some info on how this particular Boylston St ... two women conversing in Spanish. And I generally throw in a bit of Tamil ... about how annoying it is to be sick. I like it at this Starbucks! It

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  normal day, and post them on the website. To be honest, I'm not sure how ... It's 2am, I'm up reading about plane crashes (more on my classes ... 's yearbook (and, relatedly, the photography/design club) is hosting A Day in

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  yet. We'll know when they do. Already, I'm aware of how ensconced in my ... that spills outward invites warmth with it. Kamoya and I head in, closing ... -up pidgin English, as I take in the apartment. I wish him a happy birthday

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  In August I celebrated my four year [annotation note ... Student Financial Services. Essentially, in the months when I’m not reading ... Preview Weekend In the fall of 2017, I introduced a new set of brand

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... entire AoPS crew are doing. I hope that if you're interested in and excited ... plurality of whom where students in grades 6-10. I spoke briefly to the group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for ... feel it with physics, too. There must be some reason I made room in my ... which was just singing is now in shards on the table, speaks to how

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  of the labs in the tunnels. I enjoy passing by quick performances in ... freshman year, I’ve lived on Beast, a floor in the dorm East Campus. While I ... . Places I finished building my loft! In the fall, during the week before

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math ...  real. I simply refuse to believe in such strange, unintuitive physics that I ... mechanical). And I suppose every chemical reaction in my body keeping me alive

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Finally back in the office! When we last left off, I'd just finished ... day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... 't already. Yum. Tuesday I woke up and drove to East Brunswick HS in NJ to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  it would have been more effective if it had been, I don't know, funny ... slight rivalry between Harvard and MIT. Whenever I'm talking to prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  end. It seemed like only yesterday when I stood in front of Lobby 7 with ... doesn't seem that far away from yesterday. Now, I just want to fill in ... MIT, I was surprised to find fliers in the hallways advertising for SAT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing ... the issue altogether? You'd think that as an MIT student, I would have ... I've always said I don't believe in linear time, but this is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  's where I learned how to 3D print, lasercut, weld, and fiddle with ... myself a maker until I've learned how to operate heavy machinery? I feel ... . In order to learn how to use the makerspace equipment or learn a new

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  how you're expected to sleep for grief, so I'll try to comfort you with ... can guarantee that it would look like complete gibberish to you. In the ... ) that I was eager to learn Old English. In a nutshell, Prof. Bahr said

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was ... I’ve ever had to, an effect self-evident in me staying up late on ... might have underestimated the extent to which I would be challenged by my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  called the Leadership Training Institute (LTI). In high school, I was involved in a similar leadership program. What I appreciated the most was the ... giving. Anne >> It's true. Of all the leadership roles I took in

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  beginning of the semester about the order I would drop my classes in, if ... . Heck, almost all MIT students would tell you this is bad. I will tell you ... , so here we are. Well, what are the classes? I'm interested in computer

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  invested heavily in research,” he said, “and I hate that our people are still ... the value in this. “I am a firm believer in the quote, ‘as the twig is ... there. “I’ll be Skyping in,” he assured me. Going forward, there’s still a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  points still, but at least I don’t have to worry about swimming. I would’ve failed the swim test in front of an awkward crowd. Then I’d delay it until ... the MIT team. According to the trainers, it looked like I would faint

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017