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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  very many times that I would spend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights ... . Often, I didn’t really mind because I really liked school and I would also ... have. I remember thinking in high school, “I hope the MIT curfew is not

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day, and if I wanted to write, I would. If I wanted to spend an hour commuting to a new location to write, I would. I had time to do it. I like to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  were greeted with was an absolute flood of more acronyms. In fact, I think I’ve seen more acronyms in the past few weeks than in my entire life ... objective was in order. We would cross the illustrious [annotation note

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  specifically integration. It’s complicated (so much so, in fact, that I ... (a factor we would normally not consider since it is so negligible in ... also measures how much information you can process at a time. In short

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  multiple different groups on campus this past semester, I've realized how ... performing or playing in a game, we gather people to watch and cheer them on. I ... Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  application I had a pretty solid game plan: Stress band, life in the country ... available (I actually think I got Part I in about four hours after it was ... in my application. I do so many things for fun, which one was the one I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  previously mentioned Kevin in my blog about snow antics. I built my first and only snowman, Olaf, with him in January 2015. Nearly two years later, I ... anyone who would listen, and in particular to Kyle Dannelly, his high

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  I believe in quantum physics now. The past few weeks have changed ... experiments in 6.2410 (Quantum Systems Engineering Lab) – a class I’m taking ... a video of a monkey reacting to a magic trick, that's exactly how I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  principle does not account for the organ variant. In particular, it would ... statement of this blogpost. I claim we should not give up quite so easily. In ... intuition, I don’t think we would deem it intuitively clear that the moral

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  of the Kevlar fuselage. How did you steer the plane in the taxi ... /Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear ... today--two speed missions and one untimed cargo mission--so that we would

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  'm excited that I'll be sharing other people's experiences in the future with ... from the Boston side of the river as the humble brownstone I call my ... it out. Did you know blustery was a word? I didn't. I got an email

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  most stylish professor I've had in my life. Not to mention his academic ... interesting solution would shed light on many of the mysteries surrounding the distribution of prime numbers. Or if you saved a penny every hour, it would take

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the ... would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can ... ’m dealing with in Metaphor. Right? No. I was wrong. This is my fourth attempt

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  PE golf right up until May so she would be able to graduate in June ... Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend. MIT's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  amazing; I can’t help but marvel at how much skill the pyrotechnicians must ... United States. But then I think about how strange the 4th of July ... ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  . Need blind means that we do not consider how much financial aid we would ... /250/600. * I get lots of questions along the lines of, "In my country ... international students.   I've been promising a post about international

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for 4 years now. I'll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it, back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  yours, in fact! But I did want to write briefly about something really ... freshman hopped up on idealism and tech-romanticism does: I got a UROP. In ... LEDs would declare it alive, I was researching communications protocols

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  rolling their eyes. The mother wanted to know how students would get food if ... show up with a check in hand asking how much it will cost," she says ... process. I think my favorite is the private jet/financial aid story from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think ... else, or just talk amongst yourselves in the open thread below. I've got to drive up to a meeting in a few hours, and I've got a sprint

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015