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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  My first two weeks of GEL kicked off to a great start. I really like ... optimization. Often, you have to make judgement calls of whether to launch a ... us is: It’s better to make a bad decision now than a good one too late

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  stars. We're going to turn this thing into a YouTube phenomenon, alright ... handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I've favorited since I've gotten here. "What does this have to do with MIT?" Look

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  biomedical engineering, join a fraternity, and try to engineer the human body on a microchip to name a few. So if I were to describe my experience ... years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is ... happens - you try to push the cart in a straight line, but at the slightest ... chaotic, chaotic to the point that sometimes you can’t push a cart down the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  opportunity to attend a 3 week base visit called "Ops Air Force" during the ... Development Training (PDT) program designed to give cadets a better view of Air ... different squadrons to get a broad view of base operations. I was lucky enough

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  them. A much less severe, but nonetheless important, implication of this ... for application to MIT. That is OK. There are more important things to ... 've faced or something important that didn't go according to plan. How did you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  vacation outlining a lot of changes I'd like to make to MyMIT to make it a ... functionality a bit to make sure you're seeing new stuff all the time. The major part of my proposal was an outline to turn the portal into more of a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  've had to learn at MIT is: hitting a wall is okay!  Actually, it's great ... , find themselves in a place they never expected to be: the back of the ... , something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  infinite and ask if they have a few minutes to talk about this without, well ... microphone! (If you actually want to record anything you'll also want a ... while blindfolded. But learning how to listen to a piece was only half of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  light shows, a visit to the doctor, a turtle race, and ring spinning. In ... , this is a physics problem. And when there's an important physics problem ... a much larger problem. How to travel through time! Prof. Fisher: We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  point decades: we want to build a site that a) provides useful information, with a human touch, to help people navigate the admissions process while ... -- they're just as important as they ever were, and will remain central to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  , which always has a way of making me feel important… In any case, MIT is ... challenge was to come up with a team name, we decided on “I Can’t Believe I ... Have any of you read “The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT”? If

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  help (important end-of-2017 lesson). A special shoutout to the people who ... coordinator (basically a guidance counselor) to review my college application ... supplemental essays was gross, since I figured I was just going to go to a state

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. The MIT Transfer Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and ... entry in the Fall of 2013. To enter MIT as a transfer student, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Won’t Be Long Now… Some pictures to tide you over.

  

  provides a bit of closure to an important part of the admissions cycle. It won't feel real until Mail Services comes to pick up the packages later today. Matt likes to blog a picture of the mail folks leaving with the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  orange books that tell you everything from how to do a 360 with your car to how to escape from a well. Today's lesson? How to Foil a UFO Abduction ... better and ready to apply to MIT now? BananAPPEAL quandries: 1) Is MIT a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  should be a momentous occasion, where I have something important to say (I ... regardless of where you end up for school, you'll be able to get a great ... In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  outreach to students for the season. After this, I'll head back to the office where, with all of the admissions officers finally together after a long travel season, we'll prepare to read your applications. I suspect we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  asked him to film a 14-part television series this summer on global ... ; Kendra Johnson, who's founded a program to help the women of Santa Ana ... ://web.mit.edu/mitir/! -- Forum on American Progress will be releasing a booklet, America in the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  are most important to you. If you want to list more than N, feel free to ... are welcome to send updates about anything you feel it is important we ... stereotype was one of the things that turned me off to CMU. It wasn't until a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004