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• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  before, I come from a small town in the woods, a place where people generally agree that almost anything can be improved if it is shot out of a ... (those logs in there are actually trees, and I'm standing a good way back

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  than present a disjointed patchwork of events from here and there, I ... looked at you with furrowed brows and a surprised look. Why? Why I ... , it was like getting lost, vanishing into a dark cabinet where warm

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  everyday because you published this post. Is there anything I can do for you ... -stop-shop for all EA questions you may have, let's see if I can do this. What is ... applying early is a great way to show the admissions office that you

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  like funk, rap or hip hop, this is a CD you should have!) ... Sometimes" is at 1 p.m. followed by a Q&A with director Eric Byler and cast. Student films are at 3:45 p.m. There is an independent filmmakers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  , will run about 90 minutes. You can RSVP at brownmityale.org. In addition ... Midwest. Details can be found here: brownmityale.org These meetings will be a great opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors to hear

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also ... write. This is harder than you might think, as was learned by a man who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  Have you ever wanted to be a performer but can’t sing or dance? Why ... projectionist for the club. After all, I reasoned, college is a time to try out ... projector at a constant 24 frames per second. That gives you one reel of film

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  : Laundry is very important. Neglect it you should not. The workload can be ... semester is near. Go have a nice holiday. And see you next year!   ...   ★ To think That one year ago, MIT said “Yes, you can go

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  . About my Reg Day. The thing about Reg Day, is that you run into every ... that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a ... school I've gone to for three and a half years. And the thing is, I'm over

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  ."]"lab".[/annotation] It's called a lab because it involves a checkoff, where you talk to ... biggest variation is whether there are several projects a semester, or one ... number is hard: do you count distinct classes, or should you weigh classes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  experiments... and earning 12 units of credit for it. (You can do a UROP for pay ... some reason, we're on a five-point scale where an A is worth 5.0, B = 4 ... both classes. This is a great system when you get a B- (because it shows

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  kitchen table on a daily basis is really starting to sink in. It's not that ... cried and where I first skinned my knees on a playground. Yes, to be ... you see, there's nothing wrong with change. Just make sure you take

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  watched, clutching a clipboard to my chest. Exam Room 1 is not a normal ... to do something else for a while. You know, take a break from homework ... . However, we are looking for a bright, young, motivated individual who is

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  there is still no actual plan, the plan for finding a plan has changed a ... her precedent I have some time yet. Let's see if I can get you up to ... barely slept, my brain is completely liquid, I haven't had a real meal in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  you know what? No introduction is really needed. There are things that I ... . This is Professor Junot Diaz. This is a book that wrote, one of my all ... genuine. I'm so happy that he is on the faculty of a place like MIT. Hearing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  Margaret Mary Lloyd, where have you been?! This is probably ... excuse, nor is it a particularly unique one, but that’s the story I ... Chemical Engineering, is our senior design class. We don’t have a thesis, we

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  over the weekend, where you can visit one of MITOCs two New Hampshire ... the horrifying discovery of what "windchill" is. This year however, is a ... having it's annual "Winter School". Winter School is a series of lectures

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  you a secret because I have that much love for you all - I was really ... my classes. You can ask my mother - I was super mopey the day before I ... , mind you) interesting seem like a cake walk. He also looks like Henry

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  an automation engine (think IFTTT, but for your phone) and there is a ... software product development. As you can infer, there are lots of MIT alumni ... Michael & me (PC to Michael, can't you tell by how nice the camera is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  Observatory. There, I learned that Real Science can also be ugly, although since all my work was computer-based there was a smaller chance of me flinging a burning crucible and killing someone. That feeling, when you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012