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• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  can promise you. If you received such a letter, you have every right to ... MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is ... -bad letter even worse. I only hope that you can accept our apology and

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  referring to free space in a schedule, like a buffer period. but there's a ... alyssa's estimate. there is no buffer in alyssa's schedule. bob says it ... games and it worked out fine. i joked that "as soon as you've played a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  with Silly Names -Hairy Ball Theorem You can probably guess which one I'm teaching. The class going on *right now* is "Cow Facts," so here's a live transcription: "THIS one is cool, and a little gruesome. Cows are not, like, very

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  It's finals week. However, there's a lot going on besides final exams ... over the summer (this area is saturated with college students) so you ... I've had in a while. There were eggs, nearly half a tub of Greek

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  across the hall. Sara '12 is also a resident of Conner 2. You may remember ... ." "H- how?" This is a critical time for both Sara and Yuki. This is when ... As I've said many a time, but will say again for new readers, I live

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  : Watch her discuss MIT at Fire and Ice! haha "You can become anything you want to be...we talking a bus driver, a secretary, two kids in MIT...can ... My 5.60 Final is tomorrow at 9:00. In just about 18 hours, I will be

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  . setting up a dev environment for software development can be tricky: it ... 20 questions a day but i can feel myself being more competent than last ... . everything seems to be great: i'm learning a lot from the internship, there

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  there were a couple of things that I needed to ensure my happiness, sense ... -shop, but there were still a couple of things missing from my list. Ahem ... instance, a tortilla can either make or break a meal: corn tortillas bring

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New ... for financial aid applicants (and remember, MIT is need blind for all applicants). These forms can be pretty confusing, so if you have any questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  to blog much lately. If you get through it all in one sitting, you're a ... announced that the hawks had returned. There were a few hundred people in the ... half a squirrel (and not the pretty half, let me tell you). ~300 people

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  graduated from MIT with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1984. Clara is a ... : Like many people out there, I had dreams of being a major league player ... breaking down a golf swing. I didn't know you could use these principles to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  pungent mushrooms, like a million thimble-sized cans of tomato paste, tempeh ... aborted experiment in homemade black bean burgers is sublimated into a thick ... is a breeding ground for weirdly poignant relationships with food. A

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  Chris Peterson once said, "rfong is a good photographer, and in order to do that you have to be really creepy." (Um...thanks?) It is that ... , is about to graduate with a course 6 degree, numerous musical accolades

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  woman called out: “Please, will you help us? We need somebody who is very strong!” Building 14 is shaped like a square and has a square courtyard ... since his freshman year and is now a staff member, which means that he has

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  can be a lifesaver. Office hours are great. Math is okay, I guess ... math itself is a lot rockier, swinging between begrudging acceptance and ... 's understandable, since math is what you need to understand old systems and build new

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there ... selected to work at a magical company called 5 Wits Productions, where many ... , you could be a spy and infiltrate an evil corporation or discover

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  the way, is 12.) But even at MIT, not everything can be measured. When ... As for the first time, after a freshman year that can best be described ... time better (thanks, iCalendar) and how to use a mop (apparently you

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  can do one step better?) Perhaps this is why? Or maybe had MIT heard ... . You're in college now." Here's the catch. It's MIT, a place with as many ... here like I'd describe a science experiment, I guess you could say: Step

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  address fundamental questions about climate processes with a multidisciplinary approach. The Center's goal is to improve the ability to accurately predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  when I can find time. Hope you guys are having a great start to your summers. To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling ... that there are things can be done to nurture such relationships... any

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005