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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I started a joke… ...that started the whole world crying.

  

  this puppy by adding 25 to both sides." "Let's do a rigorous proof of the law of sines! This is gonna be a tough puppy, but I think you guys can ... math teacher, Mr. Bob Cohen, who had a strange fondness for referring to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  there with a couple other MIT interns as well through the Undergraduate ... actual firework sent into the sky is a 12-inch shell with a diameter of 1 ... is 160,000 pounds. - The farthest distance that the show can be seen

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  ) is also providing a fresh challenge. If you want I can write up some ... have been in Nepal since then. I am currently volunteering at a Buddhist ... in cooking, laundry, etc. I am having a great stay in South Asia, and I

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  comparison, you can fit roughly 57 35mm frames into a single 8x10 frame. The range of tonalities that you get out of this is, of course, phenomenal ... [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I need a mule. I also need to train for

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  ethnic minority in Vietnam. It is beautiful, and there is clean air, a ... Imagine a field where by day children play soccer among smoldering ... don’t seem to have any pictures of this fabled field, but Mai Chau is a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  the suburbia that is kirkland, because i think it would've been a lot more fun, and there would have been more things to do."]i thought a lot ... ="ideally a city, and seattle is quite nice -- i'm concerned about when it's not

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  you'd be surprised by what happens. III. As I write this entry, I can ... -blowingly beautiful. But it's not the same. Is everything just a matter of perspective ... everyone is trying to meet people. And you should take advantage of that. So

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are Psets?

  If you're interested in MIT, you have to learn a little bit about ... , the entire course is weighted towards exams so that psets are seen as a ... ; for many, problem-solving is the essence of the MIT education
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  heard from the kids there), and while I liked the humanities a lot and ... suggests looking at a school's alumni to decide if you want to become "that ... is, an engineer without interests in the wider world, working a cushy

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  unbelievably hosing. This particular post, though, is about a particularly well-known class around the Institvte. As many of you know, 6.001 was a class ... , and how to take big problems and deal with them. There are a lot of

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  across Manhattan without stopping. Life here is so fast paced. You ... .  You make me wonder if I’d be a comic artist in another life ... text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  If you’re a QuestBridge Finalist that didn’t rank MIT, you are ... you are a QuestBridge Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Regular Action ... begin a first-year application in our application portal until you have
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  If you were selected as a QuestBridge Finalist but did not rank any ... . Please email us at [email protected] stating that you are a Quest ... submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21M.712: Choreography — Making Dances theater arts classes >>>

  

  appreciate a lot. the instructor is a choreographer, dance filmmaker, and ... when you have to run around a studio acting like a paper airplane more ... with accumulation studies, where we would each create a move

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  though this may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these ... to say it, but it clear to meIt lucky that Moon is not a cookie ... There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2029, which

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  science course being complete and fresh in your mind. And since you can take 3 SAT IIs in one sitting, and since this is only a small additional ... hope is that everyone can end up at the school that is the best match for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  Introductions are generally a clunky thing for me. There's some basic ... , through finals, and when I need a blog avatar which is an animated GIF ... Invocation for Beginnings" (which is a fantastic video but a bit profanity

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  Commons has a cute little pond in the middle which you can ice skate on ... Thursday, I present to you a visual recap of all the neat things I've done ... Boston area. Turns out there's a MIT alum who works as a bartender at

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  believed you if you had told me that in one week, a single group of college ... were done. At the end, there was a giant web of yarn that stretched ... and treasured snapshots that take you back to a single, joyous moment

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  Golden Shore, Long Beach, CA 90802 At my Central Meetings, there are a ... enough? We do not make decisions based on test scores. There is no formula ... ) very concerned about test scores. To give you a sense of things, here are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005