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• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  . Huang, Newark [Delaware], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of ... Kesem, a student-run and free camp for the children of cancer patients ... Carolina], is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, majoring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  literally, as this is what happened to the car wheels: Fortunately, a cheery ... to the sign outside his gate. And so I proceeded to stuff half a peck ... thought about the word indeed for a while too, and then I leisurely reached

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  same things but do it in a detailed way that there just isn't room for in ... buying a ticket for the lottery. The only similarity to a game of chance is ... who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  this means that everyone here is the same. This would be a bad ... the same dedication to our passions, which creates a diverse but unified ... As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  around the concepts, and I struggled to come out of the class with an A. On ... second midterm and receiving a grade that was barely passing on the curve ... how it works. The platform is called TaleBlazer, and it’s available to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  . Happy. And that above is mostly how I felt. Then I went back to Mc ... you want to stay away. It's, like, aloof. Unknown. MIT is the same. The ... to go for a walk or get real food. If I didn’t love the world and want

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  're provided a picture of the old house: and there it is! The building we ... after the 1965 closure. That, however, is still just a guess. So there we ... and obscure lore about the history of the T. This is not that post

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  of the paper is the part that has a nonzero winding number. And ... SnowDays is a snowflake maker, and I think by far the best one. I ... work. Here's a link to that snowflake. If you view the snowflake on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  to MIT entirely barefoot due to a massive blister, and have a tendency ... since middle school, and now that I’m here I practically have to pinch ... ’m at this school. That, and I have trouble waking up to alarms. So this

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  ://www.mitadmissions.org/Laura.shtml" because like...just no. Anyway, the point is, as a result of this, Ben and ... there anyway I can make a random donation of like $4.17 to the financial ... here, but um...that'd just be weird. Because the rest of this entry is SO

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  Committee, are chosen to redesign the ring and add little details that recall ... board is a representation of technology, progress, and innovation. The ... : A FOOD TRUCK (sure, the Chinese food truck is pretty great and all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  . The program is hosting “Deliver,” a hands-on, interactive activity that ... because that would diminish the fun and excitement (don't worry, there will ... groups fall into a lot of the same “traps” that we did when going through

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  is hard enough), a fuel cell that could theoretically be used to power ... like that. Anyway, the formic acid is pressurized, so it goes through a ... everyone at MIT is weird. But in a different way. I never thought that the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  wears glasses and has soft brown hair that swoops to the side. He wears a ... see the difference between writing and drawing. Here is that script in ... -day Cami is closer to the frame, smiling and staring off at her friends

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  intelligence instead. I went to a coding camp over the summer that I really liked ... of knowledge”: The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs ... . Maybe this struggle is a good sign of things to come. There’s also plenty

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  an identity and confidence that didn’t depend on my grades. At the same ... Python. It's a short class that runs over IAP and gives you the pre ... me! I was left scrambling at the last minute to try and get into a

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  -goers. Faneuil Hall is also beauitful in the winter, with lights, music, and a ... Fireworks There are two places to see Independence Day fireworks. One is the ... food or a milkshake at nearby Quincy Market, and get super close to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  lately is that MIT is a competitive and cutthroat place, and that ... fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... has to be easy to be cutthroat -- there has to be the possibility that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  from Charlestown, which is home to the Bunker Hill Memorial and USS ... : Breakfast with a friend from high school. So, clearly, there is no excuse to ... . Movie theaters behind Fenway Park: Watched The Deparated, which is a cop

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  , and I go all the way to the top. There’s a lovely view of the evening ... Mall, and exchange my tickets. A man says something to me--”what?”--the ... fairie lights that overhang the cafes, and as close as to the grey sky as I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015