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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  . What I mean is, if, hypothetically speaking, everyone in a class got an A ... an A is very hard in most classes. C people are not encouraged to drop ... is not possible for some people in some classes–to be perfectly honest

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  Huling El Bimbo for an International Mother Language Day event. I went to ... ’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you through my mess of overcommitment so far. February has just been a blur for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... operate, events with free Bertucci's, hallway colloquies at four in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  they know how to thrive in an environment that pushes for constant ... built a renewable energy device and an online platform for the monks to ... school for as long as they want. The fastest student graduated in a year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  recommendation for them -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the ... recommendation form. It is also okay -- common, in fact -- for teachers to write ... who has taught you in an academic class in high school (i.e. no middle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  addition, the Operator is responsible for "calling in" answers. When you ... pretty rarely, for the record—we're averaging less than one an hour). So I ... , we have an Operator (inspired by the Matrix). It's the Operator's job

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  , storyboard, and make a sound list for a scene in 4.354. To be done by Tuesday ... partied for three hours in Halloween costumes, a tradition formerly known as ... , and up way too late for having a 9:30 class in the morning. Nevertheless

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  true to yourself, and rap is such an explosive medium that asks for so ... In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Late Night with Conan O'Brien. For the past month, Conan's show has been ... resorted to some fairly ridiculous ways to kill time, including an ongoing feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco

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

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT. It's an honor and a privilege for us to read your applications ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2021 are now ... log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT. It's an honor and a ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2020 are now ... log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  've probably gotten in to some other schools! So what'll it be for me next year ... Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which ... that we are not offering you admission to MIT in the Department of Urban

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  Ed calls consilience." An example of two methods converging: in Viking ... out how to pickle herring! "In fact," McCormick continued, "I looked in ... In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  went to see an opera for the first time ever! Specifically, we went to ... for undergrad and grad students who are passionate about or practice any ... events and is a great way to join an artistic community at MIT!  One of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  participate in it. Generally, the dorms are open for dinner every night when ... , walking to another dorm for food is an inconvenience, especially since dorms ... to load Dining Dollars into an account for you! CONS It's an

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  started. the about-hundred of us gathered in Walker Memorial for some events ... home for the longest time. in fact, i was fascinated and envious of ... long and winding road. it looks different for everyone but it leads you

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  thing we had recitation afterward). In short, thanks for being an awesome ... note: if you’re ever in an exam and you don’t know the answer to a ... This entry from Elizabeth in 2010 has been re-posted in celebration

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  aka HST.541J. One of the major topics in the class is the Hodgkin and Huxley model for the propagation of action potentials. The model is fairly ... data in a million different ways until we had our "AHA" moment the day

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... ) I have to do for the office. My silly notion that when I blog, it ... 've demonstrated in the comments. And we'll defer 5 out of 6 of you, and sadly, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  in A Day In The Life, a project open to the entire MIT community ... around me all the time that I never really stopped to look at. Like eating lunch in Stata, where seats fill up around noon and everyone moves quickly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009