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• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  . My saving grace for the past few weeks has been MIT time. Every class ... here. I’ve started to use Google Calendar for the first time, and now ... -dilated, where I stop and think for a second and look back at how much has passed

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  like I thought it would (for the rest of you, look outside, yup it ... 'm claiming that part of this is the LHC's fault for not destroying the world ... for the tale of the midnight tool: Prologue: Having taken BC Calc AP in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  would actually read for pleasure as well as work. The material is ... average)! And Ben Vandiver, my TA for the class, is terrific. 9.02 Brain Lab (Spring '05, DiCarlo, Moore et al.) - One of three lab options for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  -year bond-with-the-freshmen picnic, and our living group photo for the ... you do the same for them. Here at MIT, we hold each other up in a ... looking for a copy of that, because I wanted to find comfort and familiarity

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  looking forward to this trip for years, I spent the day mentally managing my ... only a gentle 10 mile skate. I look away, embarrassed for her and think ... bench swapping my ankle brace for my aircast ankle boot - the sound of

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  've already had a lot of "bleary eyed" moments in the last few weeks (my eyes are actually pretty sore as I type this), which reminded me of the post ... -pi-day" posts with various thoughts, comments, and advice before the decisions go

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  'd" banners, festive for the season. The "uncapped" banner will return after the ... from two actual members of the MIT Class of 2010! Thanks for stopping by ... completes the ascension of BE to superstardom. Yay for Course 20! Tomorrow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  unfold compared to the seamless electronic predictions. For instance, with ... desired distance to 0.5 meters. Then, if the code is written correctly, if ... proportion of the proportional controller. For certain gains, the robot

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  the invaders gestured for her to come out to the aisle. They crowded ... :30am: Dump some salad and pesto (mmm, pesto) into a bowl as fuel for the ... . Get up, turn it off, pull out laptop, and work on reports for the Public

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  globe will be hosting gathering for the Class of 2012, as nearby campus as ... 're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2012!), that ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  estimation questions. They're not looking for the actual correct answer, only ... Directory Introduction Is product management right for me? The ... to give people a primer and look into what it's like to prep for these

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  back to MIT for IAP was not the best idea that I have ever had in my ... DID YOU KNOW? The new wave-y pop song "I Should Be Allowed To Think" by They Might Be Giants begins with the lyrics, "I saw the best minds

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  : Along with the MIT QuestBridge Supplement, we require an official school ... transcript through the QB application, please allow 7–10 business days for this ... applied for the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  demystify what admissions officers do. I think that for many students, the ... -provoking conference. Thursday through Sunday, I was in St. Louis for the annual conference of the Overseas Association of College Admissions Counseling (OACAC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  figure out how I want my schedule to look like for the spring semester Nora ... nonsensical also all the Harvard dorms looked like East Campus and for some ... representative for SAAS(South Asian Association of Students), a member of the Mech

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  : Philadelphia, PA High school: Philadelphia High School for Girls College: MIT ... things about Boston: Museum of Fine Arts; the T (subway) is cheap and clean Favorite movies: The Mask, Moulin Rouge Favorite music: Hip Hop, R

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  for RA. I have no idea whether the backend will be ready by March. The ... priority. When I get the official word either way, you guys will be the first ... what I would have done without you. This situation sucked for all of us

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  your room, but save that for a towel or the occasional shirt that needs a ... useful for their room. I'm not a subscriber to the whiteboard ... A couple people have asked about suggestions for useful items with

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  , gets nine-tenths destroyed in World War II, has the lasting symbol of the ... our party arrived. We picked the side of the train station that looked ... that Verizon is the way to go. But I wasn't really looking at this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  reprimanded for said freaking by the school guidance counselor or driver's ed ... passionate article about this for The Tech entitled "Don't Tap The Glass" and ... , which was a bad thing for kids, since lead ions in aqueous solution taste

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006