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• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  ’s definitely not because I’ve decided to relax too much and lead a quiet ... 2 classes for credit. I took 8.01L, which is a version of physics you ... messing up a prototype more times than I expected, and that engineering is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  , etc. The environment is much more relaxed and gives students a chance to ... to find a cure for cancer. MIT's motto is "Mens et Manus," Mind and ... graduate. No, I'm not kidding. There is also a PE requirement (snowboarding

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  't see the genius in that one yet). Anyway, how is the music department at ... . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir ... Oh, I was going to answer a bunch of questions today, but it turns

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  oneself with a wall of "But I did so much of this and that" does nothing. So ... itself is taught in a flipped classroom style to maximize working on such ... about how to solve them and recalling past problems to guide me. I wrote

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  , and, as it is here, it is often a very interesting story. Read on: I was ... , "How much?" I said, "$25,000." This was back in 1964. He said: "Oh, no ... Yesterday's New York Times had a nice piece about MIT alum Pat Mc

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  get things done. I would finish my classes, and then it is a time to ... . However, it is a little funny (and maybe a little sad) that I still get ... eating in the Big City. There is so much food! My favorite are Long Foods

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  fandom How to psychoanalyze people Why is nuclear waste a huge problem ... Robots What is a Narwhal? The Architectural styling of I. M. Pei How ... hard copy of my schedule for the day. Here is a Google calendar

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  suspect that interview helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an ... his school. That was certainly a turn-off, though really the school is a ... is to be yourself. Treat the interview as a conversation, and as an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  grass, taking photos and giving hugs. Of course, today is not a normal ... . But I write with a heart that is also full of anguish – because it is ... . At this moment, let’s do what we can. I believe a place to begin is by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  ... Is it common/uncommon to go into Boston a lot or do people generally ... 't personally get into Boston much during the week, and on a weekday night you ... CPW, or throughout the year...how do you get to do this? There will be a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  may not have heard, the Class of 1997 is throwing a "e^2" Reunion to ... (where n is a counting number), we also occasionally have transcendental ... style by throwing a "get out of the cold" party in South Beach the weekend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  . On thing that's strange about taking this class is being in a class ... a page from the book of NELLY! Because it is getting HOT in HERE!" We ... -Alaska Pipeline, and my three-member group is already quite ambitious ("Let's do a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  weeks were great, I was making a little money, I got to listen to as much ... I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my ... awoke every summer day at about Price is Right (10:00am for normal folks

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  —which is a pretty common case for MIT students—then IAP is the perfect time ... basic idea of GTL is that you teach a classroom full of high school ... ! IAP Madrid (and now, London!) IAP Madrid is a program hosted by the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is ... ! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win? And IF you go in, should you turn left or right

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  Cubs if you are unfamiliar. The red/green Beast sticker is a symbol for ... and my friends (one of whom is in TechX) had a meeting in there for a ... stickers as a play on words. #relatablecontent "HAPPY CLUB": is from MIT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  get paid for a UROP? How much?" First, money is important for college ... Olympic team, and he gossips about them to me). D-Entry is having a "Bacon ... interviews intense, or is it more of a "you're in unless you do something

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  at MIT is a great equalizer. If you fall under either of the categories ... too much of their time. Your problem is not less valid than someone else ... don’t feel like there is a right choice. For example, practice exams

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to ... interact with regularly, so this is really only a snapshot of the diverse ... be more free Having a killer final project When my exam score is

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  digital identities (the actual work is a bit hard to summarize, but i guess you could say the goal is to end up in a future where people have data ... everything about you). c and i talked a bit about how he lives reasonably

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023