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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  estimate how much time it would take. 1 ... MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get yourself into. As an expert in what he is and is not currently in, I'd be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  is exactly what I'll have to do very soon. It'll be a huge comedown ... Diagnostic is and how many Advanced Standing Exams you should take and what 8.012 is and if you should take it in the fall and hey, how come MIT doesn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... waitlist this year? It is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many ... admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  /MIT stop. There is a giant campus map right outside the T stop, or you could pretty much ask anybody how to get to the Student Center (which is where ... "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  Infinite is a student-run magazine and group dedicated to the ... commemorate the magazine's release with an event much bigger than a casual ... large event at MIT is hard. Besides the actual event planning, there's a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  9 8 2 1 4 5 3 6 4 7 5 Discussion: This is just a map, can't do too much with it unless you know how to traverse it. CLUES: A few of these ... , too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  "Body Battery" - it's basically a measure of how much energy you have at ... 's how it goes. Y'all don't care about what's going on in the life of a 30 ... library a couple of weeks ago. My firstborn is now 6 years old. You know

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  teams are noticing how beautiful Corn Dog is, too. DBF really fosters a ... and loiter in the airfield for a day or two. Let's be clear--wind is bad ... of turn control. How heavy is it? Too heavy. 4.66 pounds. (Usually

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  me? 6) Is MIT a tourist attraction? 7) How far away are dorms from ... make money while at MIT? 10) Seriously, be honest. How hard is it really ... drain! 14) What is this hacking thing? Is it a club? Can I join? 15

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  a financial hardship, we’ll waive it. There is no benefit or ... you how much we want you to take care of you, and you loved ones, before ... Southeast. Meanwhile, according to ReliefWeb, there is flooding across Latin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  a gift, and started thinking about how the algorithm behind the tickets worked. "I remember telling myself that the Ontario Lottery is a ... Ontario Lottery ticket pictured here. Here's a hint: this is a winning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  showed, to a degree that can never be sufficiently told, how much Jobs ... kitchen. It's like a native language: it's not so much about whether you ... were a fish, he'd have provided much of the water in which I swim. When

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  's the story of how I learned to use a solder wick, which is a magical sort ... it means working with hot things and metal (which is a big improvement ... a week. Fortunately with hands-on skills it really is a matter of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  ’s advice is, but regardless, it begs the question - how many other glass ... was ever mine. for example, a rather common one is i will only say ... and is able to be happy solely through a conscious effort to live in the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  , as my academic advisor once told me: writing an essay is a process of ... had ascended to some[annotation note="which is definitely not a real ... forth with them and we'd make a game plan about how to approach a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  a much larger problem. How to travel through time! Prof. Fisher: We ... , this is a physics problem. And when there's an important physics problem ... feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  's a feeling of too much and not enough going on. During the days where I ... getting paid to sit in a place that generated so much joy. I love my UROP ... IAP is for. I've had a few good cries this IAP, which is good character

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  Suddenly she is in a magical, technicolour world Last week, MIT’s Professor ... awarded to an MIT professor just a few days after I learned how quantum dots ... ’re everywhere. (That is, until a Tesla spontaneously combusts again, but I digress

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  way or some intellectual dig. Rather, I think there is a special ... step back and really view everything as a whole. I had embedded too much ... needed nothing from them at all, and I had let it get to me a bit too much

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  ) Faneuil Hall is both a reminder of Boston’s glorious revolutionary past and ... -goers. Faneuil Hall is also beauitful in the winter, with lights, music, and a ... circus acts. My favorite performer is a 10-year old boy who sings and plays

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017