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• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  stated that they'd be much happier after receiving such a pay increase ... action decisions came out last year, I was at a debate tournament, with no access to a computer. A friend of mine had promised to let me use her

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  metaphor of a post-it-encrusted cubicle? Anything is possible, but the ... -classical music until high school, so this is all kind of new, but jazz is like a ... ; Computational Photography a.k.a. How To Make Photoshop) - The second lecture

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  MIT is really cool. MIT has a glassblowing class. I took the ... how to collect the glass from the furnace on a pipe or punty (long rod ... how to obtain any glass. The furnace is kept at around 2,000 degrees

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Another Fab Four Sarah Dupuis '10, Zachary Bjornson-Hooper '10 Emily Houston '10, and Renaldo Webb '10.

  

  ., is a successful singer-songwriter who has recorded 50 songs including a ... , is the first person in his family to attend college. A graduate of MIT ... . It is a remarkable group who will bring a vibrant energy to this campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  the same room as last term's writing class, and is held in a similar ... 's course is taught by Cathy Culot, a native French speaker from Brussels. The ... . It is nice that so many esteemed faculty are so accessible with a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  analysis, Splash offerings span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class ... during Splash, you can get your feet wet with a short introduction to any
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you ... ? Intersectionality is the idea that a person's identity is made up of the sum of ... . And in the vast majority of cases, identity is non-negotiable. How did

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  basketball confusing (it is still, to this day). How are you supposed to know ... yourself through the tough parts of a race - this is exactly it. Also ... classes is remarkable). I loved doing a ~5 mile loop from New House, up the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  of comparisons it makes is a good informal benchmark of how fast ... A cornerstone of 6.046, MIT’s infamous algorithms class, is ... -sided die, the probability of getting a number smaller than 3 is 2/6. Now

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all ... : Is now a good time to talk? D: Ahhh, sure. Q: You’re down to 3 ... that the amount of financial aid is a consideration in your college

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  've mentioned in a couple blogs already). Describing this relationship is on our ... to smile There is a lot of context we could give, but to spare this ... , the SAT is good for something after all! Just as a side note, both of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross ... . Especially after taking D-Lab development (which is a class in course 11) and ... talked about how badly planning is needed. For me, combining planning with

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a "hack" at MIT is clever ... three! -I found a view that proved much more suitable for my purposes, and ... 'd expect, hacking is one of MIT's most celebrated traditions, and the actual

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  questions that I'd ask: How diverse is a campus? What is the climate on ... ? Can I get ethnic food? Is there a decent radio station?) How do ... ? How effective are these systems? How is success measured? Can

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  a hard time saying through words can be said through my Big Rock pictures, which speak for themselves. The Big Rocks have a lot to say, just ... cold, and the way the sun disappears by four bothers me a lot actually

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  experience, messing up is pretty much guaranteed. On the other hand, a 24-pack ... fracturing a setting sky so much for stardust warm street lamps long bike ... rail has caused me so much anguish this summer, but i'll defend her until

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  is a Strange Place, a lecture given by MIT Physics Professor and Nobel ... to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell ... "how is it possible to construct heavy objects out of things that don

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  how much I love/hate the current series of events, or praise ... secure a holding assignment while your application is reviewed). We will ... 're into yoga or training for a Spartan race, activity is key to managing

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  Times story). A Pell Grant is a need-based scholarship provided by the ... was out of the office reading international applications, which is a ... much to add beyond what you've already read elsewhere, but I do want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  fun?" I think this is a very interesting question to pursue. So one ... -nighters six out of seven nights a week. Here's what I say to that; yes, MIT is ... recitation. The 7 is a little bit more amorphous. Some problem sets are easier

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005