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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  MIT, being at the forefront of a lot of things, is a very neat place ... (which, thanks to a guy named Ohm, means you'll die). Your best bet is to ... radioactive sign is this sign What's a class 3b laser? It's a laser that

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  ="attachment_55964" align="alignnone" width="671"] oh, BABY. this is a blast from the past[/caption] Todoist is...meh. It got the job done when I had a lot of ... college, no one gives a fuck. Managing your tasks digitally saves so much

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  . I am an engineer now. It’s lucky I remember what a semi-colon is ... head upstairs, where I tuck myself in a mutebox, which is like an ... design process is in the works, and it’s been interesting to see how all

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  my best but you wouldn't believe how hard it is to keep track of you ... the cabinet and returned with a box of straws. I said "thank you," and ... they wouldn't be able to deny how much I belonged there, since my extreme

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  renting. Is there a grocery nearby? How about a gym? Is there public ... acquaintance) than it is your close friend that you think is messy and a slob and ... sometimes or know how to fold their clothes in a more efficient way. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  section. The Midyear Updates form is a simple text box, similar to an essay response box from the Part 2. The Midyear Update has a maximum of 250 words ... can ignore the text boxes and simply choose the option, "I attend a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  person, it says so much! It doesn’t matter how hard the conversation is, it ... . Look at this country’s administration and tell me how you expect a country as racially traumatized as this to heal with a president who is only

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  (what is the secondary structure of a protein? how does DNA transcription ... -graduation, which is a great thing :) ---- What I really meant to write in this blog ... understand what "Course 7" meant (he was Course 5). Although Paul is much older

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  is Parafilm? Parafilm M is a unique self-sealing, moldable and flexible ... a "dead fold". And as if this is not enough, Parafilm can be stretched ... Parafilm is. Basically, a high-tech version of Glad Press + Seal. Anyway

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  Given that tomorrow is pi(e) day, a celebration of irrational numbers ... make a terrible bio joke) How’s that for a thought experiment? Hungry ... ? Eh. Don’t think too much about it. Go chill, grab a snack, watch some

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  up being a student at X or Y school is also something you can ... of the world, but rather, it is simply a language with which we ... language of mathematics we use today is a pretty good system and has been

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  I’m giving feedback or just sending my opinions into a black box. We ... performance within a group. Now I understand how professors feel. I couldn’t believe how such a diverse group of students had one, clear piece of advice

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  , especially when the thing you’re trying to anticipate is “how will a group of ... Man, but also the producer of this year's Next Haunt! There is a lot ... planning for this. Our REX event is primarily a mini-Haunt, where we recycle

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  passed. While highly recommended, the interview is not a required part of ... such documents (there is a time for this later). Do not worry about ... . On the last section of both Parts One and Two, there is a link that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  This is a guest post by someone--Michael T. (UMD '19)--whose college ... where I felt I was meant to go, imagining how I’d install a WiFi enabled ... transferring. College is a blur of events that’ll leave you wondering where the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  some ways is more of a textbook than a menu - covering every last detail ... 's fighting the good fight, and thank god someone is. I was a bit appalled at ... counselors, admissions-related vendors, etc.) descend on a city (Tampa this

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  , where most of what I do is staring at a computer while it tells me how much time is left on my conversion to a movie in Final Cut Pro. (Two ... 't have a job. I still don't have an apartment. The cardboard boxes I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  Parts One and Two, there is a link that will allow you to preview your application as a PDF. This PDF is exactly how the admissions committee will see ... : Yes, the word count is enforced. There is, as I understand it, a little

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  I have a theory: free food is positively correlated to quality of ... here, where 18.01 Single Variable Calculus is a graduation requirement ... the class. This entire notebook is me realizing that I have no idea how

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  Institute for Basic Research, which is run out of a PO Box in Florida. The new ... to incompetent peer reviewers. And that is how science works. To take a ... ?" MTG is a student-run organization and not part of the Music and Theater

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006