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• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  .) Instead, this post is about how I, as a person, interact with that process ... and designing print spreads is so much easier on a 27” high ... 85t earbuds is impressive for a set of Bluetooth buds, they’re much

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  student and this is National Engineering Week, there was a sneak preview of ... As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there been a program like Design Squad - a new reality design competition

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  weekend. “Being hosed” is an MIT phrase meaning “having too much to do and ... ’t sound like a big deal? Oh, it is. Many distance runners around the nation ... in time to start warming up. The funny thing is that a “weekend off

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  . It's a time to show how much and how effectively you've prepared and ... Cornwell "I've never studied this much //21" by Jusuf "How to Make a ... Monday, so time is money, which leads to... create a study plan I start off

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  that my body is really not designed to carry a 20 lb bag of charcoal. By ... . Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent ... security craziness and what would inevitably be a very emotionally difficult

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  . ------------------------------------- Scott wrote, "I was wondering how much each part of the application is ... system is 11th. (I'm applying from Russia) I have a question on how to fill ... in?" This is a bug in our online application, all is good, don't worry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  QUOTE: "MIT is a very good place; I'm not trying to put it down. I ... area is a confusion of research journals, lecture printouts, and the Cell ... seasons can be in New England. This is nothing short of a Monet, and it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  much harder problem. At a very high level, BeaverCube is difficult to ... ’m claiming this spring as a “research semester.” This is mostly an aspirational ... the TA a lot, and I hope I keep liking them.  I think econ is

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  be able to get a UROP?” Thankfully, there is already an excellent guide ... time around: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/how_to_get_a ... a research institution. That means not only is the sheer number of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  was no crash course for how to apply and make a strong application. I simply was learning and adjusting as time went. There is so much that I ... these tips and tricks.  Then came a few interview calls, but a much

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  ; two flashlights; a wire spring; a snuff box; an oil can with potato ... ) ensure that nobody in a group photo will have their eyes closed ... the female malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae is attracted equally to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  exactly 530 words. There is also a box that says: Check here to ignore ... submit pictures with my other essays... is it ok if I put in a web link in ... someone earlier is exactly what MIT wants. So basically MIT does not want a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  Dynamics, a fancy name for how aerodynamic is this {insert object ... first things you gotta do is make a box where your CADed object will be ... .[/annotation]No matter how hard I may try, once I press the play button, the end is near

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  livejournal, MovableType is designed to fit into a webpage that already exists ... ." Not shown is a little blue clock which indicates a scheduled ... obvious. "Primary Category" is where we choose how the entry is labeled. If

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  is much more hardy than the acrylamide gel). As you might notice, a ... using phenol chloroform, which is a really nasty organic solvent. As you ... Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  keeping me away from the blogs. The thing is, I don't know quite how to ... ’t know. But, people say that a picture is a thousand words, and talking ... would not be too fun. So, here is a status update in the form of a photo

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  rattle off mean. Here's a great explanation by a class of '13 about how the ... affect over the student body. Taught in a peculiar fashion, TEAL is the ... vectors to partial derivatives to Stokes' Theorem, 18.02 is a great example

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  The past year in retrospect is a telescoping compression of proper ... .” My goal for the upcoming academic year is to expand into as much ... couch as a bed and a chair as a desk in the past 2 days is a reliable sign

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  later I discover it in a box under my bed. I don't remember putting it ... responsibility than is reasonable. And that's how you like it. Contentment with ... limits is not masochism. We understand. We do this, too. But a finer

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  . Describe the manifestations of the impact, not the impact itself. This is a ... you to someone a bit more qualified to explain the nuance much mo ... , because the point of the interview is to get a sense of your side that doesn

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008