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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  are able make inferences from facts. Wayne Gretzky, a famous hockey player, once said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it ... understanding of one field—with tree-shaped education. On one side of the tree are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  are in the program. You can do the minimum 3 times per week PT (physical ... on FTX’s (Field Training Exercises). These are 3 day long ventures out into the field where we sleep under the stars at night (or under

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  country where it never snows. :) On a equally festive note, my dorm, i ... transition?) Generally, these two Physics courses are 8.01 (Newtonian ... learning [and participation, as those students who are falling asleep cannot

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  the Trader Joe's lovers out there, you are in for some good news! The ... down dorm row). There are a few other nearby options for groceries as well. Whole Foods, Target and HMart are all a walkable distance down

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  large schools, more than one EC may be assigned. But most ECs are assigned to you simply because they are the closest one to where you live. We ... This time of year, Educational Counselors all over the world are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  difficult to solve for. What are they? When is it, that critical point, where ... words "critical point." This reminded me of something. While many are now completely done with their year at MIT, there are still hundreds of students

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  next few days. But I just want to say something. In a word, you guys are ... "wow." I am now convinced of the statement by Admissions that they are "excited" about this class. You guys are truly one group of accomplished

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  innovative art making communities in the country. There are over 60 student art ... that the arts take in 2008. The arts at MIT are everywhere and include ... events they have attended, courses they are taking, plays they have acted

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  you are. But here's an example. So, I'm reading this application of a ... has scores that are fine, let's move on," but it didn't really make an ... "the spellbinding 1400." Scores are one tool we use to help us in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  binoculars and "scopes" (Davie told me that if I made the mistake of calling it ... the zoo or the Harry Potter set (owls are SO CUTE. Also, penguins. And ... ) and made it just in time. Our driver was Linda, the trip leader: she has

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  to Macgregor and rode the elevator up to the B entry main lounge, where ... :30 or 8 instead of 6. Some mornings, I made coffee in my room and read or ... than me, are preparing to move to MIT next weekend. I think of them often

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  sent that talked about antiviral treatments: crucially, if you are ... made it hurt to swallow and when it started migrating up my sinuses ... get people sick, but that made me fall behind even more, and now i have

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  that there are fewer women. But the interesting effect of being at MIT is ... twelve of the employees surrounding the conference table are men. It takes ... because it made him look good: “even though the rest of the teams were

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  I think they're a fun way to take your mind off of something. Here are ... some of the questions are pretty repetitive so it kinda feels like you ... , Judging, and Turbulent.[/annotation] What Flower are You: My friend sent

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  are, and how they're ordered? Way more useful than an introduction! 2 ... beginning of each section In fanfiction, song lyrics are seen as cringy ... conversations with random people Chances are you've given up on your artistic

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  made 5 large oil paintings over the summer, and have finished almost ... time. Almost all of my blog posts are written in one sitting, often 4 ... writing, or anything else, I start feeling antsy, as if the walls are

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  study time before first bell. I loved watching YouTube videos made by ... felt like such a boomer. Or a millennial? Are millennials the ones that ... be "nice claup." I made a Reddit post that got deleted by the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Sport CPW cpw at senior haus

  

  two reasons: one, a lot of our events are discussions or activities ... descriptions I could. So, in a particular, but not chronological, order, here are ... brave enough to try facing The Tree, but all of them made it out alive. We

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  , our turkeys are made out of endearment and love. Don't think of it as ... hidden in the bowels of MIT are two shooting ranges, cases upon cases of ... we bloggers are trying so hard to talk about all the things that people

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  get the feeling that I'm right where I belong Why am I the one always ... Whitman quote puts it so succinctly, “These are the days that must happen to ... understand you are disgusted with me. TT: As an unpalatable expression of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023