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• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  in the class, there was a sense in which I didn't feel utterly hopeless ... in hopes of feeling more like a part of the math department, I signed ... sense, I could follow a lot of what I was learning. That weird phrase

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  still celebrating, but I also want to remind you of a few things to do now ... what documents are still required. There is also a link to the contact ... Class of 2017. Check the blogs this week for a new post dedicated to these

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  people in the lounge that I may be a complete lost cause on the internet ... Saturday Night at 8!" I check my watch. 7:45pm. Oh why not. I went over to ... than I had ever seen in my life! Seriously, I think most of them may have

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  , fraternities, and living groups. Now I'm a second-year graduate student in ... other than "AGH MONKEYS WHY DO I FAIL AT LIFE," stories about what I ... term will just have to wait. It's not like I'm leaving you out in the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... in the deep pool! But alas. Covid struck before I got to take one final

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  in bed for a good ten minutes before getting up. This was it. I looked ... ' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I ... , right before a Robotics session, my mentor said "so, Anna, I know that you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  back where I started - at the check-in counters. Turns out that my gate ... doesn't allow for a whole lot of off-campus adventuring.) I landed in DC ... -Orientation Program run by students in the physics department. I'm going to be a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  easier. I figured MIT was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I should ... [by Danbee Kim '09] Before I got into MIT, I was torn by a dilemma - should I go to art school, or should I do the "safe" thing and get a "real

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  before. (I strongly discourage waiting until the last minute, though) It is ... showing on MyMIT; we currently have a backlog of materials in our processing ... Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  room just screamed, "Take a nap. NOW!" One thing I did notice in all ... ANNIALATED the whole friggin' plate in what seemed like less than a minute. The ... that it has been a week since I first arrived at MIT. I won't dwell on

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  things are not as they should be in the UA. I've thought a lot about this ... out and protest in a rally (and I have done so), but that my action was ... we will be looking toward a new year. I write this in the hope that it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  I was hoping to finish it a couple of weeks before that. Should I just ... case) in which I got 2 D's from a summer class before freshman year due ... sort of decide to send in a supplementary essay can i do that via email

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  in an email: I've definitely felt like doing this before.... ... mathematician were sitting in a street café watching the crowd. Across the street ... mathematician concluded." If you're interested, check out this article in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  'll be pursuing a Master's at MIT, which means I need a place to stay in Cambridge. I'll be living in a little apartment in Central Square with three ... , a nap, more goodbyes, more packing -- and then suddenly I was turning

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  about nothing but MIT for a while. Hang in there and feel free to weigh in with comments. I'll have a couple more entries (gosh, I'm overdue) in ... I can't believe it. It's been a whole year. An entire year. They

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Believe in your magic a thank you to the 2018 applicant class

  

  been a humbling experience. I am full of gratitude to you, our class of ... lessons from you, I have cried for you. I had a really horrible physics ... all here next fall. I know that some of you will be disappointed and a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  fire alarm in the middle of a deep sleep. Right. Back to what I was ... , I still got a nice loaf. I'm not sure what the point of this entry is ... miscellaneous. Hmm. In two and a half hours, I will be attending the "Petit

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  Thursday and the last day of classes was the Thursday before, so I had a week to study right? So what I've learned is that you can only read a book ... there was more of a story than that. So this semester I had just one

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  I'm blogging this from a Starbucks in Phoenix. I'm sweating ... 's impossible to see everyone at ISEF, especially only in a single day, but I got ... . In this case, a) since we admitted these students before they went to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  never intended to live in a meal plan dorm. I'm kind of picky about my ... . I think this is widespread in New Vassar, actually. It's a very mixed ... least several years before a true dorm culture starts to form. I'm curious

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021