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• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  in high school, I'd pictured myself on a pretty green campus with ... ="alignright" width="300"] steps of the fancy majestic Lamont library, where I used to ... excellent study environment. I don’t mind working in corporate corners of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  bit."]ARES[/annotation] for fun. When I was in high school, everyone I ... , suggesting I put triangles in the black and white spaces in the "W","X", and "M ... serif). So since I couldn’t change it, I made alternatives. In fact I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  together into one photo entry so I can move on with my blogging life (and ... DID YOU KNOW? Tyra Banks is 5'10" tall and weighs 161 lbs. I am 5'9 3/4" tall and weight 150 lbs. I have taken a cue from fellow blogger Lulu and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  paragraphs in this Economist interview: “I don’t want or need to disrupt ... prestigious private school I was in love with. I didn't get in. I went to a ... of interest to underleveraged students in the developing world, then I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Best from staff

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  highlighted in transparent red — like “explain” is, here — you can hover over it ... backgrounds, and only if they can demonstrate that [annotation note='In other ... the term, over the last decade or so, just in terms of things we can

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a trip! We left off in Miami, where I had a great meeting before a ... , where I was due to do a meeting in Tampa. Like in Orlando and Miami, I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  fact, I didn't even know where to start. My resume was honestly kind of a mess in the beginning of the school year and, in hindsight, I should have gone to CAPD in the beginning of the year. At this point in time, I wasn

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  have asked them, haven’t you?), our ECs can be busy. Getting in touch ... around the corner. While I hate to distract you from the application ... mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  plane, no two of which are parallel. I picked four vectors. In this ... if it won’t intersect with it. In my example, I’ll draw the third ... zonotope themselves. Notice how, when I drew the edges in this example, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  I believe in quantum physics now. The past few weeks have changed ... experiments in 6.2410 (Quantum Systems Engineering Lab) – a class I’m taking ... instructors told me each experiment we do in 6.2410 (around two hours each) can

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  sea in Antarctic winter after living without food for 120 days. I set my ... television in front of my treadmill. Sure, I lost a little by not hearing Alan ... packed up and headed home. Still, I got to see the line where Tim Allen

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  the amount of digits we can commit to our long term memory. Therfore, in ... ’s determining the location of where we are in the world, the area connecting to a ... can connect with numbers. Even on a given street, we are unique in our

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  where they go over some hunt statistics etc. If you're still interested in ... devil and regain their immortal soul (in coin form)." This means Mystery ... and I'll get back to you when I get home from church. Ciao!

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Former MIT Students on TV Two in a flattering way, one in a potentially embarassing way.

  

  interested in catching up on some TV. This month, you can see (at least) three ... where viewers choose which of three new science programs will get picked ... MIT alumna, Aomawa Shields '97. You can watch the pilot episode online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  slacklining, so I gather, lies in training your leg to counter-wobble against ... noobs like me, every time he sets up the line), and I can now almost make ... like finding balance in dance, and both slacklining and dance are (I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  . In fact, I spent a good 20 minutes listening to some super ... picking something from the least brattiest band in the world. I settled on ... except for the counselors and it was the first time in my life that I felt

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  , he does research in the Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, where he ... I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  ). Tetrahedron I think we can all agree that the triangle is the pinnacle of ... instrument that I'm using as a final project in a different class. That one ... semester, I’m taking 21M.370 – Digital Instrument Design! It’s a new

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  modeling for Infinite in the past. I thought it would be pretty casual, so I ... concern, in fact. I had limited communication with my designer, the founder ... friends cheering me on in the audience. Also, when I wasn't modeling, I took

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  . I unfortunately lost a handful of aura points in the past several days ... circadian rhythm out of whack. A few months ago, I was easily putting in ... ] Showing my age I used the slang word "slay" in a conversation the other day

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024