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• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  I've mentioned in prior posts that my hall, Tetazoo, in East Campus is very involved in climbing and hiking and other wonderful adventures ... the feeling in our toes and legs, three of us decided to stop where we

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  year (or next year, or in five years... whatever, I don't discriminate ... (partially so I can make everyone call me Dr. Mollie), and I just spent a great ... 's one thing I hate in this world, it's physics). So, applicants, gripe

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  ones) or in our blues (they’re quite spiffy, I know). You probably didn ... Knoedler spent some time at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas where he got to ... on our plates as well - training to become officers in the United

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International ... when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  -da! (Oh, all photos in this entry are courtesy of my Mac's webcam since I ... lathe-work, where I'll be turning my wheels. Next week starts with some ... aggressively screening e-mails (ie, not answering e-mails that I feel can be

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  's something that I see even in the very walls of MIT. I know more people here ... , I know I'm in the same boat, because I didn't become a super-genius overnight, let alone at all. In honor of my 19th birthday (today!), I've been

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  interesting you would like to say about yourself/where you live/what's in the ... know that, she, in fact, also just climbed a mountain (at 2000 meters ... pretty majestic! (she's the girl in the picture) Which got me thinking

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  in the neighborhood, I can speak with some certainty that he is not ... constructing this "structure" in his front yard. I know that many of you are ... applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste We are the mooninites..

  

  can find a list of the topics that they made fun of (all in jest, of ... toilet paper across 10-250. Why in the world would someone do such a thing ... nth annual concert in Bad Taste. Basically, they make fun of everything

  • by Bryan
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  ?" etc etc) I've gotten more exposure to politics than I ever had in my ... reasons that are probably irrelevant to this blog. I. Change We Can Believe ... I will say that I believe politics are relevant, and in my mission to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  on the ASE as your grade in the class; if you do poorly you can simply ... is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students ... challenged themselves in high school and have taken advantage of their
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  New year's eve here in Karachi. Assault rifle fire is really loud. I can hear the pings of bullets landing in the street. As long as the electricity is flowing and the guns are shooting, I'll be awake in the basement

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  can in the next few months. Any suggestions for weekend travel while I ... ....well, "ashamed" is the closest word I can think of...of the fact that I've lived ... actually know anything about. Places I've been are highlighted in blue. (Also

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  test, which requires you to tread water for FIVE MINUTES. I can’t even ... dumb. I can’t swim. When I was little, I took swim classes at the ... ’m 6’ 4”. I can touch the bottom of every pool I get into. I haven’t been

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Quantifying Angst the most course 6 thing we've ever done

  

  probably be reused in the future. But we can include and explain the code ... that is 100% whomstve "yeah" can be used in a pretty chill way. we don ... Three weeks ago in 6.009 (Fundamentals of Programming), we had to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 5, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  with you all, but I'm not really sure where to start, so I figure ... really got used to it. I learned a lot in 21M.302; I looked at some sheet ... My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  about a test that I ended up not being in the right state of mind (let ... I can call her mine and she can call me hers. Call me the crazy cat ... more regularly, and I can immediately reward myself with kitten cuddles

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  would definitely do my PhD in, if I were to come to MIT for grad school ... work ends Yes! Can still sleep for X hours (+ extra 10 minutes if I skip ... research in Cambridge feels a lot more relaxed, and also because I

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  experience what it's like to live in a place where it snows. "I know it's one ... -III conference in the country. "We are hopeful that Daniel can fill our need as ... -year starter on the Bloodhound football team, has consistently ranked No. 3 in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I'm in ... when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I ... made oats in the same pan, and was about to do the chicken, too, when I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023