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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  social events, and is a resource for students who are having a tough time ... our new freshmen, Sarah '17, is amazing and cooked a few batches for the ... three classes in some "coherent unit": I've taken a whole bunch of lit

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts down their ... created in 1929, the ring's official name is the "Standard Technology Ring ... story. In 1914, Lester Gardner of the MIT Club of New York proposed a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  significant weight in the process. If you have something that is a significant ... conducted - is it done in a day, or over a period of time?" We are still ... , and certainly being born in 1988 is not a problem for the Class of 2009

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  , marathon in the world. The race begins at 10AM in Hopkinton, a suburb of ... Public Library, and in the company of all those who ran before and with ... , as a described in that post, that it's possible to overtrain both body

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT offer a foundation year?

  MIT does not offer a foundation year program. Students currently enrolled in a foundation year program may apply for first-year admission if their foundation year is not considered the first year of university in
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do ... things yourself. i've learned that even when i'm in a "leadership position

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to ... Period, I stumbled upon an idea for a Cool Project™. Blue Period is a manga about a high schooler, Yatora Yaguchi, who suddenly discovers a strong

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  started way back in 1997 as a part of a seventh grade cultural heritage ... become chemical engineers who blog and know Mitra. And now, a photography ... in this cute little device. Then fold them into a meringue

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  's anyone who's ever been fine, it's me. See, I have not been sick in over a ... didn't actually work in PreCalc, since math is not my friend), then it ... me in over a year" thing? Yeah, about that - when something brings me

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  -o-grams," but my good friend Ben is in Boston this weekend visiting some college ... -25 people who are associated with the band on a rotating basis, but most ... mention in my earlier breakdown of the band is Mary Beth '10! She plays

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  on a lot of wooden coasters. I've been on the Beast, in Ohio, which is ... and whooping. It is a truly amazing ride - in addition to its impressive ... first several seconds and then had a sudden increase in the downward angle

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  they unaware or do they just not care? All things considered, this is a ... . This class has been through a lot. In 2016, many of us voted in our first ... 't remember talking to anyone who wasn't at least a little surprised at the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  's space flights have included MIT-educated astronauts, who have logged a ... Institute of Tech, Technology, is a good technical school. Math and science ... 'd probably do a career in something math and science. Back in the late '70s or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an ... began promoting Adam to me in the most unsubtle way possible, and being a ... later, a bunch of people were sitting in my room gabbing on a Friday night

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  officers here, I'm known as the girl who draws things during class and has a ... wanted to do... with a little more science thrown in. I now get to study ... night, believe it or not.) I'd talk more, but I have a p-set to turn in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  in the admissions cycle, so stay tuned. Mona said: Hi. Thi[s] i[s] not ... ’t really help there. As for who should send it in, my guidance counselors ... year was of those "hypothetical situations" where a boat is crossing a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  will be what the wolf in this song is - domesticated, and a thing of the ... 've been quickly ushered in To a world that I confess I do not know But I ... becoming a memory. In one semester, I'll be thrown into the real world and my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  A couple of days before a physics test, my friend Chacha'14 posted on Facebook asking how to deal with stress, and got a massive influx of suggestions. This is by no means a complete enumeration of activities that MIT

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  is a student I first met when he came to an MIT information session in ... taking part in events that will help them to know what MIT is like, just ... in their red Parent Connector polo shirts so keep a lookout for them. A

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  .311 is the continuous version). In this class, the tests are deliberately ... -10 page (it ended up being 8 pages) paper due in 17.405, which is Politics ... theory than applied math. Well, it is number theory. But it's useful in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006