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• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  different way or ask someone else. You're making a decision that will likely ... the day. Subway or Taxi? Realizing I'd filled out a survey online that ... #1 to LAX. Not Lacrosse City, folks but Los Angeles. After a 5 hour nap

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  version of something that will eventually be posted as official content on the MIT Admissions homepage. That page will launch soon, and I ... homeschooled applicants. Homeschooled applicants still make up less than 1% of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

      If a 5-kg pumpkin is tossed through a snowstorm such that it reaches the peak of its trajectory one meter above the roof of the Green Building, which is 90 meters tall, with what velocity does the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  the wheel when it reaches the bottom, assuming that it rolls without ... game plan. 1) Energy. Since the wheel starts high and ends low it looks

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  . Revision 1, as you write or immediately after. If it comes naturally, try to ... your application will know you in a way you might not have known yourself ... spirit Initiative Risk-taking, or resilience and the ability and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  , do research, or nothing at all! This IAP, I chose to do essentially ... to some...[annotation note="I count in my inbox at least eight or nine ... lasted seven or eight days, before things went downhill, but those seven or

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  wonderful font, if one of you readers or eager beavers already done with the ... town around exit 16 to buy soft ice cream and mountain dew from the ... 'm headed off for an hour or two, when I come back I'll update this blogpost

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  your school library or something if you get the chance--it's a nicely-done article. Plus, if you buy the actual magazine, you can see pictures of ... like the fifth or sixth time I've posted a picture of rotting turkey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  Cormick’s dining hall? Or do I talk about how safe I feel walking down the Infinite ... Muslim. Your religion doesn’t have to match your ethnicity or your race ... not Muslim, just because I dress a certain way or practice a certain way

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  lot more things to consider than I addressed in these few panels.

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  , good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  Research at MIT aims to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most daunting challenges. From addressing the energy needs of tomorrow to improving cancer therapies, MIT’s research efforts are enhanced through
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  time, there's the question of, will it work? will it be the same? i ... teaching and learning, or the free food, or becoming better at handling logistics, or from the pressure of other people in esp in making sure the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  Councilors and a great group of alums were there ready and willing to answer ... from Hartford to Hong Kong, Seattle to Singapore. Most meetings will be ... RC Walt Price '71. Sunday The Raleigh, NC meeting will be hosted by

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  class (MAS.110) or for just getting "lost" in the many halls of the labs ... simulate the character's heartbeat in the story during intense or relaxing ... . The data was collected onto a diagram map that reveals the most commonly

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Learn from my Mistake Aesop's Fables forgot one.

  

  Rule #1: Write legibly. Background: I wrote on a pad of paper that I scheduled my GREs for October 27, or that's what I read. Turns out my 27 actually was a 21. That was my rockstar move for the day. See you Saturday!

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  (MITSO) or Wind Ensemble (MITWE), and I didn’t want to bother preparing an audition piece or go through the torture of auditioning. Luckily ... some sort of pitch-matching or sight-reading exercise, and then I would

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  expected to 1) learn hard material, 2) learn how to prove hard material, and ... who want to learn everything at the difficult abstract level, or those ... . Suppose I want to go from the corner on 1st and 42nd to the corner on 2nd

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  , I will not be able to take Calculus or another Math class. At our ... the 2nd time around, or is that just a really bad plan? We will only ... coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  Wow; it’s already 2010. Anyways, Monday 1/4/10 marks the beginning ... -internship, starting/continuing an UROP, learning to snowboard, making pottery, or (gasp ... lottery system; students will learn the basics of making beautiful projects

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010