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• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  start in statistical thinking now. First, a few facts on which to chew: 1 ... an infinite number of students -- is, to 95% confidence, approximately ... proposed to deal with an epidemic that is threatening 600 lives: one program

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  my first task was to get ice cream with my advisor, her colleagues, and ... album from 2006, and sang along, wildly off-key. I took the T to Porter ... writing, and working, and meeting many people. I want to preserve it, like a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  weeks before spreak due to the pandemic, and i've had no opportunities for week-long vacations with my friends ever since. but, from March 18 to March 27th, i got to experience spreak in all its glory! it was absolutely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  semester to create an outfit out of––you guessed it––trash. From collecting vintage curtains from their grandparents in Poland to repurposing old ... donated clothes that audience members brought to donate for charity and for

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  these this post"] [0:00][/annotation] begins. I used to hate the first ... feels like) the first three days of school. [annotation note="to repeat a ... , the reason I hated the first week of school was because it used to be

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  first-year, would talk about scheduling time for myself, only to find ... the morning. Quickly assemble breakfast. Head to lecture. Cook lunch, or ... to more lectures, or recitations. Then a student group gives an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of ... also simply awesome beyond all reason (koodos to Cross Products, muy bueno Muses, first rate Resonance, and of course gotta love the ladie

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  ) concepts. 2) syntax. With your first language, you have to learn the concepts ... Freewebs to built my first website using their drag-and-drop website builder ... ("Learning your first coding language can be really hard. By your second language

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  touristy--Zócalo and the historic center of the city. First we went to ... Last week, I left the country for the first time! This was really important to me for a couple of reasons: I had a premonition that I was

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  ...and all the while, we were turning our keys on command to launch nuclear ... Before we get to the subject of this entry, we have a question! Xin ... contributor's copy of How to Get Around MIT (frosh should use it, it's a good

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  important items that engineers should add to their personal wish list. Now it's time to blog about something I feel particularly passionate about: public ... snickers, like "why does a chemical engineer want to be an actor, too?" But

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  weird to be a senior. It feels weird to be a senior while excited ... " but manage to smile and say "um, maybe taking a gap year before applying to grad school or possibly working if I find a cool company who wants

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  days to be exact. It's also the first semester without Freshmen Pass ... this was a new challenge. The first time I cooked, I actually had to call ... first few days were reserved for practice and to get acclimated to the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019: Communicating Across Cultures. The intro class to the Applied International ... , and I look forward to it. A lot of reading, though. :-) 21F.302: French

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  first to create a portrait of a person or a place. Abby showscases this ... serves as supplement to the main shot."]B-roll[/annotation] footage first ... ... MISTAKE: Not paying enough attention to music. For my first documentary, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  Monday, my first semester here is abruptly coming to an end. I have ... fresh start. I really got to like all my professors this first semester ... challenge! On the most exciting note to me, I have spent the past three

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  [/annotation]. One of the first projects that comes to mind is when we asked Alison to ... Two years ago I posted about an experiment that lead to the creation ... of the experiment to see what would happen if we took four students

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  Manila; MIT is in Cambridge, a forty minute walk to downtown Boston; and ... 5 million people. Both of these are small compared to the Bay; even ... ="aligncenter" width="600"] (to scale)[/caption] The Bay Area is huge, which makes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  , and he was able to get a really great vantage point to take photos the ... weekend was go down to the Hatch Shell on July 4th to see the Boston Pops ... he saw was exactly the same... but I'd be willing to bet that there

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  need to know to learn When the first exam week came in late September, I ... intended to keep them that way. As the first exam week came, I failed the ... these models and what tickles them was the key to knowing how to solve

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014