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• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  students under the age of 18 who have done significant work: an ... interviewers) to work setting up chairs for this large crowd! During the meeting, I learned (the hard way) how not to pronounce "Nevada" (hint: it's not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  collaborative behavior is rare. Let me first say this is not true. Most ... , is a confusion not supported by my friends Merriam and Webster). Sure ... work right at the edge of their abilities. But this difficulty is what

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  aspects of academic life. The thing about tests is not really that they ... here. The work is hard. That's why freshman year is pass/no record ... grade was just about dead on with the class average...you realize it's not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  arm and not tell her, so I'm not too worried. ENTRY TITLE EXPLANATION

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  whatever word you want. In a bout of curiosity-fueled insanity that is not uncommon in the mind of a [annotation note="I do NOT encourage sleep ... .[/caption] Disclaimer: I'm not a data scientist, or whatever Chandler's job is supposed to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  we would not be able to handle the course work and had to drop one of ... acceptance rates. This awareness drove us to work realllyyy hard throughout ... stress sometimes, which was not so good. Learned to talk to people and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  're not here yet :("]Varsity Apple Bake jerseys,[/annotation] so we ... clear the M does not stand for anything else, contrary to what my floor ... ="so i admit that we historically have not had the best track record with

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  , flying is not looking so hot right now. When I moved back to Cambridge this ... taking a plane. OK, so we'll drive! Well, it's not so easy, because nothing ... could not enter the US with me. Then I had a crazy idea. This was in late

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  Hello Everyone! Firstly, I’d like to publicly apologize for not ... not today at all, but rather two years ago. More precisely, senior year ... them in one weekend just before the Jan. 1 deadline) (but would not

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  FASAP, an advising seminar for MIT freshmen that has not one, not one ... day on which I will again not tell you about FASAP. Except, that is, to ... a time when I would otherwise have been studying or not doing laundry

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  correct answers. That is not uncommon for MIT. Today in UROP Andy presented ... you're not depleting the worldwide supply of oxygen when you combust ... to incompetent peer reviewers. And that is how science works. To take a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  activities. This may or may not surprise you; if it does surprise you, it's probably not in your best interest to use the comments to wonder about this ... a day (although often there are optional-but-probably-not-really open

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  brought nothing else to the table. And that's not who we're looking for at ... road, kids asked me repeatedly whether or not they should take a given AP ... which I say: guys, I work for MIT! If a kid doesn't want to be taking a

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  . I also did a lot of collaborative work and really appreciate that kind ... not seem like it from my outputs, I have a better sense of a real agenda ... theory of DL) (9/10) did a bunch, not sure if it’s so simple as a “fit” or

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  hate picking so I try to do everything and finish some things and not ... significant. And I’m not sure if I should share it with the public ... published at the end of IAP, a blog on how I’m not graduating this year to be

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  when we work on the level of ideas, we can abstract the lower details ... might take a moment to understand complex sentences. And it's not as if ... they can work with quickly and comfortably. Let's call that their

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  the crushing guilt that comes with not using every moment of your free ... schools have an additional 2-3 weeks over winter break where they’re not ... ’m sure it’s true for a not-insignificant percentage of the student

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  did not fully work. We're not entirely sure though if it was because we ... or maybe both is what made this recipe not work entirely. It was still ... tasted just like vegetables with rice and soy sauce, which is not bad by

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  in the beginning, whether you want to admit it or not. Some people are ... froshie down the hallway. If you're going for dinner, why not call someone ... Rush week." Pass/No Record is what you make of it. I'm not here to talk

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  , not because I wasn’t working out any more, but due to an awful combination of external pressures and internal workings. That summer, right ... strain of heavy lifting. Well, not totally, but they definitely reverted to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019