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• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  my projects. If I'm working on something, I try not to tell people ... ? Why aren't I working on a personal project like them? Why am I not ... countless blogposts like this time and time again, from not feeling MIT enough

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  late discussing nerdy things, not experts. EVERYTHING BELOW could be ... the following: From above, some (but not all) colors invert: red to cyan ... color. *If you're not familiar with this color opponency thing, an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  . During the war, they earned a reputation as a brave and effective regiment ... . Yida was not expecting the bowl of noodles to be that big. I wrote this ... work. I relate!

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  alone, and we think that is great. You do not need to submit a portfolio ... media in a way that our standard application is not. And while your Slide ... emphasizing that admissions officers do not expect, require, or secretly hope

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  middle of May. As an aside, it may or may not be of interest to note that my last penultimate day did not end until 4:05 am, courtesy of some late night lab work for one of my last final projects. But we aren't here

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  is that I could not find your email address ANYWHERE? is this a ... 's definition for a transfer student." Leo, it is not true that rejected MIT ... student as a student who has enrolled in but has not completed an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  email address that you used for your QuestBridge application. Do not ... your QB supplement). If you did not submit an official transcript with ... ’ve completed all of the MIT requirements. You will not be considered an official
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  , who work through 6 classes. I’m not taking enough technical classes. The ... she cries again. Am I not smart enough for MIT? they all think to ... way it works is pretty simple: for your first semester at MIT, you get

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  that there is one puzzle in the universe you have not solved: what did ... to appear (to your disappointment, incendiary doves do not make another ... justice to Mystery Hunt.) One puzzle I worked on was called "Pirates of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  a typical day at work. I'm in an office with four other undergrads ... to the size of a sugarcube...not sure who figured that one out ... I'm not doing that RIGHT NOW it's not relevant to this blog post. This

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  health, wealth and suchlike. But not his craftsman skills. Once you learn a ... and wedge to earn his bread, the carpenter would be long dead

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  'm earning money not just for blogging but also for building toys (only one of which I'm actually doing). But, that's not the best part, since we have ... So my schedule at work is pretty sweet. I work slightly long days all

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  , metamorphose into their adult forms, and crawl out onto the land, not to return ... possesses for life not only its characteristic feathery external gills, but ... the axolotl does not metamorphose, its cells are capable of reverting to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  things to choose from and parents will probably not want answers to the ... learn and will work well for you too. Current students are great resources ... Connectors. They'll be available throughout the weekend to address those issues

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  parents will probably not want answers to the same questions that students ... lots of questions. It’s the way our students learn and will work well for ... 'll be available throughout the weekend to address those issues that are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  sit together on my mom's desk at work. Obviously it proves that her ... demanding I finish this post in which he addressed me as "kamber", and I knew ... . Basically, run wild with your dreams. But not like, overnight wild. You

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  like research as a type of work, not just for the topics it covers and ... , and it’s not entirely negative it’s just... I feel so directionless ... some point, though, everything changed. Or, really, not that much changed

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  This blog has been in the works for a… long time. I first started ... , just breathe and you will float. BUT I DON’T. It’s not even that I ... register at Harvard ⛔ To be honest, not having done this one is probably one

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  problems even if it's not mine. I'm working on letting that go, though. 5 ... there is out there in the world. I read into my zodiac and stuff, not ... the 16personalities quiz and saw it as just flat out wrong. Not only

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  opera, for those of you who care: <interlude> Opera was not a Big Thing in 17th century England - certainly not in the way that it was a Big ... -counterintuitive feature that main characters did not sing because sung words are hard to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013