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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  ’t sleep, but I am not one of those. None of my close friends are, and I ... that you might not under normal circumstances. This can be good if you ... Friday in working with my GEL team trying to solve different challenges in

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  was extraordinarily tight, with countersniper teams dotting the rooftops

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  of the project, please send me an email (benjones at mit dot edu). I

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  life, the universe, and everything -- my email's still mollieb at mit dot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT ‘10s: Prom, Graduation, And Other End-Of-Year Photos Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to email…

  

  i t dot e d u...

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  of a mysterious domain. MIT’s Big Dome shrank to a tiny dot a million ... in the days when sleep, food, and rest did not matter, only passion for ... on the unloading weekends. I tried not to remember my beginning

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  works out beautifully. And that no experimental evidence has ever ... , LEDs, and other semiconductor devices – would not exist without our ... because it’s not real). At this point, I’m somewhat convinced that quantum

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  I Am Not As Lame As I Appear I've just been feverishly at work on the new website...

  

  Really. I've just been feverishly at work on the new website because ... that she'll be able to do the work that I've hired her to do. So ... sport. We had so much fun that it almost made me want to be 40... um, NOT

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  MIT News Office that addressed this point, but really butchered my ... September 13, 2006 The works of William Shakespeare have a timeless quality ... cannot do so, because the context in which his works were formed is gone

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  , and how I eventually committed to MIT. I’m not entirely sure how other ... below are not necessary. I know many girls on the soccer team that did the ... before showing up to pre-season. The journey is not the same for everyone

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  very soon, if you have not yet done so. I recommend that you find some ... -- do not do this (these requests rarely happen in the United States, but ... who are not English fluent, this is okay -- you can still have them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  By Omar Abudayyeh '12 While I’m not cool enough to enroll at MIT on ... . While I do not have a picture of the activities fair, I do have a picture ... activities fair, I saw Paul again and he was at my favorite booth. He works on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on ... ’m writing it? Because…because… I want to? No, not quite. I mean, yes, of course I want to write. But that’s not why. I don’t know what the why is. I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  . Once you've submitted your application you can only add to it, not change ... . ------------------------------------- Rafael wrote: "How tall are you measured in smoots?? :)" I'm not sure about ... . ------------------------------------- Sam wrote: "I was deferred, and really do not like the essay I wrote. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  wrote. Disclaimer: this is not admissions advice per se but maybe the way ... sipping Lassi one evening—perhaps pondering my next—I thought: Why not just ... journey?" In this case, my experiences in my town led me to my work in

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  Alright so I'm not like a super cracked Autodesk user or anything but I do ... materials, to hanging the signs to LED options, to maker spaces to work on it ... ="1548"] Not the most sophisticated sketch but pretty much explains the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  mildly occupied work space. obviously, since any more popular study spots ... cool. features the address of the apartment the floor hung out at for two ... reward for all the grueling work we've had to endure this semester due to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  warrants two blog entries. This is not because I want to hog the ... because this particular episode flows better and will work nicely when ... get a glimpse into the workings of a toy factory! The real story begins

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  mean for you? Well, you'll have an MIT email address, MIT web space ... you choose your own email address (you can laugh at your friends at schools where their email address is some garbled mess of intials and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  parkinson's law asserts that work expands to fill the time allotted ... 'm confident that it'll work. i'm only taking three classes this semester. three ... requirement of being on an f1 visa. in theory, i should have less work to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023