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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  plan for the next 6 months. At the end of 70 minutes, I had to give a ... new ELL (Engineering Leadership Lab) team in a Diverse Connections ... from different living groups, activities, walks of life. Our “Tiger Team

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  of transportation. Bullet was by far the most active; I saw at least ... unreasonably beautiful, balmy days straight through most of January. They almost ... that of this video's protagonist, I actually did. Last Monday, I and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  my first all-nighter of the fall term. Well, I don't really believe in ... really cool article. Then on midnight of the 12th day of the festival, a ... the star of fire to reach the zenith. Once it did, the priest would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  ) and biosystem presentations- staples of freshman year at my small, close ... at that. But in the interest of full disclosure to you guys, I should ... , how would you describe your first year at mit? relieved that you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  't always open. Everybody wears masks. Many of my friends are gone, off to new ... , one on artificial intelligence, and none of my recitations are holding ... other courses I want for the remainder of the day. Today, in artificial

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  and euphoria at the end of the long, dark tunnel. Me after 1st Project ... couple of weeks ago, and we just had our new major orientation yesterday ... studio and not come out…till the wee hours of the morning. I think I recall

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  during production week of these episodes than I did during my undergrad at ... cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... myself to leave the 'tute, so I took a job at MIT after graduation at the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  two record weeks of fall 2020.']at a level I had scarcely seen while at ... of four classes. It was fewer units than I'd taken at any point during ... 'm getting better at being a person, in all the little corners of myself, and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  you could see the stream of numbers you needed to sum up one at a time ... a list of numbers like 2,3,9,15…, the running sum starts out at 0. You ... the statements of this comparator to their opposites, we achieve a new

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  all of this will be going up on the blogs quite soon, but first, a brief taste of what to expect from me over the coming weeks: Famous people at MIT: Yes, we have a number of Nobel laureates, but every now and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  : There are four types of math major at MIT—pure math, general math, applied ... -intensive” class), and at least two additional math classes of your choosing. Here ... wrestling with many new abstract concepts in my head for long periods of time

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  vague allusions of trying something new to my friends and family. I ... Boston"] IAP [/annotation] shivering and staring at the frozen surface of ... much money. At the end of IAP, I took the exam, and blissfully

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  semester), but now I have a brand new batch of internship origami for your ... visually striking. I made this one out of sticky notes at work! Excavated ... specific model from a book owned by one of my previous professors at MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  at The Institute totally drives homesickness out of your mind simply ... certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new ... this time I read them imagining myself as one of the students here. I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  supplemental portfolios may feel especially useful. We offer portfolios of the ... Submit section at the end of each portfolio in SlideRoom. To request a fee ... the words of a wise colleague, “Don't throw spaghetti at the wall and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... that a while when we were walking and later eating at a quiet thai ... when walking home, feeling happy and full with a sunset hot at our backs

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  leave it out at room temperature without fear of food poisioning. This new ... subtleties of group theory in a rigorous yet accessible manner." But, well, I ... classes and waiting in line at Anna's Taqueria at 8 PM at night. Now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  of Cows![/caption] Winter in Wyoming—a symphony of snowflakes and ice ... of rugged beauty, where Carhartts are more a necessity than a fashion statement, and the sharp crack of ice breaking in the horse trough signals the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  will things be like in seven semesters, or even at the end of this ... of things to appreciate about life at MIT.    Rest in pieces, P ... I grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire, an unassuming city with lovely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  , completely out of breath *TA passes an exam along* *gets mad at self not for ... moving to and living at MIT becomes more of a reality for you), I want to ... How NOT to be a MIT Student (aka. my daily dose of stupidity) *sets

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008