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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  ; woke up ~ 5 am today. it was early and the sun had not risen. i contemplated going back to sleep and worked on my urop instead. then i took a shower, got an early lunch, and took the 11am bus to wellesley. i caught up

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  last semester’s trials and tribulations in 7.05 Biochemistry (bottom left) and 20.310 Biomechanics (the other three pages). For each exam in 20.310, we were allowed to fill one 8.5” X 11 sheet of paper, front and back

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  and international students.   It’s mid-October in Cambridge ... , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The ... arriving in our inboxes recently. How should my teachers prepare and submit

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  My family is here! Yesterday and today, my parents and my little ... classification (my dad will remember that "spheres=hot gas" and "disks=cold gas" for the rest of his life), Middle English and the Canterbury Tales (they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  undergrads who would love the opportunity to do research and learn about their field. And we have the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program doing all the magic in-between dealing with proposals, funding, and listings

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  office, going to info sessions, and wading through the internet’s many ... ) staff about this, and they said some interesting things in defense of humor. GEL program Co-Director, MIT alum, and course VI professor Joel

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  more things that you want to do (and learn!), and seemingly not enough ... burdens are lifted: IAP, and summer. That's why for this summer, I decided ... ... ...and one month later, I learned that a man named Guido van Rossum

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  new goodies. The first, and most notable, is the glasses-free 3D top screen. Using some fancy hardware and focal length magic, the top screen ... raid with some kitty cat warriors and as many Miis as I can find, so I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  of other classes. For that reason, 21F.702 (Spanish II) and 14 ... evaluate projects and determine whether they are worthwhile and feasible (from environmental, social, and financial standpoints). Over the past

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  . My eyelids currently feel ridiculously heavy - and yet, I don't regret ... Garba, Dandiya Raas, and Bhangra dance event, took place yesterday at the ... : My friends and I were among the first to arrive at Milan; not being

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  orientation and jumped right in, learning the campus as a student. What did I need a tour for, I was "living the dream" and could find everything I ... telling myself that I should take the time and see what it is the tour

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  So we all know what tomorrow is, and we're all excited about it ... be occupying many of your minds, and so I'd like to offer some brief ... were you and someone said that to me, I'd probably have ignored them and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  . I am officially the Conner 2 authority on anything colorful and ... it before, here, and I'll probably blog about it again sometime in the ... , Monopoly, Nerf, My Little Pony, GI Joe, and tons of other stuff. During our

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  bailout drama, Obama appointments, riots in Greece, and hackers installing ... Latino students paraded through the halls of the dorm playing accordion and ... November) it is designed to raise Latino pride in Next House and was designed

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  This semester I'm taking a class called "Sustainable Energy," and so ... problem that requires you to use the heat equation and see if you finish ... lots of actual, concrete stuff in every lecture. So every Tuesday and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  food events like this. During her class breaks, she would walk up and down the hallways taking note of club meetings, where they were, and what ... topic later, FYI), as a lot of sisters are involved with it, and knew I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  This semester, almost all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays ... mention two other clusters nearby, in Buildings 12 and 2), Killian Court, proximity to the Infinite Corridor, and - most relevant to this blog entry

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  right of passage, a treat you only get as a student, and there's something ... and happily use it every day. Coming into MIT I had no idea how students used their address. I used Gmail so I'd just go to Gmail.com and log in

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  with make-up on, and maybe ride in a limo, but in the end you’re just ... mail a month or so ago, and I was surprised to see that it was exactly ... ever-worsening condition of Senioritis and the stress of knowing that we

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that ... , faculty, and anyone else you manage to meet. Rule #1: If you're paying for ... doing something wrong. There is so much going on, and I don't remember

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008