Search

Search Results

• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  school ran out of vouchers to take these exams so I never got certified but ... I've been breaking computers from a young age. In middle school I ... bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  school Cami, a version of myself I never want to remember again because I ... media profiles of my ex best friends from high school and cried because I ... year of high school. i don't want to repeat that. and so i will remember

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Close up shot of Pluto. (Image Credit: NASA) On Jan 19, 2006, the New ... made its closest approach to Pluto. It sent back a preliminary photo of ... 's Central Park.   Photos of Pluto in 1930, 1996, and 2015 pic

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  to campus on my way there. And thus began the second of the dreariest, grayest, rainiest first two days of school I can remember. Fortunately, I ... build each of these pieces in simulation, using software that was designed

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  [email protected] To Members of the MIT Community: Yesterday's tragic events at Virginia Tech have shocked and saddened all of us. We offer MIT's condolences to ... All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... course of my job of turning turkeys into oil, there are long periods of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  's Women's Week. Check out the variety of events that are going on. Women's Week 2005 November 5th-10th "To promote a model of femininity that incorporates and embraces the properties of intelligence, competence,and ambition

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  school year, I spend a lot of time completing assignments in the evenings ... ; discovering, for example, that the fourth floor of Building 3 is designed ... ’m enjoying the work so far—designing and building a system out of many

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  more I realized it might be true. I remember semesters of school by the ... ="1000"] proof of life (credits: Arun W. '23; Eric Z., Harvard '23)[/caption] So, in spite of it all, we’re still alive, and we're still writing

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  practically done everything my school has to offer and am also the president of ... school senior from India and thereby an international candidate.I am one of ... institution. Just this weekend a friend who is in graduate school at one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  School of Management Course 16 - Aeronautics and Astronautics Course 17 ... Building 46." This is part of MIT-speak. Here's a primer. Each of MIT ... (sometimes given in Roman numerals). These numbers are in approximate order of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  This entry is going to be a completely random collection of things because right now I'm a little too tired to do a coherent entry. The end of ... bought a pair of roller blades. I forgot how much I really enjoy skating

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  Applicants, if you're reading this, I hope that MIT is one of the schools that sent you a "fat packet". Regardless of where you were admitted, however, you have some serious decisions ahead of you in the coming weeks

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Meetings… I hope you'll attend the event near you.

  

  Each spring Educational Counselors all over the world hold events for admitted students. The events are designed to provide you and your families ... of meetings is posted within the Admitted Students Portlet of your My

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  This OFFICIAL MIT blog is probably not designed for late-night delirious whims of posting. Oh well. So, it's late (3:00 AM) and I just finished most of a Diff Eq. PSET (I started at 10:45 PM, it's been a long day

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  're smart. I'm not, so I spent most of the vacation on Reddit or Facebook ... leave my computer. In Next, wings are halves of floors, either the East or ... help build a sense of community by ensuring that everyone is friendly

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  issue of Newsweek about the future of America's global leadership. It ... environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology, education and business to assess the challenges we face and to offer some

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  in high school, teenagers at a playground designed for 8-year-olds is ... DID YOU KNOW? One of the sister cities of Hiroshima, Japan is my hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The title is taken from a short story

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  appreciate the breadth of MIT offerings for athletes and beyond. The main ... Wellness (DEW), was amazing. DEW was nobody's first choice of FPOP, at least not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a couple of days—"If I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "The Canticle of Freedom," written for the dedication of Kresge Auditorium at MIT, was the only piece Aaron Copland ever ... many pictures of myself on this blog recently... but perhaps that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005