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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  terms with my limits in the past 2.5 years of school. One thing I want to ... high school demanded a lot of memorization, and the problem-solving often ... calculus in middle school—but Ellenberg points out that this type of thinking

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  school, we were only allowed to send one applicant to each of the programs. My high school puts out a newsletter to the parents with all kinds of ... a great success rate this year: Jane Doe: accepted at the School of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  awareness on campus. A lot of campus politics seem to have more student-driven input than at MIT (though there has been a history of MIT students ... of overpriced food around Kendall and Central due to the proximity of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  MIT was our dream school. The blogs were one of the main reasons for ... when we, for the first time in all of high school, really allowed ... experience, we realized how potentially toxic the idea of a dream school can be

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  that simulation can give you a better idea of how plasma behaves in a fusion reactor. Then, of course, you build the perfect fusion reactor and ... good at theoretical plasma physics you have to know a lot of things that

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  of you met the challenge. Initially we had planned to only award one ... you are interested in seeing more of John Kostick's handiwork, please visit the Quadric Designs website. Until the next time, stay tuned to the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Answering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week How can we be helpful?

  

  of the deadline. Your school/teachers may submit their materials ... submitted by 11:59pm Eastern Time on November 1. There is some amount of grace ... teachers and schools.  Your recommendations do not need to be in our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  my teammates this morning mentioned that we only have 9 days of school ... past couple of weeks. As we head into the last couple weeks of the ... /lounges/libraries/other favorite study spot to ready themselves for the barrage of final projects and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  Simmons because of its striking design and gravity-defying overhangs ... , no, I am not one of those people. Not just because I’m busy and ... a few seconds in my brain), I deduced the entire plot of the film

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (not the signing; get your facts straight, kids), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  have interest in this school, you are in this group of “coolest people ... lines of “Woahhhhh this school would be awesome for (some person that is ... of the core aspects that caused me to work hard in high school. I would

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  my CPW! Interspaced between pictures of Boston and campus were other assorted pictures—midnight karaoke, bleached hair, and lots, lots, lots of ... time as a prospective student. In light of it being the night before CPW

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  (See #2 Boston Adventure at the Institute of Contemporary Art here) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the ... vessel of content (text and/or illustrations).” This definition encompasses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  Talent Development is offering high achieving young people across the ... accompanied by a $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 scholarship in recognition of a significant piece of work in Science, Technology, Mathematics, Music, Literature

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  Some of you may recall Shuli's whiteboard post, and upon this whiteboard were a number of (SFW) out of context quotes. Well, as it happens, most living communities have some version of this exact whiteboard

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  Magic School Bus." (why yes, my generation does love reminiscing about the television of our youth. guilty as charged). Because I graduated a little over ... afraid to take advantage of that resource (and thank them afterwards

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  natural progression of life events was school followed by college followed ... . I want more school? Yes. Why you might ask? In my opinion, I ... 6 years of my life to answering a question that might just be one

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  [By Miren Bamforth ‘15] On behalf of the four other freshmen ... state something: our advising seminar might be one of the coolest classes ever. Each week we spend the first hour or so of class learning about

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  day for the past week, probably because of the abundance of natural ... -seasoned piece of avocado toast with one. 9:32 AM I start work. My UROP is data ... -the-fuck-out-of-my-house-and-find-a-UROP frenzy. I really like the work

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  probably one of the happiest people on the face of the earth. Unfortunately ... reactions weren't so positive. A lot of people told me to my face, "Bryan, you ... . I'd worked very hard my entire school career, taken the tests, done

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006