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• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  vent. A while back when I was asking people for recommendation letters, my PI of three years made a suggestion. He wanted to nominate me for a ... priority became preparing for interviews. The symposium cast a shadow from

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  last time, although forgetting to ask for names in a Google Form isn’t a ... one table big enough for all of us without incurring a high spending ... clowned on for using a TI-84 to calculate each person’s portion. Which, I

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  terrible name) took me down for a week or two. it's been going around, and ... - hands and feet for a few days felt like someone was jabbing a needle into ... ago. i'm going to have to deal with it for a few months. the internet

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  this past summer I reread the entire series for the first time in a while ... caught up in racing to get all my work done this sophomore fall that for a ... EXCITED WHEN I SAW THIS HACK YESTERDAY. For those of you who may not have

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  weekend for van rentals so sign up early and reserve a space! Sam I ... fun as one may have while getting away from campus for a weekend, it can ... . This trip is intended for all members of the MIT community and will

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  state in the class), are very underrepresented. For a full look at the ... trombone she built for a science project. "People see confusion between the ... magazine about students with a passion for math and problem-solving. "I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  SLUSH. Now I was in the State of Massachusetts for the first time. A inch ... 's the main engineering library) looks very cool, though weird for a ... . A brave few will not even be able to visit until they set foot on

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  doors for a second chance to participate in this extraordinarily popular ... 's a trigger for inquiry and learning." Despite this free-for ... Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new ... . '11 Chris S. '11 Snively '11 Look for a future entry with a rundown of ... Trivia: Who was the first student blogger for MIT Admissions? And who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply ... the long, introspective part for a later entry, once I've had a chance ... Boston, which has been my home for more than a decade, and which will

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  Gann has just arrived! He's dressed very nicely for a telethon, maybe he ... ! Anywho, here's a quick wrap-up of the telethon. @Carmen/Jing Jing As for ... for your paper but I couldn't find it! I hope you got a phone call, I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  a shot at winning, and the latter for pure entertainment value ... In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 of selection. Things are going well; for some reason I'm enjoying

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  needs to be. For example, one problem describes the motion of a curveball ... for crew, which I believe may have extra practices since it's a Division ... group called "When I was your age, Pluto was a planet," which I found

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  for fun.) "You can't make MIT love you if you don't [write a good essay ... for a good cause.) ----------- 7/29 EDIT I don't think the admissions ... sacrifice meaning for a word limit, so they went over -- some by 5 words, some

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  [context for the non-MIT folks out there: a pset, or problem set, is MIT's version of homework. And by "MIT's version", I mean that while a ... midnight. It was rote memorization, repetitive busywork. I learned Equation A

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  Orientation is about to arrive and all of a sudden MIT will be ... laundry, and have a place to sleep. You'll actually be living here and will ... a walk through campus and show you some of the things you may run into

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  .[/annotation] ROTC: Two points per year of participation, but only for a max of 4 ... a little annoying, but there's no way for the instructor to tailor ... killer). This is common for a lot of PE classes and my one complaint. On

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  interwoven. For him, even the laws of motion and the path taken by a ray of ... to say she was writing for her son since that was acceptable; a mother ... was a learned Lady, famed For every branch of Science known – In every

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  ... Of course, it's nothing new for a film or other work of fiction to establish credibility for a character by giving them an MIT degree. Here are ... film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  . On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I ... I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more details than you could ever want, don't worry). To summarize, here's a map

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014