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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  to take the time to evaluate where I was in each of these two classes ... have a Brass Rat. I've completed most of the "book" classes and am about ... absolutely the right decision. I took three classes in my major this last

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  picture. The first is that because of the angle you can't see me. I promise ... , free, and a bunch of friends were going, I decided that I could suck it ... , sitting in a room with my mother while she watches a cocktail of What Not to

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  2.004 and focus on 2.006 so that I can get an A/B instead of what is ... of the best pistol teams in the entire country just went away. 4 ... bout of Jello wrestling, Burton-Conner is covered in dead glow sticks

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  With the title of this entry, you might think I’m about to tell you ... do both AND watch an episode of “Glee” just blows my mind. Did I ... perfect storm of weekends off. And so this is what I did. Friday GEL

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  A hack, for cap 🇺🇸 spoilers-free

  

  in the MCU (and is from the Boston suburb of Sudbury), seemed to ... tradition of hacks, you can read more about the history here, and read blog posts about hacks here. No word yet on any hacks in honor of canonical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of ... we have received parts of your application. As you can only imagine, we ... to process all of your documents so that we can begin to read your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  that we'll receive a packet of information at check-in. Can I still get ... bed. Some students have futons in their rooms you can sleep in. I am in ... lots of people at MIT interested in helping you make your college

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  love languages, and I tested into Spanish 4 because of my AP scores in ... .  Differential Equations (18.03) → Rank C Chill class in terms of grading, but I ... to code in this class, so I would definitely come in with some type of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  him in the basement of the medical building, and Will R. '16 and I got ... can't exercise because of this allergy test. Ugh. Anyway, at 8pm, I am ... finally woke up. I sprayed dry shampoo in my hair, and headed to MIT Medical

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  ="attachment_50445" align="aligncenter" width="600"] i can make diagrams in paint ... Sightseeing. I was standing in front of my laptop staring at the puzzle while ... words heraldry in the back of the room, I was instantly interested, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  upperclassmen. So I asked some of my closest friends who were graduating if they ... your plate than you think you can handle during P/NR - it's how I exposed myself to a lot of things at MIT I wouldn't have found otherwise! However

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  set up. I read the table of contents in my textbook, and it had begun to ... assignments, or in class. I tried answering it to the best of my abilities. When ... , in the state that I was, I wanted to give a word of encouragement to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there ... with an array of engineering challenges. Working in groups of four, each ... the entire cast was also in attendance. (Oh, and one of the high school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  ! While I'm excited for the summer, with a continuation of my January internship at the BNSF Railway in Texas, I'll also be missing some of the great experiences I've enjoyed this semester. I'll tell you about one of them here

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  , so I can start testing my projections, which will be on the walls in ... yearlong effort, culminating in one joyful night of celebrating art and design at MIT. In fact–today’s the day of Gala 2025: April 27th! Setup

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  results even refer to? And don’t even get me started on the lack of units. I shudder as I think of all the unsuspecting high-school students making ... (DMSE), I have the perfect tools to conduct a quantitative analysis of MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  big in advance for my birthday - no one's ever around to celebrate, so I got into an early habit of ignoring it. After I turned 7 on 07/07, it ... bit of those 24 hours, but that just makes the time that I was awake

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  . "that's nice!" she said, in the middle of typing up my prescription. "i ... chord in my memory. jeff and i met four years ago in the summer after our sophomore year of high school. we were here for a biology camp in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  of the New Yorker. I landed in LAX around 11:30AM PT and picked up my ... , where I had a Central Meeting at the Qualcomm corporate offices in one of ... on a joke. I know I'm really in the zone when I can simultaneously talk

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  Hunt is a time-honored tradition, which you can learn more about in CJ ... in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a ... of a hidden coin. I'm [annotation note="I am on the same team as Shuli

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021