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• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  kicked off campus in March. With all the meetings that were scheduled, I ... tutoring organization I'm a part of to discuss my lessons for a student. I ... campus in fall, so we're in the middle of hunting for a place to live in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, and here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the ... Storm, an M.I.T.-trained scientist who specializes in genetic research ... ("non-linear optics," "top of the class"), Colin Farrell's secret agent in

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

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  the local U that I take classes at in the morning). These clothes are ... until I move into Cambridge will quite possibly be the longest in my life ... experience that will most likely never find it’s equal in the past 18 years of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Times

  

  Institute of Technology, is the leading theoretician in the emerging field of origami mathematics, the formal study of what can be done with a folded ... of wrinkling and crinkling and hinging to questions in architecture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  essentially live at Hayden Library, one of the few places on campus in which I ... Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the ... yes, that's my math pset in the background - the math pset that I ought

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  sleep. I met my host grandfather in my freshman year of high school, when ... shy and afraid of us, so I—in typical dumb 10-year old fashion ... me no matter hard I tried—she was in a lot of pain, so we were giving

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  about that. Gerthy cares about that. I care about that." I blogged in a ... . This piece of wood is a place-holder in the center of the barrel ... (in sunny weather, it takes a couple of days) and then they're ready to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  to the community, and each learns in their unique way. Although we can ... MIT undergrads come from every state in the country and approximately ... , we have a variety of programs to choose from. MIT’s first
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing ... 18. get it?) The value of i choose 18 is (34376687 + 1499084559 i ... approximation 0.00237769994 + 0.10368577 i. A lot of departments at MIT have

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  reason why all of us entered this profession in the first place: the ... of the broader aspects of the college admissions process in the United ... college admissions office. Having spent some years in charge of a selective

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  I have tests in all my classes in the next few days so I thought it ... 's the plan. Of course, it's been 2 years since I was a prospective student ... a test (it's pretty funny if you're not one of the kids) I could do

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  Massachusetts? With flip flops of course! Try again. While I must say that flip flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and ... at MIT. I must admit that I also learned a lot of new information

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  Yes, I'm in the American Southwest... Yesterday, I had ice cream ... '11?), Ilang (Wellesley '09) In case you're wondering, here are some of ... Implementation of Gradient-Based Convolutional Neural Networks in Handwriting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  it was. Smugness crept onto my face as I began thinking of what comical ... squirt ring (UPDATE: SOLD OUT!) If one of you makes this, I want ten ... , which is all I needed to "make" a few hacks of my own. Enjoy!     What

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  up in applications that I didn't read Sunday's New York Times, usually my favorite read of the week. The front page article in the Arts ... at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In an essay in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of ... your academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject ... passing an Advanced Standing Examination. You can compare the courses
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  We appreciate your interest in MIT! We don't send a lot of mail (and we don't send any international mail), but you can sign up for our ... description of all of the Institute's academic programs. We receive a lot of
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  than I had ever seen in my life! Seriously, I think most of them may have ... captain planet symbol. Why is she wearing . . . ooooooohhhh! She's in AXO, I ... strange from time to time) so I strung all the bits of it together for you

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  here are some projects I've done over the past year -- most of them quick ... , scissors, and trust in the [annotation note="cutting more and more strips of ... jacket est. time: 30 min? I put some spikes in it. bleach-painting jeans

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024