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• 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  First off: I apologize for the shakiness of this video. For some ... literally hours), I just ended up taking shorter, normal-speed clips of me ... 's definitely not what I expected to produce, but at least I have a basic idea of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• 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
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you'd like to see what an MIT final exam is like, let me know, and I can post a ... 'll be studying for most of the time until Wednesday, I will take a break

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  legacy applicants; MIT doesn't.) MIT romance I met Adam in September of my ... girl, I was totally uninterested. In March of my sophomore year, Adam ... I are engaged, and we're planning to be married in September or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  favorite parts of the holiday, I set a bowl outside my door and kept it stocked with a combination of the care package candy (so I wouldn't eat all of it) and some things from a chocolate variety pack I bought from

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  were some of the few things that I actually attended after finding it in ... absorb as much as I could, with a goal (just for fun) of finding another prefrosh from Kansas. I’m one of those people who function best when I

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  I finished finals yesterday (Tuesday), so now I am pretty much done with the first half (2/4 years) of MIT. That is both an exhilirating and ... Saturday at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. The event was a smashing

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  So here we are. I'm sitting in the AeroAstro Gelb Lab ... . In about a week, I'll be home in California again--in three, I'll be working an internship in Seattle. It hasn't exactly settled in yet that I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  unpleasant, and there are many thoughts and feelings I have about the end of this chapter, but, in this moment, I am just so purely happy ... Today was the last day of classes for the spring semester—and, as a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  My highest achievement at MIT.

  

  ="650"] Third to last day of the archery class I took for my final PE ... ="650"] The instructor let me take it home![/caption] I SPLIT AN ARROW Edit: Okay, it wasn't split as neatly as that scene in Brave, but that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2024