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• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  dropped it), but the best part is that there's a roughly 1.2:1 ratio of ... probability. Probability is really the foundation of a lot of analysis in EECS ... 's also a magician. Not kidding. His field of anthropological study is in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  going to work, but I DO genuinely believe that MIT has a similar ... the obvious fact that MIT is a tough place- the reputation exists for a ... 's home than your own. The point of this diatribe is that I would not try

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  library, and that's why I chose to do the majority of my work in them ... . Allen was my sailing partner in the Sailing PE class that I took during ... operate a Tech Dinghy, which is the most basic type of sailboats at MIT. In

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  that I hear about West Campus is that they don't do anything strange or ... dorms (keep in mind there is also a residence hall called East Campus ... topic. Being in student government, I know a lot of people from a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  beginning of class. I am not a coffee person. I rarely drink coffee. I do not ... have never before been this prolific in a 9:00 AM lecture. Maybe I should ... mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  is Calculus in ESG), I was a bit bored, but didn't want to start real ... . In actuality, I think the reason is that Tang Hall is one of the other ... that were too high in quality), eventually, I came up with the idea of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  before I graduate... basically this means I have a lot to do in a very ... learned this weekend is like this stunt, except that the flyer does a back flip in the air instead of a twist.   Wrote two essays. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  , meant that maybe in another sense, it wasn't. Sometimes I catch myself ... although I wish I did, that's not really true: there was a 1.5-year ... 'll be pursuing a Master's at MIT, which means I need a place to stay in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  medicine was supposed to do, but I remember that I put it in one of those ... that I got up and didn't say anything at all. Elsewhere in the spacetime ... ." Did that really just happen? I scurried over to the voice, friends in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  finish line wins as usual. More on that in my next entry. I promised last ... metallurgy). I am finding that Cambridge is much more concerned with theory and ... transition temperatures that allow you to burn information onto a CD. In

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  -shirt, because “ESP is not a hivemind” (that’s Educational Studies Program). I want ... double check myself every time I speak in this class. It’s a new experience ... this reason. I listen to Stevie Wonder’s “Visions” and “All in Love is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  known as BIM, is a way to model structures, in a way that differs from ... in order to simplify all your required math. Solid Mechanics is a bit ... deadline and a difficult set of problems every single week, I worry that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  within my lifetime (in 2050), this is something that I need to care about ... collapsed — that is, their catch has declined by 90 percent. It is a very ... a freshman-only, 9-unit course that is geared towards exactly what the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  week, I'll know if astronomy is something that I would want to do later ... of Mountains In The Continental United States, so I stopped a random ... looked a little affronted, and suggested that I ask the stewardess. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post ... well (and is volunteering to do this in their free time). It’s also a ... indication of how well you did. I want to stress again that this is just a

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  Tuesday is the night I do pub trivia with my friends. One of last night ... to know anything until the following week. In the meantime, May 1/2 is coming up quickly for you, too, and I hope that you've found another school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  for A levels, can i ask my GCSE teachers? Or is that too long ago to ... nervous about applying to MIT. i know that my test scores do not fall in ... all 3 scores. Is that enough? In the online application, if I cannot

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  's not entirely true, there was a rock gym in Houston that I'd been to a ... in a pocket. I'm so fascinated with it all that I did my undergraduate ... pictures don't do it for you, I also made a slideshow with some video that

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  why certain kids get in when others do not. This is a big goal of ours ... hour traffic), I picked a direction randomly and ended up in Scarsdale ... When you have a 2.5-year-old and a 3-month-old, anything after 6AM is

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  looking forward to the next post. I've heard that staying overnight is a ... wanted to take part in RSI but that I was a senior. However, I also told ... . Although i do feel that I'm ready to take on college as I would graduate in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005