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• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  days Cried for about an hour on interstate 90 :( Moved to Maine with ... us to move in right away, b) was big enough for everyone, and c) gave ... again. I’m glad I got to be with them at least for a moment. At 4:00 PM, I

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  -oriented: we don’t value scores for their own sake, but only to the extent that ... criteria to ensure we make good decisions for the right reasons, and we ... efforts to understand how we can best evaluate academic readiness for all

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  movement in that direction. you tell yourself, if i plan for the cart to move ... the value of using simple external metrics to make important personal decisions. for instance: many people agree that it’s not a great idea to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  for the Baltimore/Washington Region American Red Cross. I talked to ... worked for several years as a consultant. We also compared her work to an ... ultimately lead to the development of appropriate risk models for children

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  major for almost a semester, and still plan to take more physics courses ... change when you come to MIT. Maybe you won’t be that person who went from “for sure course 18 theoretical” to “eh, maybe 8 also,” to “11?” and is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  excited about CPW! There are far too many events for a single person to ... ARE YOU PUMPED FOR CPW? Who wouldn't be excited about 72 solid hours ... somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  In third grade, my parents sent me away to sleepaway camp for two ... pandemic’s fault. I forgot how good it can be to go to a place with a person ... ’s go out for ice cream! Let’s go to the mall! On taking opportunities

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  time had to do with what the ECs look for, what questions they ask and ... personally but instead only get to know you by what you and others write about ... best way to prepare for your interview is to plan to talk about yourself

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Startups in Dorm Room Fund a venture fund run by students for students

  

  partners and scour their campuses for the most innovative student startups to ...  Bevspot, an online platform to bring smart data to bartenders. M.S. in Computer ... Opportunities abound for student entrepreneurs amongst the MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  My first personal entry, how exciting! For some background info about me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering ... just got back from my second visit to the beautiful town of Punta Cana in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  for the blogs. Then it took me two years to write the post. Half of the ... wholesome gingerbread house and person decorating event quickly went off the rails, thanks to some wonderful teamwork—we’re all about the collaboration

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  for adding 1 to the current memory location, and &O for printing the ... months"]6.009[/annotation] you have to write an [annotation note="thing that compiles and runs code from a particular programming language"]interpreter[/annotation] for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  this week are waiting for the newest psets to come out, come in your hour ... , travelled to all parts of Boston in a mere 4 hours, had fun at REX events ... 't limited to pizza), spent a night in the New England Aquarium, and finished

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for ... airport we quickly stopped at a grocery store for food and the hotel to drop off bags, then went right to the venue for an afternoon of sailing

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  pretty cool for a few reasons: IAP feels longer since we don't have to ... were the required CI-Ms for course 7 until recently. In order to take 7 ... -passing[/annotation] that doesn't come naturally to most people. For example, I am taking 7

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  That title is just a lazy excuse for not being able to come up with a ... to have at least read an entry or two, maybe explored the website a ... 're more than likely looking for. In addition to all of the comments, you

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  for MIT students to perform research at Automobili Lamborghini.) 2 ... very close to classes. Anecdotal proof: --- For five years, I'd had a ... pitch (paraphrased): “Here’s an opportunity for you to put 'employed by

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  structure has to provide sleeping area for the 10 people in our class and ... glad to not have any psets or major exams. Keep scrolling to find out why ... weeks ago - …the assignment was to construct a bamboo-and-canvas shelter

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  here...they're open every day now for dinner Bryan: lucky, i used to ... was a proud resident. All freshmen have to live on campus, but after ... moonlights as a rockstar. And now to our regularly scheduled program

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  personal feelings that they believe to be 100% correct. The implication is ... correctness game in these situations. For example, if someone were to tout some ... might be to brand that person as a racist. Yet PC norms might keep you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006