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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  darn hard for it. And I'm willing to bet that more than a few students ... -year MIT classes demanding your time, you might tend to study for one more ... I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  , and revised, revised, revised. In order to compete for scholarships, you often have to interview at your school and compete for one of your ... application processes as a way for me to simply learn more about myself and get

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  , I went to MIT for college. I graduated about 20 years ago as a mechanical engineer. I went to work for General Motors in Detroit designing ... is an opportunity for you to talk about your involvement in the things

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  I had attempted to be (for lack of a better cliche) jack of all trades ... /social sciences person in high school (thought that I would go on to study some ... weekend to catch up, and my roommate makes fun of me for never being up

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  store 2,3,9,15… in memory. For this blogpost, I’m going to talk about a ... k to be 40 (this works out well for mathematical reasons, but many ... running our comparator on the same 2 numbers 40 log N times. For ALG to work

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  whole days to decide where to live this year. As for me, I seriously considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided ... used for, she got all excited and introduced herself. I happened to be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  all of campus puts on a bazillion fun events for them!) I wanted to ... years, like Yuliya's, Selam's,  Jack-William's...) For me personally, CPW was a way to decide where I wanted to go for undergrad. I hadn't com

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  an admissions blogger to watching a movie every night for PNR. College ... Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology. Tried to experiment around with chemical ... UROP! ...learned how to weightlift. I took Intro to Weightlifting for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  something more modern, more suited to whatever homeowners are looking for ... grateful for that. I felt like I had evolved too much for my environment to ... what you need to hear. For me, Wolf 359 was one of those things. My

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  ) p-sets, I had to stop into the newly-redesigned Cafe Four for some ... coming to MIT for a day and wanted to see how our research on the thermal ... his thesis work for him, he asked me to meet with Professor Tester and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  , despite it being less relevant to the career paths I see for myself. Course ... as it is now. Getting adjusted to fully in-person life on campus ... The class average on the first [annotation note="Intro to Algorithms

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  around, and say hi to the Amish kids selling baskets on the lawn for me ... boundaries for where sweet tea is acquirable: somewhere in Ohio to ... . Summer 2K9, guys; it's gonna be a blast. AND I PROMISE TO BLOG IT! For

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  character: Garfield Advice about applying to college/MIT: Let your personality ... : Philadelphia, PA High school: Philadelphia High School for Girls College: MIT ... motivations. Fun fact about yourself: I flew a jet (alongside a pilot) for about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  that you're a stronger person for it. Ok, enough of that. This post is ... week I had), so I paid way too much for some tickets and decided to go ... . We all met up and walked over to Fenway for a late lunch. Nothing like

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  reacting, we must recognize and learn from two elements that may seem to be ... , came at an important time for our culture, and is one that resonated ... don't expect our applicants to be perfect, we do require them to be

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  'd like to thank the proud sponsors of Sesame Street for their generous ... my Special Relativity test required me to add (and subtract!) numbers with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  . Sam offered to dispose of him for me. Hmm, urinal or toilet ... Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the ... '08, my suitemate from San Antonio, TX, returned to campus today, just

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  really impressive. For example, the first person who invented helicopters ... point....and the host proceeds to laud her for a bit. Janet says she's the ... applicant's personality, which might not be captured on paper. 1:34 to 1

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  : Carmeuse   Since my freshman year, I have seriously wanted to ... plane taking off from JFK when it finally hits me: I’m going to a country I’ve never been to before that speaks a language I kind of

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  good!) Yupyup. Back to studying for finals =p ... My last assignment for the semester was turned in on Tuesday, and ... on Tuesday, Wednesday, AND Thursday morning). So to procrastinate on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009