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• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... restaurant and even after when we were just getting some ice cream, because ... learning to trust shapes and colors to be the real thing? Like a faraway

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  job that I love, getting to meet —  in person, or via application ... At some point in the pandemic I began to collect tropical fruiting ... , and the ability to bring the plants outside in the summer, the others

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  stage singing. In summary, I never did get to blog about the Winter Logs ... in 0.2 seconds, and then proceeds to receive many congratulations for ... performances (people litter a lot in cities; MIT also seems to be littered with

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  , a senior majoring in Course 6 to learn about her experiences with the ... Python programming and circuit theory in order to control a robot. The ... to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  hours when you consider the hours in advance you have to spend at the ... When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  backlog of materials in our processing center, and expect to have that ... are in tough financial shape and make a good faith effort to inform us ... the word limit. You may choose to send in the essay at a length that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  Some people[1] say that you need to seriously rethink your life when your days don't end with grass stains on your knees. I'd like to suggest that grease, dust, and oil be added to that list, at least for those of

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I've decided to try this approach to study for my 2.003 test coming up. WARNING ... problem as its posed to us: A wheel of diameter R, consisting of a thin

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Nightmarket Two (unrelated) celebrations of low-priced office supplies and Asian culture. (~15 pictures)

  

  each paid $2 to get in, and were handed 5 meal tickets. In addition to ... ) and I went to Harvard Square for some errands and dinner. Weywey dug ... the one blue Sharpie in the entire thing. These folders were on sale

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the ... (without logging in!) at my.mit.edu. I know this has been long requested by non-student visitors to the blogs (including parents, MIT students &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  idea being to get as close as possible to the fireworks on the 4th of ... don't find this kind of thing at other schools. In fact, I couldn't make ... - complete with photos. I am sad to report that the story doesn't have the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  stressful competition to get into an elite school is harming young people ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... closer to Friday's expected mail date. Also, today's Boston Globe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  cause poverty to continue in developing countries. In January (MIT ... need in order to build a project, and you can shop around if there’s a ... When most people I know think of MIT, the first thing that leaps to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  having to reprogram all of that, and in these past four months, I think I've made progress in terms of learning to trust people and see the good in ... to learn and gain from it. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to visit. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  . (Oh, and it's got facts and stuff on it.) With that in mind, here's to ... In honor of Wikipedia's 10th birthday (January 15th), MIT celebrated ... right from the get-go, but after walking down MIT's Infinite Corridor, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  get it out of the way and not have to worry about squeezing it in later ... never ends, and now I won't be so lucky to get my application read by Matt and Ben), the first step to getting into medical school is submitting an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  statistics? Is it easier to get in if I apply early? Last year, early action ... you in Southern California, I pose this question to you: Can you ... I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  products, from my Macbook to my iPhone, are omnipresent in my life - Steve ... directed me to work with Greg Christie to fix the icon. ... But in the ... think back to the call I received from Steve Jobs on a Sunday morning in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  Department has long contributed to learning in the arts and humanities at MIT ... amphitheater, a little blinded by the brightness of sun and snow. In searching for a place to sit, I named the following constraints: that I must sit

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014