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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  littered with sonic screwdrivers and Tardis t-shirts. I managed to slip in a ... took a big step back to 1923 (when Hubble discovered that there are in ... (ooooooooooh) HOW TO DO PARKOUR Music History Different dog breeds in New

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  , because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late ... are an opportunity to network, but also to engage with community — in ... country to set up in the ballroom and engage with readers and writers. Like

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  Jamaica, but I moved to the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area in Florida at age ... , acting in plays and musicals for two years before I switched to the dark ... the world will still be convinced that I'm twelve. In addition to MTG

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  get in touch with them, as it may take them several days to respond to ... interview? A: You can find your interviewer's information by logging in to ... helpful for your application, especially if you intend to remain in the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  evaporate until you begin to see crater-like indentations in your rice about ... without sauce). It may help to place the carrots in boiling water for a ... the snow peas in too early as it only really takes ~1 minute to finish

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  schedules, so in short is only pretty to look at and honestly doesn't even ... down to a heading 4, but i think it'll just keep getting better so i ... for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  Name the first thing that comes to mind when you think “MIT” and ... in common? Well, first, they’re all what people traditionally take “mens et manus” to refer to—and second, I never did any of them. Nor was I

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  . Welcome to REX. One of the first things you learn when you get to college ... Daniel M. ’14. It was ten at night, and in the East Campus courtyard ... from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  knew what I wanted to do. In elementary school, I'd write short stories ... job prospects to solely STEM. In my sophomore year, I took a biomedical ... 've been trying to see if there's a life for me in media, and reading RWRB

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  restaurant in Maine and decided to put their own B4 spin on it.   Burton ... .."][hopefully][/annotation] be moving back in as a senior, the dorm won't be the same. Some of the ... years—namely, windows that don't scream whenever it gets even the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  pages of lecture notes to get through, the last thing we want to concern ... ’t appreciate how much effort we had been putting in until we didn’t have to ... was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  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 ... changes in your coursework. You will also be able to provide information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  's something you've never tried before. It’s an amazing time to get a head start ... ending poverty, to having all of the candy that exists in the world and not ... results of a semester, year, or life's worth of effort. It boiled down to a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  course, live in the Milky Way, although it's hopeless to try and see that ... to. A few months later, I declared a major in physics, and indicated ... that they do in fact believe I ought to become a professional astronomer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... .2060 for answering a question in lecture. I've taped it to the inside of the ... -per-week labs in 6.2060"]Plenty to keep me occupied all semester :)[/annotation]

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  's perfect). But when there get to be a lot of errors, we start to question how ... applications. Last year, it was 17,909 to be exact. And we don't just see them once - there is an iterative process in which many applications are seen

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

  

  want to a ridiculous degree of accuracy and depth. I can't get into too ... about it a while back on my personal blog so if you're interested in more details about Mathematica, be sure to check it out. Today though, Wolfram

  • by Snively '11
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  In somewhat sharp contrast to previous terms, I'm taking only three ... of time to work at the lab -- I'm scheduled for 16 hours per week this ... . As a double-major, I've generally had to take between 60 and 75 units

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along ... , January 12th at 12pm in Lobby 7. Thanks! Jennifer for The Evil Midnight

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  nerd pride and it being a badge of honor to be called a nerd in my book ... neighborhood kids. This pack of boys liked to tease the youngest one in the crowd ... to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011