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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  so silly. Pointless even. When I arrived at MIT in the fall of 2009, I ... freshmen guys because I'm going to talk about my rush). You've probably started packing for your adventure and I hope you're shaking with excitement

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and stare at the clock, and I'd count down the time left in the class period ... out (if they haven't already), I implore you to read them. Take them in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  that I guess is on a lot of people's minds: Q. So how do you pee in space? A. Up in space we use a vacuum. I always tell kids it's not something ... 11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora because the trip seemed logistically inconvenient, I was tired, and I had ... the beautiful is one I can't pass on. [caption id="attachment_100807

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  wish I had a better justification than this, but in 9.00 (intro to ... Even though I am rarely directly asked this question, I know it's often in the back of people's minds when they're thinking about MIT: do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  nine entries, A-J (minus I because it's ~imaginary~), in a highrise stack ... Cheese During in-house rush, I was told that the G unofficially stood for ... through, and it's a sunny Fahrenheit 63 as I type this on Sunday afternoon

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  in February. I knew the people who started it when they started it and ... space that I spend all day every day working in. Applicon was one of the ... Cue Monday afternoon. I'm hungry because I decided to not spend money

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  remember this going into your finals. I know it may not be as big an issue in ... jzzsxm [at] gmail [dot] com. (yes, I've looked at the answer in the back ... So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  but just as I got in I was struck by a snowball from behind, finishing ... aren't expecting. I plan on doing a bit of that myself actually, so ... all the time, snow means fun! The only issue with having fun in the snow

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  professor gave had free coffee and biscuits for us in class. Love Course 15 ... (I had just one I promise)     1:37AM late night coffee break in between psets.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), which is located just down the road from MIT! I pass this spiffy new building every time I walk to the supermarket or to Harvard and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 3

  

  , Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, Ernie, and Bert Today, I worked with Marivel and ... some delicious Thai food. Yummy! After work, I met up with some old friends, including one who was in town because he's coaching a team for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led ... International Olympiad in Informatics, and Rob Kolstad, the former lead coach of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in ... there is in me. I remember when I told him last year that I'd gotten ... school or work in honor of Veteran's Day, including at MIT. However, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  , and no doubt some of you will be in fields I can't even describe because ... 've achieved and what you'll do in the next few years, I'm awed.  Every day I can ... "I've been tooling all night."  "I'm so hosed."  "IHTFP."  "I just

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  .). In honor of his departure from our 7.03 class, I figured I’d dedicate a ... him explaining the profundity of anaphase in mitosis. I listened to ... This entry from Elizabeth in 2010 has been re-posted in celebration

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  /driving/walking/doing dishes in silence"]I don't really listen to music.[/annotation] So I asked ... button.[/annotation] In order to help logistically prepare yourself, I ... Sometimes I feel like an alien because [annotation note="a fact that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  In 1966, B. Alden Thresher, an economist and the first ever Director ... more than 50 years ago. What I love about CAPI (as it's called) is the honesty and integrity with which B.A.T. wrote, which values I hope (and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  announcing these prompts last year: People often ask me, "How do I stand out in ... to begin thinking and planning ahead of time, which I respect and value ... application, with 5 short-answer essay questions (I've blogged about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  , mirrors break when I look in them, but that is because I am so handsome that ... Innovation Economy crowd in Boston: that of iRobot CEO Colin Angle to Erika ... 's Big Island. ... Angle co-founded iRobot in 1990, not long after

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010