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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  , and I haven't been to 6.0001 lecture in two weeks. Actually, most of ... was a lot less painful! I thought that this would actually be my easiest ... It's 3am and I should probably be studying for my first 8.01 exam

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  semester, “That’s so cool! I would’ve loved that as an undergrad.” “... oh ... physically moving parts in this project, thankfully (I’ve learned my lesson ... components in place, I finally had a fully functional system: https

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  beginning of the semester about the order I would drop my classes in, if ... . Heck, almost all MIT students would tell you this is bad. I will tell you ... , so here we are. Well, what are the classes? I'm interested in computer

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even ... dawns on me that I left my coffee in my dorm room. Ten minutes to my 9 ... bread in the toaster and only realise I cremated my toast when I smell it

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  counterpart. willow Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneakin' in As if ... and go to plenty of parties in college.   gold rush But I don't like a gold rush, gold rush I don't like anticipatin' my face in a red

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  second solo; in the case of my 21m.301 project i wanted as high-quality of ... successful in either instance as i’m still inexperienced in writing music, but ... -designed grading scheme of any assignment i’ve seen at mit, in the sense that the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three ... that I admitted to the Class of 2006. In the fall of 2001 - Thanksgiving weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  not completed quite as much as I would have hoped. Unwilling to go to ... some more work on campus. In-between work sessions, I wandered campus ... [annotation note='I actually first encountered this phrase in a debate case in high

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  if I hadn't, things would have been fine. Whatever happens, we wish you ... application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  lying on your back yelling “I really like this stretch!” Then we would do ... indoor kickball or doing homework. With these experiences in mind, I was ... the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  . I haven't revisited these blogs in some time; the public ramblings of ... relocated to 10am-6pm and careening in the direction of 'hand-wavy'. The day I ... that is no longer accessible. When I think of this place in space and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of ... : About me: I am a senior who is majoring in 21E: Humanities and Engineering (History and Computer Science).  For this major, I have to take 7 classes in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  across пњљпњљ of the earth's surface in cars that most people consider ... named itself the Tech Nomads. From their website, here's the suggested ... of Germany to get to Prague hopefully at around 4pm, just in time for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  -frosh considering Ebony Affair this year or in the future, I would highly recommend ... it would be like. So with that, I wanted to put together a little recap ... wrap for Ebony Affair! In the span of 3 days, I got to meet people from

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  ;   Last semester, I took (3.094) Materials In the Human Experience ... top of the little tower. While I would have liked to go to the top of ... there, I took this chance to briefly lock the frosh up in one of the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  , I would've burned rubber. We peeled out of there like the city ... -cat. ...moving on. Anna: I would like to mention that all of the "rest of the ... the essay-editing process, I asked some pairs of fresh eyes (in the form

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  approached an incoming train, which would, in seconds, be directly in front of ... Requirement (GIR) classes I would be taking, and which of them would be through ... I've been very excited about coming to MIT, and those moments in which

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  -- possible replacement chairs! I quickly did what any normal student would do ... smaller than I would like but is the same size as the current desks so it ... faith in the higher-ups to choose the correct chair so I made sure to let

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  applicants. Maybe they will help you too. If I didn't address your question in this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q ... (Unnamed applicant #2), I would start by saying that standardized tests are

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  -opening experiences have been things I never imagined I could or would do before as an ... more useful that what I learned in classes. Use the best tools at your ... Orientation has begun. Convocation starts in less than an hour, where

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017