Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  to convince an admissions committee that you are a good fit for their ... . Fortunately, to make your life easier, MIT published a page about what it values ... obstacles3. Remember that you are applying to be part of a student body, not

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  conner...my god, is she a beauty. from b to shining c, burton conner offers ... bombers) to play and it was a great time. Our usual event is a bit more interactive; a freshman is asked something relating to a certain Bomber and then

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  reduced to but a small glimmer. Participants take a traditional stance with ... allegiance to MIT, a beaver, engineering, IHTFP, stress, Tim the beaver ... to identify to what or to whom they are pledging. Figure 2. A

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  'd been awake and p-setting until 4 a.m. that morning, I decided not to look ... 'll slip in a shout-out to good old Mac High--but here, things move fast. Too ... place, socializing, trying to figure out a good routine. I'm working on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  freshmen, Arielle Lubin had a litany of tasks to check off before classes ... , administrators say. The felines add a warm touch to a high-pressure environment of ... to bring a cat to college," said Lubin, who spent her high school years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  up, move the fruit around with a utensil to get some air and space to ... the food processor, and you turn it back on. And you start to worry a ... open the food processor. You move the fruit around with a utensil to get

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  emailed the president, Kathleen S. ‘19, to see how I could get involved. A ... own rooms, rather than against a live opponent. To prevent lag from ... hands to answer a question. I helped volunteer for that competition, and

  • by Phi A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  different combinations using these digits to express a manner of things. For ... are trying to convey. In a sense, making it possible for us to make any ... to is a composition of numbers. In general, when we need to get in

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  tea, and a few times a semester we bring two thirds of that activity to a summit in a co-cooking, potluck-style floor dinner. Ready? Go.                              ... For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge ... intelligence. Student teams aim to write the best player program for the Battlecode real-time strategy game. This is a one-month hardcore coding skills
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  a lot have no finals, just projects), and four finals turned out to be ... extension during a week in which I was almost too stressed out to move, but it ... MIT students have a lot on their plate, and are very willing to give you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  credible answers to a few questions that the painfully shallow news coverage ... that doesn't have to worry about cultivating diverse perspectives in a ... students who are being shut out, whether it's a smart American kid who has to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  gave it my all. I used every bit of time I had left to slap together a ... phone, I could have painted a mural, or done things I actually wanted to ... assignments to give myself a little time to reset. By the end I no longer cared

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  admitted to MIT, my number one concern was not having a space to pursue my love for the arts. I NEVER thought I would go to a STEM-heavy school ... chose to hang my hat on MTG. Was it scary to audition as a freshman? Of

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  CollegeBoard send them to us, but for a definitive answer you should call ... file. There is no need to give us a heads ... official marksheet....as this is kind of considered to be a big achievement

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  , they have a system set up to raise an alert after even just a few minutes ... . In the future, the Radio Society is hoping to develop a couple really ... program: can a computer be taught to predict the future location of an

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  a page of handwritten notes for. We’re expected to understand and manipulate a lot of equations, so I tried to color code the variables to ... pencil, and a few loose pens and pencils that only see the light of day

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  $4133, which averages to just under $10 per meal. The Full 19 is a little ... are still more than a Chipotle burrito ($7.50 after tax at Kendall). To ... a lot weight to this argument: MIT students are perpetually busy and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  class, taking a break to walk along the Charles with a new-ish friend ... half, actually, or 66 units, which number turns out to feel like a ... the time. I moved to pika, and with Michael Waldrep, a masters student

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  have the same question. It can be intimidating to go alone to a new place ... door wielding a huge-ass Nerf gun like he thought he was about to storm ... I even had a livejournal, I went to check out the MIT community

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006