Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  For a lot of incoming MIT students, the story is the same. Four ... ’ve learned after a year at MIT is that the standards for failing are so, so ... job over the summer. I didn’t get a UROP. I got a fifth week flag for 5

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT ... class for mechanical engineers - you learn the basics of using a mill ... important topics like how to walk in crampons ("walk as if you were a cowboy

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  upperclassman is usually only a few feet away. I'm the point person for 7 ... , your next stop is a TA or professor for the class. Most TAs at MIT are ... catch the professor for a few minutes; they're always willing to help out

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  talk about my classes for a while but lacked the motivation for it! 8 ... myself. The class meets three times a week, twice a week for lecture on ... :00. Every Thursday, there is a pset due, except for review weeks. Every Friday

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... same things but do it in a detailed way that there just isn't room for in ... buying a ticket for the lottery. The only similarity to a game of chance is

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a ... before), my friends don't stop hearing about it for a good two weeks. With ... music industry for over a decade without having altered their sound in any

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  gets to pretend she's a real pirate for a little bit along with first ... , choreographer for MTG's "Chicago," got to the party a little late, but still got ... , and decided on this one for brevity's sake. Still, you must know, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  ; At MIT, a hunger for chocolate knowledge   Jayson Lynch (center ... . Members joke that they should create a "Beaver Bar" - a treat named for the ... Francisco-based chocolate manufacturer TCHO, for example, uses a flavor wheel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• 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 ... need numbers. For music. The number of beats in a song is regulated by

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

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  was in Woodie Flowers’ 2.70 design class at MIT – a story for another ... overlaid with a third, arguably more important, element: the FLL Core Values ... tournament and how good a solution you develop for the project, but also on

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  a science essay, and impact crater formation. Lisa is here early for ... are nearly ready for you. While we all wait, a few words to help you ... sister Lisa sat in on my classes - they got a crash course on galaxy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... you were willing to knock on enough doors and really fight for a ... involved cleaning glassware. Washing dishes is not a job for an undergraduate

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  classes im taking! strictly

  

  to look like im hacking the mainframe: I went through a few fonts ... 220 TrueType font. 18.100B: Real Analysis I missed taking a math ... how to write formal mathematical proofs (as well as develop a rigorous

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 16, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  write a mere sentence for months on the blogs. This makes the 6-month ... dropped UPOP in the spring semester. UPOP is a career accelerator for ... for a training/conference weekend. It was our first 3-day weekend of the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  scheduled for August 2023 and began training! I was at a marathon-level of ... running 6 days a week, 10-13 miles per day (except for weekends, which were ... . Also, for those of you who use Garmin watches, there's a stat called

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  (wonderfully blogged last year by Michael) is tonight. ‘Tis the season for ... stress from midterms somehow, right? (I’m a little bit sad that no ... he was a much nicer guy), and we were given a four-day weekend to catch

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  , ridiculously large portions. The amount of food that Oasis gives you for a mere ... Friendly Toast   Now I've saved my favorite restaurant for last. A ... Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously ... extremely valuable pieces of information :) 9.52 - Stat for Neuroscience ... .03, though it's extremely obvious that I haven't taken a math class in a year

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  for a while. I bike year-round, but today was the first time since fall that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class ... dodgeballs for bludgers. We also have a cross country running who has

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  11:30 PM and I have an entire quantum mechanics pset and a biodiesel ... (because I've been practicing piano). And I have a cheesecake to bake for my ... sort of math and science. Walking through the new Center for Theoretical

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008