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• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  upon what I have learned. Parse a text for irony and allegory? Simple. Scrutinize a block of imagery for theme and characterization? No problem ... As for the first time, after a freshman year that can best be described

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  (which I've traded a few sleeping hours for at market price) surrounded by ... A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in ... like a pretty interesting place (SPOILER: It is.) and I happily obliged

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  , from Wenhao Sun... which I've been meaning to answer for a while: Hey! I ... MIT? I'm a pretty avid classical violinist with a passion for chamber ... , a large, 90-ish member free-for-all choir, and the Chamber Chorus, a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  never took an SAT II. How important is this for a transfer student to have ... could attend it for that. now i got a problem in november test due to ... my recommendation letter for social studies and English teachers to a

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  A few weeks ago, I organized a 140+ person barbecue for the many ... my friends and I sat in our lounge for hours listening to a '71 alum go ... of 1968. East Campus has a lot of history, and my floor Tetazoo is no

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  community members take classes on such silly but important topics as Giving a ... overseas after graduating or for a summer internship. Many European ... back to the office to read applications for a while until 4:45pm or so

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  connectivity. 5. a) Draw Newman projects for the six energy maxima and minima ... you would for –Me.) c) Use these values to make a graph of potential ... . Mathematics of the integrate-and-fire neuron a) For a spherical neuron with a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  we met more team members who flew in for the competition. After a few ... started out with a lot of confidence as we got 'Greens' for most of the ... ) and a lot of tires consumed, we decided to stop for the day and problem

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  nose ring. (Or, for my friend Alvar '98 PhD '05, a lot more than just a ... character – for example, if this applicant were to show up wearing a jacket ... to take a position on a subject in an interview but it's also important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  to much around me, when suddenly someone said, "Hey, Kim! Want a roll?" And there was Xavier '11, with a bag of Bertucci's rolls. (Bertucci's is ... competition, running a Book Exchange for students at the beginning of the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  For a lot of you (maybe not all), interning over the summer will be ... you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... individuals, who are on fire for God, in order to learn Israel's importance to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  This is an (albeit short) update of this post from a while back ... : the MIT Monologues and a class I developed and taught: 18.S190. I plan to write about a few more of these projects over the summer, but I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that, I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most ... to school with for four years. I also had a lot of questions about MIT

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  gifts for a randomly-assigned other resident. At the dinner, we make two ...     (Photo credit for these two goes to Julie H. '11) I was amazed by how ... (DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise specified, photo credit for this post

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  , because it’s the epitome of brains and brawn. Contending for a national ... saw how girls in my sorority would leave for a weekend and return as ... task—no, my duty—to finally say what needs to be said: MIT is a jock

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  friends for each trip. I also ended up getting a ton of photos ... contemplated whether or not we could get a plot for the bloggers. Further along ... , a child at heart"]children,[/annotation]meaning it took a while for me

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  . How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then ... ?'” (DFW went on to deliver a timeless and celebrated address that is well ... that a) applicants simply don’t understand what information we are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  ,500 (for one out of 300 copies of a limited edition of Hemingway), $8,000 (for a handwritten note from President Obama), $12,500... Then, suddenly ... experienced writer/typist would compose a personal poem for them on the spot

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice ... "on a boat." Once on board we mingled for a bit, took some ... I'm ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh** Well, I kinda wish I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  [context for the non-MIT folks out there: a pset, or problem set, is MIT's version of homework. And by "MIT's version", I mean that while a ... something I started at 11pm the night before it was due, and finished at

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012