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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  real-world situations. If a company were to use a smaller diameter for a ... smell one thing. Today I was booking a flight to London for Ling '07 and ... wired over. I thought about it for just a minute or two... so would it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  boxer shorts. And then he recognizes you. How's that for teacher ... morning, I felt a faint red soreness on my uvula, which can only mean that I ... pipe flow. This is what writing a 21-page proposal on drag reduction in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  ’m sure it’s true for a not-insignificant percentage of the student ... pretty damn high. Part of me feels bad for prioritizing this over taking a ... conversation a few times, but the more I think about IAP, the more I don’t like

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  "]laundry[/annotation] in Simmons, and was waiting in a lounge for it to finish. Behind the tv ... cassette singles for like a buck each, and then found some sick cassettes ... ’ll appreciate this deluxe edition for years and year to come. Now I just need a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  , running a quick setup test for a UROP, filling out a when-to-meet, things ... expected to feel refreshed, ready for a round three. But it’s not happening ... commitment than it used to. I gained a higher tolerance for low effort, and I

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  Materials for Biology, which hopefully will be a blend of my interests in ... double-checking of schedules, I signed on as a stage manager for this ... for a little while), as I tend to shy away from it as an extracurricular

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  you're looking for a more exhaustive list, these blog posts might be of ... heading home. Protip: at the beginning of a semester, ask upperclassmen for ... just had to go to the nearby Apple Store, swap my MacBook for a loaner

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  was not the right school for me, after all. Establishing MIT as a ... school (for example, in a single day post-finals there was derpy reindeer ... the deep thoughts limit for this post, and I'm ready to read a couple of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs ... Pistol a HT@MIT, it's the instructor Mike Conti.   Background I took

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal ... in A-Entry for the summer -- actually, strictly speaking, I had been living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  For those of you who commented in the last post or emailed me, thank you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading applications as well as giving a presentation on MIT & admissions to a group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each ... it a very personal and productive time.For example, the early morning ... naturally wake up very early. I know, it's a nice "problem" to have

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  with my computer screen for 12 hours a day, now seemed as good of a time ... incredible illustrations that were perfect for the project: the first, a scene ... . Whether you need a break from cramming for finals or need to force yourself

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  , Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Virginia. For a complete list of sessions, click ... MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  Learning Materials for Biology aka. THANK YOU MIT FOR OFFERING A CLASS (even ... (Creating Digital Learning Materials for Biology) This course is a student ... best medium (or one of the best) for translating that lesson plan into a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: CrowdMath, by Art of Problem Solving and MIT PRIMES, is a thing now a brief note in between committee breaks

  

  MIT PRIMES (a free, year-long after-school research program for high school students, run by our math department) are partnering for a new ... Solving are working together to create a place for students to experience

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  Having read MIT applications for a long time now, I know that MIT applicants and students are quite a talented bunch. As such, I try to look out ... lack of standardized programming and a generalized methodology for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  by a friend. How did you come up with the name for your blog? This is ... actually recognized it). Here's the passage: "This is not a land for gods ... not a good place for gods because it is too dynamic, too wild and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  difference is that there is more room for a self-guided pace. concretely, this ... for each class in the entire term. this is because a lot of your grade ... for this class mostly because the pure math major requires you to take a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  is thus a palindromic date. It is, in fact, the first palindromic date of a week-and-a-half of them, running from 9/10/19 to 9/19/19. While ... noting on a blog read by students aspiring to study at a school fascinated

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019