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• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  an email on my radar as something to send, and then forget about it for ... 48 units, with an additional 9 units allowed for 'discovery' credit ... [annotation note='I am writing this down in class-equivalents; MIT has a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  , for older sister. kuya can also refer to any older male person. back in high school, for example, i called people in higher years "kuya", like ... customs fees. in eighth grade, for filipino class, we discussed the song

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  rivers to train for emergencies in inland bodies of water (for example, if ... expanded my interests in aquatics (I was just an avid swimmer before, but ... When I was in Madrid, I often spent my afternoons wandering around in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  your grandmother about apple pie recipes, and that would be fun for ... in countercurrent. Redox occurs, there's a microfabricated nanoporous ... -page paper and a powerpoint presentation on the subject, in four weeks

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  in library already included all of the symbols for the components that ... oblong "petals" are created by spinning the poi head in the opposite ... "antispin." In other words, if your arm is moving clockwise, your wrist would

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  morning of Sunday, March 18th, I was sitting at the computer in our living ... everything, if only for a moment? That's how clicking that button felt for me ... worsened my mood. I had gotten in to MIT. Now, I can't help but feel that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  . In the photo essay that accompanied the article, they showed a picture ... -- I blogged it here. Also in this picture is Rachel Glennerster, the ... . Check out hacks.mit.edu for more, and here's info on the book Nightwork

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  most everything I do. Taking an example from when I was younger, in the ... complete an assignment in a timely manner. “I should reflect on why I feel ... Recently, my friend rejected several people who were interested in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  house in time for the cooking day. 3. Show up on the day, and ensure that ... taught an eight-week introductory cosmology class, for High School students ... is the president of their astronomy club. They meet for an hour every

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  knock on the glass--you don't have to open the door for them in this case ... short to catalogue every wholesome Asian girl in an MIT sweatshirt who ... this fine afternoon, heading to the Laboratory for Energy and the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  for >98%, and therefore put in a very large amount of work to ... something called PNR which stands for Pass No Record. In every class for the ... you can enjoy that!). No one can move from living in a house to on their

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first time as a prospective student. In light of it being the night before CPW ... :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  admitted to MIT for the class of 2010? Do graduate/Ph.D students get an IAP ... last year. And yes, graduate students get an IAP; one of the students in ... you). Are AP exams offered anywhere in the vicinity? You could study for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... stroking for the day, the real reason is because today was so cool, so ... , but to be cultured and knowledgeable about the world you live in. They

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  . Perseveration is when someone gets stuck on a topic or an idea. For me ... conversations to having an entire blogpost roaming around my head for weeks until ... feel, it comes with a caveat (in my opinion, for all readers but

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  your place on-campus. Is there an activity you do in high school that you ... that campus visits aren’t always an option for everyone, particularly ... While I’m sure some of you have a good sense of what I do as an

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  time travel is overrated conversing with my past self

  

  arrived at MIT, we all gathered in kresge auditorium for one final event ... and pleads for lost items — an incessant stream that most choose to ... watch an [annotation note="quantum physics i, taught in a hybrid format

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • November 2, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  dorm, helped organize an official B' Mitzvah for the dorm. Enjoy some ... favorite memories, events, and people, and it's an integral part of my MIT ... will not be able to experience ever again in my undergraduate life here

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  . This year, for the first time, the party was preceded by a special faculty hour, with many luminaries in attendance, including President Susan ... fountain. And, to add a little more class, they also had an awesome jazz band

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Collection of Creative Questions A collage of some of my silliest assignments

  

  questions they ask for their assignments. So here's a short collage of some of ... If only they had taken that class Not an assignment question but ... ? Did one matching before I realized this wasn't an actual bonus question

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2026