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• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  By the end of my freshman year, I was convinced that I had not learned anything in my classes at MIT. By the end of my sophomore year, the ... didn't want that to happen.  The question of whether I wanted to do math

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  school and lost touch with science bowl. Fast forward to the end of ... probably is my biggest lasting impact there. This also was the subject of one of my [annotation note='I actually opened up that essay for the first

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  Last Sunday, some friends and I walked across the state of Rhode ... . So they did! I heard stories of the Walk when I met Xavier this summer ... , though, since I ran one unofficial marathon at the height of the pandemic

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  he doesn't like the arts - but the truth of the matter is that MIT students have quite a bit of respect for drama, music, poetry, and all the ... and I went to see the one of these 50 student groups in action

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  AP credit—the worst out of any school I researched when applying. If ... the APs mentioned above are the only ones that let you out of GIRs, and ... other side of the argument. If there is a subject you are really

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  , administrators say. The felines add a warm touch to a high-pressure environment of ... put MIT at the forefront of the growing number of colleges that are al ... by a "cat clause," enforced by a student "pet chair" in each of the

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

  Food We Made! a photo dump of non-aesthetic pictures

  

  to try to take nice pictures of the process and final result. But ... way (we are probably a minority of people who most of the time don't enjoy the flavor/smell/anything of butter). The filling is sweet, but not

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 29, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  , and hopefully, call in and vote. Here's ABC's summary of the show ... recipient of the million dollar prize. And some relevant info about Craig ... "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Another of my dormmates, Ankur '03, was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  of the windows were black. But this was on the side of the building ... out of the room to retrieve the guy who had initially set all this up ... spent about two hours there this evening, then walked home. On the way

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Panic! MyMIT will be inaccessible on Saturday, October 31 from 6:00am until 10:00am EDT for essential…

  

  coming from me the day before instead of in the morning when you fired up ... will be plenty of time for applications after the maintenance is ... As the message on MyMIT says, MyMIT will be inaccessible on Saturday

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Meetings… I hope you'll attend the event near you.

  

  of meetings is posted within the Admitted Students Portlet of your My ... Each spring Educational Counselors all over the world hold events for admitted students. The events are designed to provide you and your families

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  Two of my friends from UCLA are visiting, and we have had a busy first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole day walking around the area in the glorious warmth and sunlight that

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  VSEPR Google News is the best.

  

  Randall died until I read the special year-end retrospective issue of People ... DID YOU KNOW? A jurassic beaver once ruled the riverbank. I've had an ... soon enough; for now you can check out the awesome article above which

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  On Saturday, it snowed!! On Sunday, the sun was shining. Go figure. And now, onto the non-meteorological information (say it, don't spray it?). Early this morning, some friends and I went to the Harvard Museum of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  getting our fill of food, we went to the Cincinnati Reds game where they actually won a game for once. Highlight of the Game: When the mascot did the ... from the area made it to the party as well as most of the incoming

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Today’s Mailing Day For me this is a huge thing. You guys are my first MIT class, which…

  

  Waited until midnight so I could post on the 11th officially (EST ... emotional about it - overwhelmed for the admits and devastated for the denied. In fact, joking aside in the previous thread, I honestly don't know yet

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  Boston and Cambridge invited 76 teams of spoken word artists to engage the ... and warn. In my experience, they've been some of the greatest, most ... ; even the very concept of slam reminded me of a few things that I should

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  liked having creative direction over choreography, but the thought of ... . many of the people I respected on Mocha graduated in the two years that ... the team full-time. I wanted to be a part of a team that challenged me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  differences among the different tracks—applied math has a whole different set of ... 't taken many of the more applied or CS-related classes. So let me now talk ... terms with my limits in the past 2.5 years of school. One thing I want to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  how to give an honest assessment of myself is probably one of the most ... burned the midnight oil already, you’ll get to hear a couple of my thoughts ... beginning of the semester – my UROP was going really well and I realized that

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013