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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  advisor exclaimed as he looked over my registration at the start of the ... reach the bottom of the screen. I chose Guitar Hero for this project ... , my recreation is a very simplified version of the game, but I think it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  to answer and ask the same set of questions: what’s your name? where are you from? what are you thinking of majoring in? It got to the point ... , peculiarly, where I went to high school. For whatever reason, the inquiry of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  got that message from the infamous King of the Internet, Chris Peterson ... and wonderful people in the world, some of which are also going to MIT ... because it was the day of pi, but also because it was the day when regular

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  days of the firefly music festival. it was absolutely amazing; Tame ... friends in the last week of the semester. there was an ungodly amount of ... fantastic because i got to see a lot of teams perform for the first time in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  featuring stories that capture and communicate the richness and diversity of the MIT experience. Subject matter will range from the arts, research ... , sports, and the occasional hack." I hosted Episode 4, check it out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  Cambridge, California, or China. Four of the greatest years of your life are ... This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand, I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  virtues of procrastination, as long as you meet the deadline, it really ... guidance.  While the sheer number of ways that applicants find to not follow ... are really interested in is insight into the lived experience of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  people are really interested in the experience of female students at MIT. I ... severalfold -- 1. The School of Science report. Several years ago, female faculty in the School of Science reported that they were discriminated

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your nerves right ... happens for a reason, and while you can debate the validity of that ... further ado, here is the Simmons 3AB musical interpretation of pi to 15

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  , so I put some on. The first piece went on kind of lopsided, so I pulled it off...and off came all of the sticky duct tape residue with it! Eureka! I of course proceeded to clean up the laptop surface with the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get pizza and pastries the other night. I didn't feel like writing about it so ... look like if you were an MIT student and went to the North End. Enjoy!

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  genres of music, clothing, and stories that are unique to the African ... confronted with a world of people I had never related to. A majority of the ... the default language of the office. At lunch, I would sit and watch as

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  of time doing this. Too much time. As a matter of fact, the reason I ... middle of the hell that is the wait for decisions, I really suggest to not ... interview, there is really no more you can do but wait. The decision is out of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  In the first installment of "Making the Switch," Melissa '11 asked ... starts. i open the door to the quad only to see that none of my roommates are there yet the bottom bunks have all already been claimed. so of

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Come Visit! I promise we'll be nice.

  

  ). And then we played host! In the course of 24 hours, our visitor got a ... really. So the moral of the story is: COME VISIT. Discover the various ... A couple weeks ago, an excited exclamation was heard, as one of my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  another MITer at the time and neither of us knew what St. George's Day was ... entry on 23rd April but I'm in the middle of exams. Very stressful. More ... of us in the comments below. Anyway, I was pretty curious to see what

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  I don't usually like to post these kind of "on-the-whim" entries (I ... important part of MIT Student Life. @@ Say that I'm irresponsible for not finish this early, but GAH! (the second time this semester, fourth time

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  (UEA)-sponsored lunch with Professor Bengt Holmstrom, the head of the MIT Economics ... juicy bit of information: He's on the Board of Directors for Nokia ... the organization of firms, inspired by his work straight out of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023