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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Everybody LOVES a math joke Math jokes for a Monday chuckle!

  

  Judging by the facebook group "I Wish I Were Your Derivative So I ... ...here's one she loves to tell (copied from an article in the American Mathematical Society Journal, with a link to the article below). Seriously, she

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 6, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of study abroad programs are available?

  Interested in studying abroad for an academic year in the U.K. or a semester in South Africa? Want to improve your foreign language skills by spending a summer in China or heading to Spain during the month of January
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  unsuspecting town. Not only are the residents of the town incredibly quirky and ... with the series because of the hell that was college application season ... just the lighthearted nature of the show mixed in with a darker, deeper

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Food No Context blogging no context

  

  10:00AM bottle of soylent on the go for breakfast.   12:59PM free lunch after accidentally walking into a Joi Ito (Director of the MIT Media Lab) talk at the Martin Trust Center.   1:08PM our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  forge on... 3:57 pm -- you got 3 minutes to get off the road cars!!! (The state instituted a ban on cars from 4PM on 2/8) There is kind of a lot of snow now -- and the only vehicle is a plower. Nothin' to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  You may have heard of the MIT Flying Club, which I'm not actually ... pin that one of the MIT Flying Club members was wearing... "Whoa, they ... the Cessnas I was used to. A stick instead of a yoke, and my steering

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  - cuz you can pass out of stuff or not take the FEE (woot!) if you do well ... .111 pset. One all-nighter. Wish me luck. ;) The semester is really coming to ... (after I'm done with the exam and the two psets I have to do after the exam

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  to advance to the semifinal of the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball ... I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  As though we weren’t hosed enough…

  

  ...we've been graced with a fire truck on the Great Dome! In case you can't tell, that inscription says "MIT Fire Department". The CPs ... good officers staring at the Great Dome from their bikes: As a measure

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure that receiving the news that you are deferred has to be disappointing (to say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  applications from students in the process of waiting for their green cards. If ... , you may notify MIT and send a copy of your green card via the ... All students must complete the MIT application with their current
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  number of things that they are worried about. Grades, SAT scores, the ... organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish ... enough that’s where I found myself. It was one of the only factors I felt I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  a really bad word to activate the limbic system of the brain (science ... .S. military. The VA didn’t expect me to work for them either. One of my mentor ... the Bedford VA, a national leader in supporting the higher education of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  the wired brain of some android. So, of course, I did what any MIT ... together the guts of a robot, anticipating the moment when a dozen blinking ... the misery of pounding out code in a cubicle during a sophomore

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  , a tenured and world-renowned professor will stand up in front of the ... time to introduce the concept of the Fourier Transform, he gave a 10-minute talk on the life and times of Optimus Prime. Because just like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  . I unfortunately lost a handful of aura points in the past several days ... . [-250 aura] Pigeons I'm taking 21W.744: The Art of Comic Book Writing ... dinner with some of the crew at 6 p.m. It wasn't until three days later

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  discord server, building on the organization of the old one, and a dedicated ... earned goes either to the Humanitarian Fund from the National Bank of ... ’ve already bought a couple of bracelets, and I’ll attach some of the designs

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  footsteps, from the stairwell on the other side of the north wall. The door ... hug, sometimes to tool in the comfort of silent company. I spent many ... substitute for the sensation of interior space, but I grabbed a few anyway

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  . So, every 4 years (or, in the case of years that satisfy yr# mod 100 ... (honest! - I didn't find out about SATs until the summer of freshman year, when I was in Mathcamp - ah, the naivety of young minds). And now, 2008

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  the program, we spent two days presenting our research to a panel of judges and the general public, and I had the privilege of being assigned to ... , explain that he worked on a graph theory problem about the coloring of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005