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• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  While I may lack Ben's ability to speak to the heart, Matt's wisdom, Yan's vocabulous wit, and Anna's inspirational eloquence, I can offer you a byte (or a few) from my bottomless cache of labyrinthine analogies

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  my place here. one of the most sure things about sophomore year is my friends at this school. one of the most uncertain things about freshman year ... out of bed before noon. this february i’m up at 8 am every day of the

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  /geometry (hopefully). Much of the material from this section is drawn from Michael Hartl ... around the circle) and diameter (length across the circle). The ratio of ... circles as circle noun: a shape that is made of of the set of all points

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  killed in the line of duty by the Tsarnaev brothers on April 18th, 2013. Sean was a beloved campus police officer, a member of the MIT Outing Club, and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy ... aerospace. From the start, I knew that MIT had a strong culture of computer ... graduating with a CS degree. It was hard to go a day at the Institute without

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  poorly in all of them. Part of this was because all three of the classes ... take. A lot of these classes do fall within the realm of [annotation note ... .[/annotation] The truth is, though, that an undergrad plan studying all of the fields

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  , and sometimes in the middle of juggling classes, p-sets, terrifying ... is contributing towards the making of global citizens. 'Global ... makes the difference between me getting my degree here as opposed to from

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  Among all the classes that MIT offers, it’s almost impossible to narrow them down to just 4 at the beginning of each semester (or 5 for the ... , we get formal instruction!!! Besides the level of excitement, there

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  process the decisions, I thought I'd offer some thoughts on the process ... great care and thoroughness that they deserve. On behalf of the entire ... Illimani. This is certainly one of the exciting things about college that you

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  and mechanical engineer. Most of my 6-3 friends have already taken the ... (idk the number). I am attacking my degree with a breadth-first search ... have…… My freshman fall, I struggled the most with fear. The fear of the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool--down-to-earth and yet on the cutting-edge with a hint of a retro sensibility. Favorite ... of a small town--one of the best places to live on this planet, really

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... ceilings, and old marbled floor, You house the echoes of students’ footsteps ... . You provide us with a home-- an often-decorated dome (by the work of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  . Of all of the hundreds (thousands?) of classes offered at MIT, three of the four I picked all have the same schedule. This kind of sucked, and opened up the floodgates of my hatred for those stupid HASS requirements

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  what MIT is offering, or if the experience here is worth all the work. This place is hard, in all senses of the word. It cuts you to the quick ... to be about how you predicted many of the pitfalls of this place. It

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  . That is of course, until they had the opportunity to experience all things MIT over the course of Campus Preview Weekend, better known simply ... prefrosh, because I don't think it is possible to grasp the sheer enormity of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  designed to encompass all the fundamentals of engineering while exploring ... 'Are you sure?' (Read more about the trials of the course in the intro to my entry #2 about bottle rockets. The pains, and gains, of being a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a ... much...FREE FOOD. ALL THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH How about this: Get a ... meal, just bring us back an ITEMIZED receipt with a list of the students

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  Dear reader: It's time that I confess one of the most soul-wrenching facts of the blogging profession. (Pardon me, did I just call it a ... all!) fully enjoying the anonymity of the Internet as I subtly brainwash

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  production of Man of La Mancha and I got seated right behind the sound board ... mysteriously lit by the glow of the microphone rack who constantly shuffled their ... was actually a result of a few kids scrambling around behind the scenes

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because ... be. I was turned down by three of the ten schools to which I applied ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007