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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  and Society in America (which I really love) - and thinking about ... care of sick students in my hall and at MIT in general, which I'm really ... lobster almost every night (which I didn't partake in, but I heard was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  percolates through the autumn leaves in the Yard. I’m listening to Stevie ... double check myself every time I speak in this class. It’s a new experience ... this reason. I listen to Stevie Wonder’s “Visions” and “All in Love is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  Jonathan. I joined the department as a postdoc last year. I'm interested in ... . [annotation note="Fatima: I took Seminar in Topology last semester with Jonathan!"][/annotation] (let's call them) Z: I'm a recent MIT alum who majored in 18, and now in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  further until I was eventually in the deep end. When I jumped in, I remember ... forth underneath me while I tried to propel myself up. Keep in mind that ... that we’re learning in class. Here, I took two midterms last week, and a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  violence during my first year of high school? Can I write an essay about how ... that was a 15-minute drive from the house I grew up in (where I was ... high school visit, I got in my car and cried. I cried not only because

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  in their underwear. Who isn't a fan of that? Seeing as I fall into ... sororities are directly in Boston, in Kenmore Square) - and so I bring you ... today, so let's see if I can do a little bit better here: organic

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  soul-consuming. Still, on October 10 at 6pm, I can feel my brain starting to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can ... that spills outward invites warmth with it. Kamoya and I head in, closing

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  for them in what little free time I had. It was my most stressful high ... —balance, time-management, something. In my first few weeks here, I got a fair ... quadrupled in the space of no time, and I felt that I really needed a lot more

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  canned pineapple in JELL-O but not fresh pineapple. How tired do people ... moments of panic, I had the sense to reach in and rip it out with one clean ... pain. Then I fell asleep 40 minutes into recitation. So, you can staple

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first ... -based classes designed for students who are interested in taking an active role in their education. Instruction takes place in a 14-room suite on the top
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  friends, in the order they asked. Scretious Scretious is… I guess the best ... this: Bunnies can be found on Killian Court at midnight, and in front of ... gather in groups on our lawns). Sometimes, we can get so close to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  little bit. In the past semester or so, I've realized that being an MIT ... course numbers: “18.02, 5.112, 7.012, and 8.012.” So I know I'm not in ... this entry: what is IAP? The one-sentence, in-a-nut-shell version that I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  as early as you can! But since I was in such a time crunch, I printed ... guide to preparing (or at least a guide to how I prepare) in the hope that ... national assessments. The first SAT test I took was in 7th grade--I don

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  called "hyperfine splitting", for the reason (as best as I can tell) that ... yet, somehow - in a few hours, I would be running around the kitchen in ... currently means that I faciliate our participation in the intramural badminton

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the ... first classes, turning in my first p-set, the clubs I've become part of ... research opportunities are a close second.) Put it this way: I can learn

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your ... Responses to comments: Sam said: Laura, I can't make my lab printer ... . I feel like it was used in some previous i3 publication (the handbook

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the ... ways of the humblebrag, I was challenged. In addition, I was confronted ... (and still am). In addition, I felt like each of the essays I wrote could

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  this feeling (that I can't quite pin down), and I say that I love it or ... Song: Dancing in the Moonlight by Olive Klug It's 9:05 am. The ... episodes ago in the season premiere. However, this time the room isn't a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  knowledge that I can in fact survive at MIT, why why why does looking at my ... ," you want to say, "NO. YOU DON'T GET IT. I CAN'T LEARN MATH AND I'M STUPID AND MIT MADE A MISTAKE WITH ME IF I CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND A BASIC

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Campus has, as far as I can tell, more underrepresented minorities in ... Campus dorms can be considered more traditional in terms of college ... topic. Being in student government, I know a lot of people from a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005