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  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  that I can't resist sharing. If you decide to get up and practice ... Over one weekend in the fall (Splash!) and one weekend in the spring ... a whirlwind of learning. I've blogged about teaching at these events

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

  PSA: the app is live for freshman

  

  's the only one you will ever have. I believe in you. Good luck.   ... between things you can control and things you can't, and that where you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  , including a random lab tech in a white coat wandering down just as I was ... the poor upload quality, you probably can't read that on the doors in ... It's finally spring in Boston! And unlike the occasional t

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  didn’t know that I was going to be in charge of this year’s Pi Day video ... ’s so many weebs in this school…jkjk” but then I was like “... unless ...   dimension: time, in the form of video frames. You can do fancier things like

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  apps? OK, well I can’t see you if you’re raising your hand, but I bet ... a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to ... important points in there. A common question I get a lot was articulated by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  ’ve read in college so far (I might be forgetting a few, but this is most of ... can’t emphasize that enough!! Another comment I’d like to make is about ... or finish, I hope you’ll find time to read this summer! It can be on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  ). Dear Internet, I am not in Course 2 or 6. Also, I like you a lot. Thanks ... MIT in comMITment, the freshmen are not. Personally, I applied to MIT ... free food than other majors. I just had a great sandwich. In full

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  So like Mitra pointed out in her blog this week, this week MIT ... activities and stuff that I'd want to do, I decided to get all my homework done early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  begin thinking and planning in advance, which I respect and value (one of ... ) I want to quote Mikey from his post announcing these prompts in the past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out in an essay?" or something

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I ... it is," and I'll agree. Then he says "I as an artist can see how ... . Although I may not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is ... I can

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Answering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week How can we be helpful?

  

  ;re here to answer your questions.  How can we help?  Answers below in the comments.  I will try to update this post with FAQs ... period, but I strongly suggest you submit your application well in advance

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  in the Stud, I realized that there were a lot of cool things on the walls of the Infinite that I hadn't actually bothered to stop and read. In a regular semester, I was always in such a rush to get to wherever I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  Earth Solar. I've been out to Palo Alto / San Mateo in the past, but never ... see it. That said, there's one in New York in September, and I think ... On Friday I flew out to California to visit my friend Greg. Greg is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  around in a circle, to mimic an accretion disk. *     *     * I met Carl ... . Knowing that I needed to get in touch with someone named "Ricky" (I didn ... information faster than you can provide it? I tried to brainstorm some resources

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  . In college, I think it's important to take classes that are special, in ... -western-culture Medieval texts - with a Medievalist. In the original Middle English. If I ... . This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I'm learning

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math ...  real. I simply refuse to believe in such strange, unintuitive physics that I ... mechanical). And I suppose every chemical reaction in my body keeping me alive

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  in full supply. I am sitting in my palatial room in East Campus as I ... open, because that is how you make friends in college. I met with my ... not sitting in my room in East Campus as I type. East Campus no longer

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on ... in a poor test grade. It happens. As the semester went on, I ... . I can't stress how important this is. MIT has many activities that you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  Hi! I’m Brenna Heintz, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT. Now that I’ve finally emerged from my first season of reading applications, I’m excited to start meeting all of you! Kim was kind enough to let

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  event. One other thing that you can see in Berlin is two-hundred-something bears, each one decorated by one of the countries in the United Nations ... , Kendall '07, and I got a picture in front of the very popular United States

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006