Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  . Throughout my entire time in high school, I used to complain to my math teacher ... due to that class in particular. Going into 18.100, I saw the material ... in my schedule. I saw that it was much more rewarding to take a course

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this ... questions with answers that can be found easily on the website or that require ... begin next Wednesday.  The Red Sox are in first place.  And MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  were ferried in to Hacienda la Verbena by the advanced food recon team of ... corner). Video: The ride terminated (as most rides ought to) in a hot tub ... like we needed to maintain threshold power to simply stay upright in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  of our number decided to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in a uniquely ... . Hackers even made some mischief in the Student Center. Some alterations to ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  degrees, in every career field, with the obvious exception of the five or ... feeling whenever you push or publish something, is terribly valueless to you ... theoretical applications, or at least will take decades to trickle down into

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles ... the first person in their families to go to college, their university ... One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  travel somewhere in the physical world to obtain information. Information!  Fortunately, you live in more civilized times. Nowadays, when you want to know ... subsequently find an online article, blog, or forum dedicated to the subject that

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  proceeded to crash, because seriously, who wakes up before 10? In any case ... (Answers to your questions are coming next entry; keep on sending them in!) ALL MY EMAILS YESTERDAY (interspersed throughout random times

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  strongly recommend asking one of your math or science teachers to write one ... welcome to apply. Please email us at [email protected] stating that you are a QuestBridge Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Regular Action
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  that I could go from here to 3rd overall, but I did much better in the ... .  Doing well in this game was very luck dependent. To make my decision, I ... in MIT Medical was also a bad move – other people's thinking seemed to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  scary, a smile in a different context from what we are used to can really ... feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction/repulsion, uncanny valley refers to the sharp dip. There are several theories about why

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  chill because I was required to have PE every day in high school) I ... , the one who pulls the rope that the sail is attached to. (Now, in ... practiced landing twice, once in each role. Then, it was time to go out solo

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  you feel that you have to misrepresent the truth dramatically in order ... . Focus your application on some of these points. Or at least keep them in ... explored and changed course. It is okay to have been in the school orchestra

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  everyone's... but mine. In mathspeak, for all MIT students not equal to Kate ... weekend, but those people are from Connecticut or New York. The trip to ... in 32-123? Thanks to Uncle Jim and Aunt Maura for the super-cute video.

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  think!) • Which is a more favorable condition to find yourself in: a bad ... —doesn’t take long to complete—and like my time in UPOP, the application provides ... than usual. I’m reigniting my IAP resolution to cook dinner for myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  to back calls would be exhausting and in spite of this was pretty reluctant to initiate the last one since i was SO comfortably slumped in my ... talk to in quarantine, it is nice to at least feel like i'm connecting

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  semester doesn’t look like it’s going to be any easier. In fact, I got some ... postpone project work to clear the time. In general, my philosophy is not to miss out on once-in-a-lifetime opportunities in order to do more work. So

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  you. Here, I want to try my best to share a few moments in my life that ... my first elementary school, they had to ask the school to not put me in ... , they had to ask to put me in the gifted program, despite me scoring 50

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... face-to-face time alone with each teacher to ask them in person to write ... teaches the subject that you want to major in. You do not need to choose the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  group would be in Burton Conner to help run floor events and meet freshmen ... in apartments since the start of the pandemic. we aren't able to gather ... just gotten to campus and was enjoying getting swept up in the excitement

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021