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• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  ). Unless you kicked some serious butt in a crazily academic high school or ... , in each of these topics to choose from, but that's for a later entry ... to MIT to learn math, chemistry, or biology. As such, I struggled

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  sponsor me). I’d used the app in the past to learn Italian and to refresh my ... runner up had only ~5,000XP. I put in about two and a half hours and go to ... than I had to put herself 1,000XP ahead of me and firmly in first place

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  holiday in October. To celebrate the year's start (and because I'm lazy), I ... .100, Aerodynamics. Although this class is going to be a time sink (Adam walked in ... just switched to Course 9 from Course 5, which in my humble opinion was a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  for lecture to start so we all hushed and listened in. The idea behind Toy Design is to work in teams of 5 or 6 to explore the design process ... required. Enrollment limited with preference given to students in the Media

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  've included some supplemental powerpoint slides to hopefully fill in any gaps or ... regimented to be useful when attempting to frame my life in increments of “days ... middle of May. As an aside, it may or may not be of interest to note that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  to make your decision (in favor of MIT). Also, I've added some new ... got and you could go to college for free, no room, board, meals, or ... farther than that in most of them --, to my Mandelbrot set renders on TI

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  're doing. 12:45pm – In which I decide to write a poem because I don’t feel ... to let me in. I think it's important to consider the fact that MIT is ... dedication and a desire to learn. Keep in mind, of course, that not every lab

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  like to get their boss' boss (or boss' boss' boss) to write the letter ... (say, Senator Foo or Congressman Bar). It's rare for these letters to say ... asking the aide in that politician's office that they worked for to write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  didn't want to let MIT put me in a suboptimal living or schooling ... grown closer) since being sent home due to COVID-19. Staying in contact ... ,[/annotation] in addition to the new stress of an unexpected return to family life

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  a living person or group engaged in what we believe is extraordinary ... are people whose work reflects the hopes that led to the prize in the ... concerns of citizens in Flint, Michigan to unravel a mystery that many in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there ... assignment was to bring in photos and talk about why we liked/disliked them. I ... throw a wild party, where she will be able to embarrass him in front of

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident on the slide and jump in to save two different kids. So that's my job. Or rather, my former job. I have the weekend to hang out with friends

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  wasn’t sure whether to declare a double major or settle with a minor ... , I decided to focus instead on Education. I was planning to work in the ... ’s exciting too. UROP Project: How to Fail Six Imaginary Students In out

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  wasn't new to me, I'd seen it in an episode of CSI: Miami, but there was ... location of where in the park we will be dancing, merely go to this map: http ... terrible puns…) 5. Finally, A big shout-out to DJ JR, for all his help in

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  intense – in addition to simulating our designs in software, almost ... allows us to reprogram computers easily. It was invented in 1945, and it ... "]accelerometers[/annotation] in a digital setting, and how to break large, complex systems into

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  to scream. In a single moment, shaking under a stream of hot water, an ... in the sand. I walked to the Harvard Bridge with a friend to sink the ... didn’t know what to do. “I don’t know, I just want to scream or

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  their experience here. In order to further clarify and reaffirm our ... have said to them in person: MIT's commitment to our undocumented ... . MIT's financial commitment to them will continue with or without DACA

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... siRNAs to prevent and treat influenza virus infection in mice. If all ... strains. My role in the project is to figure out how to deliver these si

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... is simply a case in which Australia got it backwards (or perhaps upside ... bacterial sense). You see, though it is impossible to see in this photo, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  interested enough in literature that they meet in their free time to discuss it ... there are more (many, many more) in storage. Since it is hard to visualize ... about the subject. Every student was in the class because they wanted to

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008