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• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  too. It's easy to think that the best candidate is the broadest and ...   Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... your solution to a problem, pi is the ith particular subproblem, and s

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  . The process for dropping is rather straight forward in that you submit ... units for a full-time student is 36. I’ve been following the lead of my ... descent.     *This is the beauteous fork that I made for EID

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here, but I think it's probably best if I share information that is of ... about and I'll try my best to write about them over the next few entries.

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  Last week, I attended the MUSE Colloquium hosted by MIT’s NSBE Chapter at the Black Students Union on campus. NSBE is a wonderful ... PowerPoint presentations. The three best presentations won scholarship

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  editions. We eagerly joined the team and created art for three of their ... we hold, we met the new maker in residence, who is dedicating a lot of ... support and gratitude for our writing. One of the people who reached out to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  because there was only one temple in the area The answer (question) is at ... , N.Y. — This highly successful television quiz show is the latest challenge for artificial intelligence. What is "Jeopardy"? That is correct

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  was born and raised in India but for the past decade or so had worked as ... . The dramatic climax of the movie, in true MIT style, is Mohan's attempt to get a turbine to generate electricity for the village -- can it get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar ... , while anarchy is all good and well, Nick is just the kind of creative ... around on the white wall in whatever direction it wanted to go. No mistakes

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  pset all by myself. Doing psets alone is torture. For me, anyway. I know some people who hate doing the work in groups, which is fine for them ... some tasty snack for everyone on the floor. We meet in the floor lounge

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  with his card. Le sigh. I suppose it happens even to the best of us. But without further ado, let's roll out the red carpet for our first 3 ... the rain, I didn't ask. He maintains that he is in fact NOT making a

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  questions that students have. The upshot is that we require three letters ... accepted. One question we sometimes get is about cover sheets for letters of ... stress for you or your advocates. How can I check that you have the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  ’t you the least bit terrified?” “Is it even legal for you to drive here ... the [annotation note="Short for “Registry of Motor Vehicles”, which is ... National Park in Maine. We planned meticulously for the trip – booking the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stand Back! I'm going to try . . . well, you know the rest.

  

  their own experiment. Pall and I are convinced we had the best setup for ... 2.671 is an AMAZING class (that many people dislike, for reasons that ... much just going nuts. For our final (9th) lab of the semester, we were

  • by Snively '11
  • December 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  interviewers remains accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  The deadline to contact your EC has passed for early action ... been waived from the admit-rate statistics for applicants with interview

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  liters of water -- for the entirety of finals week. S^3, which is really ... ; this is the best sick week ever only vacuously, by truth of it being the ... . so you're diseased. Being sick at MIT is no fun. Along with the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  classroom The most garden-variety way to ask for help is to find another ... upperclassman is usually only a few feet away. I'm the point person for 7 ... , your next stop is a TA or professor for the class. Most TAs at MIT are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  to their majors. The requirement’s purpose is to make us more effective ... of materials). Here are the five writing assignments I did for these ... . After all, semiconductor physics is the domain of 3.033 (electronic

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  completely at the chalkboard For this particular course, every class is a ... requirements for my major, I decided that this fall semester was the perfect time ... years for the classes of interest (thanks Cameron!) because if I’m going

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  ’ve happily called it home for the past 17 years. However, I’ve now been yeeted ... video games that much, hm. - i ran a panic! at the disco tumblr for three years before creating and running a one direction sideblog for two years

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  communities.  While the initiative is new, the concern for these students is not.  The partnership, initiated with significant philanthropic support, is ... Today, (April 4, 2023), marks the public launch of the STARS (Small

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023