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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  the intuition suffice for now: our comparator is right 80% of the time ... , accuracy) and understanding the compromises settled for in attaining this ... -sided die, the probability of getting a number smaller than 3 is 2/6. Now

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  . Uglier than anything you've ever seen. On the other hand, you may instead think that it's the most beautiful thing on earth. The reason for this is ... /innovative architecture. Stata, Kresge, Building 66, the Green Building, the Brain and Cog

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  this, I failed to account for the fact that I am now in the most ... . One of the greatest joys, I think, is to have the mundane turn beautiful ... ="225"] my makeshift desk (there's an actual desk, but the view is too

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... through a third-party service other than the MIT application portal
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  wonderful summer-y months. I have a few things lined up for the summer, and ... Kesem is a free week-long summer camp for kids of cancer patients; more ... be teens! This is the first time that CK-MIT has a teen program - it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  considered.) While the traditional schedule will remain true for this year ... aardvark, where is the banana and why is that man chartreuse?" Answers to ... same rules apply - but the deadline is August 31st instead of July 31st

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  really excited for it at first. the first day of golf class is tomorrow ... the only way i can convince myself to write anything for the past two ... through setting bullet points for each section, then bullet points for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times ... . Since MIT lives in numbers instead of words, the next step is to gather ... .37 12.004 12.004 This is the point where you needed to refer to the

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  for everyone to enjoy while, as the name implies, breaking from their ... for 6.081. But I'm tired and confused (why is d+=1 legal normally but ... the freshmen chemistry options) is that the students memorize the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  from London to Bath around 8am. The most adventurous part of it is ... that have been supplying water for the bath for thousands of years (my ... store. The whole nicolas-cage-was-here was obviously a joke (or IS IT

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the ... feet of snow just to reach the sidewalk.) The caveat is that any day that ... conditions here in Cambridge. The good news is there's not much that you can

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE LAZY: You, email me, picture of you ... link is to last year's site), which this year falls around Drop Date, the ... entirely different topic. What's most important, is that right there in the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [april fools] interview with james e. tetazoo and isn't discovering part of the fun?

  

  think this is true. despite all the documentation for the origins of our ... the word ‘tetazoo’ comes from. the answer is very simple — it comes from ... ! welcome james! can you confirm that you’re the namesake for the third floor

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  and I get together for dinner. The pizza there is awesome. 7:30pm ... is a bit pricey, but it's quite tasty. (And plus, MIT pays for my food ... block to the Michigan Theater, where our central meeting is to be held. It

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  Pi day is almost here, when all the hard work from both applicants and the admissions office comes to fruition. Breathing is hard right ... hitting the gym? Besides, after this humongous pie I'd say it's time for a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there ... out what to do after we graduate.  It’s scary.  For the past couple of ... for the reality where maybe we won’t get into grad school, and maybe

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  for the magnificence that is FAP; let these pictures speak for ... ; to the contrary, it is filled to the brim with creativity, as Chris ... the student center which would be our home for the next several days

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  (I'm gonna go ahead and spill the beans: This is an entry about IAP. IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to ... , but it didn't matter. It was all worth it to me for the element of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  . As you can see, I spent some quality time exploiting the kid for my own personal gains hanging out with the kiddo. College is nice and all, but ... Hello folks of the blogosphere! Greetings from Columbia, MO. Now I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  never blogged. For some brilliant reason I decided that the gallon ... (any % although whole is more manly) 2) You can't vomit I'm the one in ... kinds we chat about. The great part is that WILG (Women's Independent

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008