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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  To follow up on this entry... Thanks for playing Engima Wrapped In A Riddle! Don, tell them what they've won. Wow! I am impressed by how many ... long and annoying drum roll...) (Please hold all applause until all

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  make the flowers and then kept renewing it for 10 more years, and how ... -blowing. We moved around together marveling at how it was possible for nature to ... it's also cool because there's so much more time to do the kinds of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  it this way: How would you describe "gonna"? Where did it come from ... So, here it is, the inaugural post in my new book review blog idea ... the shelf because it looks kind of cool" library trips. Linguistics is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  in your first year at MIT isn't how to integrate that particularly hairy trig integral, or how to predict the products of that incredibly complex organic chemistry reaction. It's how to ask for help. Help in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  We’re often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don’t have any required classes but consider an ideal preparation to include calculus,…
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  . When you get your decisions it could be that the last thing you'd ever want to do is sit still and go online (at least it was for me) but if ... neat place to chat with other applicants, express how happy you are that

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  nothing special

  

  least that's how it works at East Campus. If you don't want to stay here ... , it's Sunday. :-) It will be fun to spend the summer at MIT. Summer ... scheduled or for some bureaucratic development, it's like you have to wait for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  on Tuesday, I turned 22. it wasn't nearly as blissful as turning 21 ... spontaneously gathering people to celebrate took walking 20 feet from my room. it ... about my post-grad situation that it's not something I'm looking forward

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  what happens. See how I add one more item to the list and it collapses and buries me underneath it. How I struggle to find oxygen in this ... 've always liked just sitting in whatever vehicle it may be. I loved being in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public. (But actually it was awesome, and much like a baby-PAX – a video game ... and plan on going this year. It’s freaking awesome.) I woke up at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  involved in that bus going over that cliff?? How?! And why isn't it next Wednesday already?!" I know, I know, it's all I can keep thinking about too. (Veronica Mars. Greatest show ever. Promise. Go watch it.) Anyway

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What programs does Office of Minority Education offer?

  The MIT Office of Minority Education (OME) provides a home base for many of MIT’s underrepresented minority students. OME’s mission is to promote academic excellence, build strong communities, and develop professional mindsets among…
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that enrich and support undergraduate education at MIT, and serves as your first year headquarters as well as a resource…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  really does happen. So there you have it. And If I ever score below 40 ... . It's about that time of season when MIT students buckle down, chain ... , pulled an all-nighter studying for it, realized I didn't know my butt from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  thing. I highly suggest it!) So does this mean that you can pour all of your personal data into some magic admissions algorithm and have it spit ... all, no. Moreover, it wouldn't matter if it could. For example, if the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  'm really unsure how to deal with it. I think part of it is because I'm a ... Hi, hello. How are you doing? I haven't been in the writing mood as of late and it has me feeling really guilty. Blogging used to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  .033): Same as above. -Intro to Cosmology (8.286): It hurts to drop this class ... 'll give it another go in two years. -Electricity and Magnetism II (8 ... into this class on a masochistic whim and loved it. Whether I add it to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  In general, it would be considered a good idea to know more than just ... any German. Not kidding: I just googled 'how to say good-bye in German ... my head and hoping it'll be enough for when I land in Frankfurt Airport

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  physics books, but as she dryly noted, it added up to less than a typical ... their children. It is a bit too crowded to do homework there on a Saturday afternoon, but it was perfect for a warm cup of almond-coconut hot

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  can just be bent how you want it to be! That’s kinda cool yo.’ Cutting ... ’t the best of matches; but ultimately I was able to get it to stick, and ... needed to finish it; in this case, a [annotation note="they seemed much

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022