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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  how my interview weekend went" entries. So seeing all she has to talk ... in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how ... now going to tell you about how much work I had to do last week, and you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  , because by then it’s late and we’re all a little hosed, longing for more ... mechanics, is two hours long; reading those posts gets me through the rapid ... part, but I love how people in this major help each other out, lift each

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  long of it is that I don’t know if I can do what I want to do with my ... , your soul? That’s how it feels to me sometimes, like I’m sacrificing my ... ), and it felt weird to write on a blog about my MIT experience under a

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  songs that they learn from their fathers. She loves her UROP because it is ... of time learning basic lab techniques like how to slice brain tissue ... . She began working on two projects: studying how neurons communicate with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  media images and how brands did it. Then we had to create our own goals ... will not be online to tweet about it. Because that’s not how real life necessarily works. (Um, it does work that way for some people.) The fight scene

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  and how one prepares for it. What exactly do the employers want and ... private participation is allowed. How does your selection committee view ... It's time for another Questions Omnibus, where I answer the questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  science, how much does that hurt me?" It is a requirement for all students ... 's still pretty far over. So how bad would it be?" A very common question. I ... context of their environment. What does it mean that we consider context

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  website. This blogpost is the story of how I wrote that website. Play on it ... the AND and NOT operators With a few adjustments, it's easy to see how ... 've fooled into doing math. Here's how it works: At its core the search is a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  some background on the film and how we researched it. From a visual ... the celebration. The more our team researched this holiday and how it’s ... long it takes and having a lot of patience. It’s kind of a disposable art

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  non-mathematician, I think it’s hard to define duality succinctly yet intuitively. I usually just kind of wave my hands and say, “Uhh, it’s like when ... attempting to define it, here’s a concrete example. Suppose you draw two

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  they're definitely overworked and underpaid, but it also does mean that I ... One of my biggest plights with MIT is how, since they kinda know that ... better campus and it's not without notice, and also a lot of the issues

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  service in high school marching band). I mean, it just never stops, does it ... ... as long as there is only one, and it is numerical. And I think that ... ball and I don't really understand how offsides works yet, but I figured

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  successive bounce it bounces half as high as the previous bounce, how long does ... for a one day trip. Well, as Ling's itemized bill clearly shows, it was ... too timid to ask the waiter for change. It's truly a beautiful disaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  know how a babby was formed, it meant an akward talk with mom and dad. If ... that, please please fix it.) This does teach us a few important lessons ... 't quite inspire the same awe and respect that the school deserves does it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  because I have never felt time fly by as quickly as it does when I’m at work ... around telling people I wanted to be a cancer researcher. It sounded so ... ’t like it, you have narrowed your options. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve really

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  my shoe chafed it bloody every race my senior year. This summer, I ... tibia (shinbone) hurts. Usually it's from overuse; usually the cure is ... anyway, so I took a day off and hoped it would go away. But it didn't, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  anyone local wants to know :) It's a bit embarrassing how much cool stuff ... - it's obvious and yet also inexplicable. It was a good reminder of how ... community too, but it feels a lot different when it's right on my doorstep

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  user’s body. It does this in real time and can handle multiple users. The ... because it’s forcing me to think about how to frame complex concepts. Also ... commands in the language actually do. It’s 9 pages long. Look at me

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  strongly underestimated how fun it is to work hard and then have an interesting project to show for it, compared to how unfulfilling it is to work ... 't know how long I'll be here or where I'll go next. If you've taken and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  virtues of procrastination, as long as you meet the deadline, it really ... directions," it really warrants a call-out of its own because of how ... submit. It is, however, worth noting that If you experience any last minute

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022