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• 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / 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 / 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 / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  Mac and how does it fit into an MIT-style life? Are you liking it so far ... the world. (No, not really. I hate it, though.) MIT does have a varsity ... (Yeah, okay, that was a really bad title. I GET IT. Not everyone can

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  write a novel about how much it changed my life and how precious all of ... , please! How do I life? Hope your road is a long one. ... all about my life not that long ago. In fact, the time between my last

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  permanently posted on the blogs freaked me out. It still does freak me out, a ... I took a long break from blogging. I [annotation note="and will be ... break the hiatus the next week. It just never happened. [annotation note

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

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  -night delirious whims of posting. Oh well. So, it's late (3:00 AM) and I just finished most of a Diff Eq. PSET (I started at 10:45 PM, it's been a long day ... figured out how to do it though." Me: "How?" Jon: "Here, look what I did

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  will provide the best foundation for admission to how does one actually ... of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom ... figure out how to organize all that information, or even determine the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in ... that the MIT Admissions Office does not endorse the use of dope.  Unless ... : I very much liked how they integrated string instruments into their

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  small vase -- you can see how much glass is left at the bottom of it ... class for the second time: it's standard practice for people to repeat this class twice before moving to intermediate classes because it covers

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  whatever weird ideas popped into his head. It's only sixty pages long, but ... -favorite book now; it's terribly long and compendious in its description of ... think it would be viewed as strange if your person and Maria dated

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  a merino headband under my headscarf. It does an excellent job of ... typically will wear thermals, a long shirt, a sweater and then my jacket. It ... It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  'd include the proof by induction but it's long, tedious, and involves calculus so I've omitted it). Master of what? Doesn't matter, as long as said ... assesses the answer and provides hints if the student does not know how to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  employer for the same job since my first year of high school, does it affect ... and 680! writing). I was wondering if it would help my application if I ... point where it is clear that they are 'qualified' and could succeed as far

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  know everything about how to not die in the Big Rocks when it's really ... )[/caption] I am not the ice girl with long white hair. The cold bothers me. The ... . So I try to turn to the thing that usually does a good job of making me

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024