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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  °, cold air has to be pumped in. But how much, and for how long? Too much ... .006 - Introduction to Algorithms 6.006 was my earliest class, so my attendance for it ... between my love for art and a self-imposed pressure to create things–but not

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... me to thinking about quiz bowl. I was thinking about how much fun I had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  to present my research at AAS conferences, and membership turns out to provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... to know your group Schedule meetings with your senators and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I ... looked like. For 2016, I wanted to really push for change. I decided I ... plane for a Phi Kappa Sigma conference and spent a week getting to know my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  supposed to leave Next House for Kendall Square, to ride the T to South ... for our route – we actually only got to Kingston before it became too ... .[/annotation] I do not really have a plan for how to navigate the reservation at

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  wednesday at wai & aina (liveblog) and leaving the mit bubble

  

  there, searched for something to set out on for the coming January. And ... ="121630" image3="121611" /] It's 7:30 AM, which means it's time for the day to ... the Safari Tent to working on a new scheduling interface for the farm

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  great for me to care. Nonetheless, I did apply to some schools as a ... to look at ways to use STEM for a more traditionally government ... This coming Tuesday, the major declaration form is due for freshmen

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  Knight for like the fifth time in one year + were happy to have someone to ... stubborn pset + made those spontaneous runs to MacGregor convenience for ... to the class of 2012, and best wishes for your Commencement coming up

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  requirements.) It's a little harder to do this for math classes, especially ... , right? So let's see how I do. Feel free to ask in the comments for ... icosahedron! And this turns out to be too complicated to allow for a quintic

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  's still very useful for all of us to sit around and talk about how we do ... officer more than 30 years ago, it wasn't uncommon for a single applicant to ... to students that should make the process a bit saner for all involved

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  needed for future research from several years to less than a week. Jamie ... competitive for another wonderful opportunity: the Davidson Fellows scholarship program. Sponsored by the good folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Festival

  

  currently at MIT for Campus Preview Weekend (this post is dedicated to the ... ! The Lab for Chocolate Science did chocolate truffle making! Obviously ... ... The guys from Tep had an awesome pickle frier which counted to 255 in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  .mit.edu for a simple Google Maps version of campus. Don't be afraid to explore ... catch up on sleep when you get home. Don't feel guilty for wanting to stay ... their best to clear their schedule for you. :D ~~~~~~~ And if you want

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  huge plus. When studying for exams, it's NOT agony to flip through my old ... those two classes. For some reason, it took me 28 days to take my notebook ... .022, then for 8.223. He's a character. // that's supposed to say vacuum at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  ) if one went to MIT for undergrad. My friend Fadam '07, a course 8 ... 's often harder for MIT undergrads to get into the MIT program than it is for ... Wow, lots of questions to address today! I guess I'll start by

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  discuss our respective plans for the Institvte. So I went to the Garment ... about what to get. For one thing, I had no idea what skirt/dress size I ... pretty black one, also for $8. I worried for a while that, unbeknownst to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  : Gap years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to ... ,000 or more many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to ... .com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  Learning and Engineering Design for what felt like forever, I decided to try ... . For our cohort, we created a game where robots had to remove tennis ... when it was actually time to leave for our flights, we ugly-cried our way

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  website.   Faith spoke to us for about an hour, and then we had ... illustrates other people’s scripts. She tends to vary her style a little for ... remembered the advice to just go for it. Just draw. And that’s what I did. I

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  . For those counting at home, that means I was admitted to MIT nearly 20 ... . Highly recommend, and I'm super excited for them to be opening a location ... could ever hope to experience in Boston. For this trip I returned to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025