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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  class is so incredibly relevant to daily life. (warning: i'm about to nerd out hard core, so feel free to go back to homepage and click on a ... . And it links it directly to the item that basically controls my life

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  I came, I saw, I stirfried Foray into non-ramen cooking

  

  School has already started, but I have one last part of summer to share, and that is how I managed to feed myself for three months. You see, this immediately ties into how I'm going to feed myself for the next

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 7, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  QUOTE: “I think MIT is the closest thing to Hogwarts on this planet ... to that crazy Institvte up north. (I still remember writing this blog ... the other end of that blog) I wanted to write this entry last year when

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

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens ... general direction managed to leak into my late evening tonight that I thought I'd share. Coherency is left as an exercise to the reader. Around

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  or anything that is likely to need changes or edits. No need to wait ... us know ASAP. Be sure to validate your Part 2 (on page 10) well ... are related to not validating early enough. Also, don't forget to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew ... the rest of my life to meet other math people, and I really wanted to use college as an opportunity to expand my horizons and meet other kinds

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

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  food and a thing you do with food. You'll probably never need to ... help. Isn't that weird? Anyway, I guess I'm supposed to tell ... they're interested in something, it seems to imply that they know a

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  already tell that this semester is going to be very different from anything ... for me this semester being the type of work we are expected to do. Typical for an MIT student, I am used to not a day going by without a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  As regular readers of this blog know I love to bike. It's my primary ... to exercise. Hooray! Hooray for bicycles! I'm also very risk averse ... from near my home about 7 miles to campus. I get a nice view, I get to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  I can`t wait to start writing more about life at MIT, but since I ... I saw this book that promised to inspire me, to reignite my passion for progress, and to wake my then-dormant optimism about our future

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  latter, in the sense that we compete to admit and enroll similar, though ... my two admissions cycles, what I've learned has been mostly limited to ... process out there, but it is still useful to learn how other places do

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

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  that I was capable of turning off my alarm and going back to sleep, without any conscious knowledge of my actions. (2) I listened to my 18.03 (diff eq) professor sing in class, to general applause and awe. (3) I ate

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some ... interesting to see what has changed, and what remains the same. Many of you will

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the ... 18 inches of snow, and ice on the roads to close schools. Being as ... if Bostonians are less accustomed to snow, or perhaps it really does

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie ... ’s like, most of it. Haven’t really gone to any big new events. Haven ... and hours to various software and machines and spray paint and glue

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... -- it is this Monday, November 1. In an effort to be helpful and ease some anxiety, I'm happy to answer some of your last minute questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  One thing I like to talk about with prospective students is the fact ... that make MIT feel like home to anyone. We also have terrific ... students are the first generation of their family to go to college. We also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  going to DINEPA, or Direction Nationale de l’Eau Potable et de l ... wanted to know how effective these measures had been - data he had yet to analyze. Still, it was fantastic to finally talk to someone in person after

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  around the corner. While I hate to distract you from the application, essays, standardized tests and teacher recommendation letters (not to mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video-chat excessively with friends I’d already begun to miss. I haven’t had much time for ... pre-orientation group, spent several minutes trying to pick flawless

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009