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• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  decided to give up on this post is because I knew these words of advice ... quite recognized when to stop), or maybe it was because they played one of ... , or otherwise - and the best thing you can do is to let it. (Do you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  meticulously calculating each of my grades to see what I need on each assignment ... , Cellverse, which aims to help high school students learn the layout of a cell ... hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  there. This one deserves to be up here (or I guess down, since this is ... upcoming thesis defenses. Those posters have a kind of soul to them ... , grumbling about having to make one of these posters in the first place and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  pushed down, to never give up on what we're working towards. MIT is real ... know the answer to that question. All I know is that I'm here now, and ... seems I have no choice other than to make the best of the situation. My

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  determines an admission decision (there is no single factor), but they do help us better evaluate academic preparation. If you are planning on ... evaluated alongside other components of the application such as curriculum
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  which MIT is an affiliate member. It's nice to visit high schools, but for ... our office might visit 50 or so of them in a year. I know from talking to students and fellow admissions officers that this is a relatively

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  the lines of "a small computer" or "a single chip designed to do things ... of all of these things, but our real goal is to introduce you to a ... a lot of it is learning how to learn. At one point a TA asked me

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Noam Chomsky and the humanities at MIT Chomsky gives a talk on Iraq on May 23

  

  referred to this article which is in the current issue of the journal Foreign ... duty of universities is to expose their students to world events and ... is to focus on direct relief to its victims.” Present at the lecture

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  appropriate for the situation, like you wouldn't walk up to the CEO of GE and ... appropriate if you're introducing yourself to a veterinarian or fellow dog lover ... you are going to be the "driver" or the "passenger." 9. Make a graceful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  is given a certain amount of money to spend on whatever the floor wants ... . Convenient location on campus – Maseeh is located in the middle of campus ... addition to breakfast, dinner, and late night (which is the meal you eat late

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  devices.” Which, come to think of it, almost dead-on encapsulates the ... -Per-Day bandwagon and pinwheeled into a rut of intense, hardcore* Googling. Or, to ... following series of questions is left as an exercise to the author. Ready

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  Technique) It is far too easy to be taken by the material—one of the ... form waste?” one OperaBot asks. “Or is it a form of entropy ... as the mechanism by which the story is told. Like the OperaBots that

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  , I was already rather committed to taking Japanese 1 then, which is a ... -40 hours per week. But getting a glimpse of the 360 Photography Class on the ... announcement email[/caption] The prospect of getting to fiddle with technology

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  ,  in which everyone on this floor likes board games to some extent, and ... I live on the top floor of a small pile of donuts named Random Hall ... , they're the other half of the fourth floor -- this video just happens to

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your mind, and that you may need to focus on other things, or be temporarily ... If your ability to apply to MIT has been affected by disasters or
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  is a LOT of work to be done. But how could this be! It's Christmas ... ?) to this apparent cruise control on the school side is a burgeoning urge ... Global Initiative, which is a very new project aiming to connect MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would ... the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture of the beautiful skyline and fall-colored trees, I think back to my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  Thursday, which is Public Day and when the finalists are at their projects to ... to San Francisco. I'll be spending two weeks on the left coast for a ... kinds of trips retrospectively but figured I'd lead on the front end for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  This is, admittedly, a kind of quickly written post, but I wanted to ... Ukraine or the Ukrainian Army based on which you selected on the form.  I ... seeing happening on campus as a result of it. As we already know, nearly

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• 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 ... -that-be on MIT blogs). --- This is a simple story of three guys, how they met ... invite me to his endless string of concerts and recitals, of which I have

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012