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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  acceptances to not be revoked, or is it more of a 'play it by ear' situation ... requirements. But AP seems to be the American standard. Which one is preferable by MIT?" IB is generally equivalent to AP in terms of academic rigor

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  : "Who is your favorite celebrity? Who is on the cover of the stack of ... is born. And despite the business buzzwords (integrated marketing to ... to possessing one or more of these qualities: being a simple story

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  of getting better at art, or feeling immersed in how enjoyable it is ... + hours of time on nothing, which is what my high school self certainly ... May 4th, which means that i won't see him or any of my friends for a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  , 12 to go. That sounds a lot better. Exam week is a busy time at MIT; a ... and all that. I heard a lot of conversations on my way to the final ... . There are all sorts of student life here, and everybody is free to pursue

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  common solvent, which those of you who have worked in labs or even used ... weeks: the end of our first 8-week ICE course. ICE, or Integrated ... , especially since the professor wrote “Yes, it’s ICE” on the top of the board on

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like ... aspects of the artwork which are not tied to those goals. for instance ... skipping past uneventful scenes or zoning out for large portions of concerts

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  , and it will get better," which was, as it turns out, what I needed to ... —that is theoretically easy to learn. But at the end of the day, I’m less ... to work in (most divisions of) a big bank is that I’m too soft and lazy

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  ratchet, or a screwdriver, or even pliers--he just has to use the tip of a ... all of this, Gedion is incredibly creative and curious. Which brings us ... ; Warwara is a 9-hour bus ride and 4-hour hike (on foot or by horse) from

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  it is on the forefront of the ed tech movement. As early as 2001, at ... for my classes is in video form, which is difficult to review before ... L mentors, they were able to solve an edX issue on the very first day of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  with its absence, which is by choice and the product of me trying to do ... , often compared to a baby duck. Here I am on my first day of school some ... to go to grad school. I started gaining weight, which was kind of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  might simply chalk it up to MIT being awesome (which it is), but they ... I have been absent from the blogs for the better part of eight years.  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  of them: one is people and another is creative work, like art or ... lot of my friends in industries like big tech or finance openly admit to ... ever exercising the authority to decide on which future it shall be spent

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  idea of using an oscilloscope to render a video game is not new. Many ... ). Using two of these DACs, all I needed to render something on the ... Hero Guitar Hero is a rhythm game where you strum notes on a guitar

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  : embroidery. It is my first actual adult hobby. Part of me is embarrassed to say ... , StarMarket, is closing. Now I go to Trader Joe’s in Back Bay, Boston (the ... a "bluebernie" kombucha on tap flavor). I go to StarMarket in Porter

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  though, to meet me, that is. You know where I live. Here a special shoutout ... 't get to be Tim the Beaver, which cut me pretty deep. I haven't updated ... the little pine tree on the side of the road instead of the big huge

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  I'm on the subway or at the market. What gives me pause, you see, is ... topic of blogging. I want to reflect on a couple of points -- this commentary is perhaps more relevant to those readers who have followed on the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  , regardless of how many classes or commitments you have 11am: you decide to try ... pm: you go to a cafe with K, a friend of a friend who asked to hang out ... questions, but the conversation is good anyway. towards the end of the chat, K

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  about packing my life up and heading back to New York. On top of that, I'm a junior, which is quite frankly the most uneventful of the Spring ... pandemic or as small as comforting a friend. All there is to do is wait. Wait

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  have to look forward to is a down market. According to this article, the French stock market is likely to underperform today: ..based on research at ... Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in ... mainly to eat at Giacomo's Ristorante, which has ridiculously awesome Yelp ... is its proximity to other fun/eventful locations - like Faneuil Hall

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012