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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  expectations. This mindset has, in my opinion, produced some truly incredible ... education MIT provides. Out of everything I have experienced at MIT - my first classes, turning in my first p-set, the clubs I've become part of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  ) understood. That was my big :( moment of the week, but the trees and the ... , My interview is within 3 weeks, so I want to know how you prepared for ... that you have heard from the admission folks, I'll give you my spin on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  was convinced that joining a sorority was not the way to go. Anyway, my ... basis for my sorority-bashing. Seriously though, I was basing my opinion ... hours reading my 5.07 textbook and still not coming close to understanding

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  still am - I just got out of my 8.02 final, and I have 5.12 tomorrow.), I decided that upon my return, I'd treat you to my collection of 18.03 quotes ... for over 40 years!) These quotes have peppered my notebook all term, so

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  my freshman year UROP at MIT's Center for Cancer Research. The Center ... ago I decided to build one with my molecular model kit because my roommate didn't want to watch TV and I didn't feel like studying for my test

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  to blog a little more than a year ago I wrote the following: My blog ... ; Tell with how I spent my summer solstice. (Unlike most of you, the ... few pix from my summer... I had the pleasure of working with the MITES

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  Warning: My life is so not interesting right now. We're all moved ... , and let me tell you what, it was not fun to move into my permanent room ... the summer. This is my third summer in a row in Cambridge, and I wouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  research projects; it's my turn! So since sophomore year, I've been working ... interests concerns tissue engineering. One of the big projects in my lab is ... of my time in lab last semester and sophomore year was trying to

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  my activity coefficient away. He explained to us that this was a ... . Thanks, Dr. Hughes. In suite news, another one of my prayers was finally ... wall Time: 11:15 PM 10/12/2005 Hi Ken, I just got back from my desk

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  Since I just finished a 5.60 problem set, my brain is approximately ... something short about the last few entries' comments on my blog. (5.60 is ... picture of the cheerleading squad, with my poms together right above my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  As I told you in my last entry, my mother has become concerned about my life here at MIT. I mentioned awhile ago that by now, basically my entire extended family reads this blog. Hello, family! Obviously my mother

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  University for two years and then my degree from Harvard Extension in Art ... things about Boston: Boston's nice, but to be honest I spend most of my ... my values, great live music, gourmet food, and great places to shop for

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

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  the 30-minute read, except for the new guy (that's me). My average is ... meantime, I read applications at my house, in the middle of the woods. I used ... components of my job: reading and writing. Matt, Mitra and Allison have all

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  my class tier list, some stats, and my four-year roadmap of classes ... to have some semblance of structure, I loosely based my ranking off of ... 'll explain the reasoning for these rankings below in my four-year class roadmap

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  A Collection of Creative Questions A collage of some of my silliest assignments

  

  ... Yes, I did include that drawing in my submission. At first when I read ... ?) Like...we really, really, like pokemon... Nature's engineer My ... ? My favorite trio of topics Definitely cooking Winne and

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  IAP is one of my favorite times of the year, because it's the best ... mental pain instead of physical pain. It was free food, so I made my way up ... ”. It can’t be that bad right? WRONG. My pride as an Asian with spice

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  . There are few projects I have worked on at MIT that have truly defined my ... here we are. Oh and one last thing-- in my post about IAP plans, I ... of my favorite screenshots from the lectures + the outfits I wore

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  , and i felt awful. my throat was sore, i simultaneously felt hot and cold, and mucus discharged from my faucet of a nose. unsurprising, given what ... pass and started rifling through my emails. i thought, should i go to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  that was my [annotation note="Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had ... of things off my proverbial plate."]Awhile ago,[/annotation] I got an ... other Chinese-speaking students and parents than my idiomatic English

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  forward to doing these programs since high school, i set my hopes on doing it in 2021. my acceptance transferred over a year, which made for an excellent contingency plan. in my sophomore fall semester, I haphazardly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021