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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  is a masterpiece. If you have the Internet for it, I strongly encourage ... mathematical surfaces. A cabled LOTR sweater my mom knit for me, as evidence of ... for my art and not let it get subsumed by schoolwork and psets. This

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for my age, but actually it's just because I saw it while playing Sonic ... for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your ... your application essay for MIT should probably use a little more varied

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  mom off guard; most players go for the middle.  My dad won that game. He and my mom played chess during every date for years, keeping tallies ... more deliberate. I’ve only played half a game with her, passing her phone

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  *full disclosure: this post was mainly written for the title* We ... their neighborhoods and surroundings for data analysts all over the world ... with the circumstances you are in and create for yourself. My social

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  video game which allows players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D world...The game is divided into two main modes, Alpha and ... . Basically some Swedish guy named Notch got bored at his job as a game dev and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... ’t wait for the regular action folks, and this year's Pi Day video. Wisconsin Interview and Cheese Last week, I went to Madison, Wisconsin for an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... today to confirm that I have lost my powers. MIT is infamous for humbling ... .02 (Multivariable Calculus) My first midterm was for 18.02, which has been my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for ... was incredibly knowledgeable, approachable, and kind. When I asked for help, I received it. I wasn't prepared for the level of rigor that this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  things that are golden, part 0 (pen and highlighter markers, 2020 ... like the eponymous song, So Much (for) Stardust[/caption] [caption id ... ![/caption] text for accessibility: yellow aspen leaves the liminality of public

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  police your presence online. The Internet and Facebook are wonderful tools

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  Hindi course (though Mandarin is up next for me). hedwig asked, "i was ... email was filed by the email staff. As for the interview, we do not assume ... . andrew wrote, "Would you say that March 15 is a reasonable estimate [for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  hello, after six years

  

  . like how to play a game where i try to escape from hell, and how to play another game where i work with my friends and try to not die to things that can hurt us. and another game about caring for flying (and some not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  our football team is a true Division III team, and the players play for ... —rushing for 170 yards per game, attracting national attention—I just have to go ... big numbers again. Playing for the struggling Engineers (1-7, not such

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  the Men's Ice Hockey game for a little Marching Band on Ice action and watched the team continue on their 9-game-long undefeated streak with a ... (offering free ice cream and challenging engineering-themed games), the crowd

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  love and commitment. here are some of them. sometimes for me, this ... altogether. but as i came up with ideas for my thesis and thought about ... code and think about game theory and optimization. what a rush. this has

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  a month that I get my act together and cook real food for myself, even ... for a whole day. Breakfast: I love Frosted Flakes. Really I do ... routine for the past 7 years, and I'm not about to stop now. (Although

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  Well, for one thing, they are all whole numbers. For another, they ... you that =p SOOO it's T -2.5 days for all you Early Applicants! If you ... day, I'll be hopping on a jet plane, bound for the tropical island of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  consistently asked to play the parts of different people, to ask for information ... jewel that no one ever talks about. For reference, my four HASS classes ... this semester I would have completed my HASS requirements for graduation

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  turned out to be everything I had hoped for. At PlayStation, I was working on a client-facing team building a brand new feature for the Play ... beach, and played frequent games of ping-pong and foosball in the basement

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  no idea what this could possibly stand for. It played some kind of sad ... jerk. Miraculously, it didn't even bleed one drop for the rest of the day ... , having not left campus for home at all, I triumphantly completed this thing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006