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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  project due last Wednesday on the last day of classes. We had the liberty to choose any topic or field to explore in the realm of computational ... day, and turned it in. My last assignment for Junior fall complete, I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  about these days are said weekends she's asked me to write something about ... much work they have to do. I guarantee you that one day will not go by in ... " scale. Pset number two was for 16.05 "Thermal Energy" or more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  think one day my coach just announced it to the team. Now, as a captain ... highly selective colleges,” Leo said, adding, “Others have actually had ... that the staff asks during admissions are: 1) Has the student

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  -long (that's .16 miles, or 147 smoots, or 251 socialist feet) hallway that runs the entire length of MIT's main buildings.  And a few days a year, the sun sets and aligns with the window in Lobby 7, sending light blazing

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  transcript through the QB application, please allow 7–10 business days for this ... Bridge Non-participating Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Early Action or ... letter of recommendation, we strongly recommend asking one of your math or
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  added me to it. i wasn’t friends with any of the other extras, but there were a lot of people whom i recognized from classes or activities a few ... or more valuable than the other; they’re just different, and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  difficult backgrounds or are more creative could’ve added something different ... UROPs/internships have finished, so why not go and learn a thing or two ... comMIT (as they say). After that day, so many conversations began with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  and happily use it every day. Coming into MIT I had no idea how students ... alternatives that students use are Thunderbird (or Outlook) and Gmail (what I do ... have it, now you're all done! After an hour or two (some updating of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  may or may not convince themselves they like. With that, I'd like to ... ," and in its true form probably resembles Satan, or whatever evil being it ... in four (or more) different places around the room. (Sometimes these

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  taking those first steps through Lobby 7 as a prefrosh. The inevitable soul ... , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... goals and projects- like starting new companies or families. I’ve also

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  day."]injera,[/annotation] chicken/beef with rice/quinoa, pasta, or the ... I make the inevitable typo or grammatical error.  1:00 pm  I have ... . Most of my day was just spent working on that.    Friday  1:30 pm I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  ... Hynes Convention Center: Accessible by the 1 Bus or by taking the free ... midnight pizzas. It runs 7 days a week on roughly a once-every-20-minutes ... moments to address the elephant on the table - or, as it were, the elephants

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  "]wake up at 7am,[/annotation]and head down into the cramped gym in the ... 90 or so residents was awake, and occasionally we’d see one other ... .[/annotation]Maybe these numbers mean nothing to you if you’ve never lifted anything, or if

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  flew in on Wednesday so that we could have a day for travel and use it to ... woke up at 7:00. Odd. I got up and got dressed and headed over toward ... of the day I spent in Boston until the CPW prefrosh welcome and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to ... known to make a home out of EC as well.. 3. Residents live in doubles or singles. Does not count cats. No quads or triples here... unless you really

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  Between June 1st and today, I have: written 5 versions of my ... for an admissions or selections committee is HARD. It's not like ... Background, Cover Letter, or some comparable title.) I would guess virtually

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  I have multiple things to admit here. 1. My arms kind of hurt from ... sitting on my couch or Ben's couch with my laptop on my lap isn't exactly ... thing that's happened to me in the last few days is that Adam and I went

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  Fridays are sneaky. Theoretically, as the last day of the week and the only thing standing between you and two glorious days of freedom and relaxation, Friday is the greatest day of the week. But as the last day of the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  included stuff that I have photographic or other evidence of ... work.   [carousel image1="53471" image2="53470" image3="53469" image4="53467" image5="53468" image6="53466" image7="53472" image8

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  "regarding 1, I actually don't think that Boston weather will be as great as you say it is, because I am a sane person."So yeah. A list it is. 1. I ... . I should keep a file. (Miraculously, I called my dad a few days later

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008