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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  thankful for that. I should also be thankful for the fact that I GO TO MIT ... asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to wake up for a 1 PM lunch with some of my marching bandmates from high

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  People often seem to think that going to an elite school ... undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun ... as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  how it looks, I found it to be very fun and interesting to drive. 10:30am. I begin my drive to Ann Arbor to meet up with a friend for lunch ... over my presentation for a bit, then stretch my legs and walk around for

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  community, primarily freshmen, to know them. Always on the lookout for free ... 's integrated so well into my ongoing college experience that heading to ADPhi for ... enough patience and clarity for me to finally realize what I'd been doing

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  distances and times for the trip. Eventually, Sunday hit, and it was time to ... Hopkinton, we talk about the plan for the rest of the day—my goal is to start ... a small snack break to eat half an energy bar, my only food intake for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  Museum open again after being closed for so long brought so much joy to my ... students don't have enough holidays, so they added some to the academic calendar, to guarantee each month has at least one three-day weekend. On most

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  'll add them to this entry at the first opportunity. Until then, I leave you ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... the history of England, largely thanks to the catchy verses that were

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan ... 2 and minoring in BME. That's MIT-speak for Mechanical Engineering and

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  that it’s difficult for public officials to know how to act toward a ... process by which projects come to fruition, and how very political those ... to run for office less than two years previous; his desire to try to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I ... looked like. For 2016, I wanted to really push for change. I decided I ... plane for a Phi Kappa Sigma conference and spent a week getting to know my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  ' win rates.) As for how this applies to real life… well, whatever, I ... , and then all of the cards go to a discard pile. You add When the discard ... for a slightly better chance to do lethal? [caption id

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  Spiderman To: [email protected] Date: 01-25-07 1:00 PM Subject: pi, Pi, pie. TONIGHT. Like Pi? or "Pi"? How about Pie? TONIGHT, 7:30pm at the Hillel Center in w11. Join MIT Hillel for an evening packed to the brim with pi

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week ... anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn ... how few hours they slept or how many hours they studied. I want to see

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT if I am not selected as a QuestBridge Finalist?

  If you applied for the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you are still welcome to apply to MIT through our Regular Action cycle using our application portal. If you are not a Finalist, you must
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  to do all the classic MIT things before graduating. Accordingly, LSC's movie marathon was one such event I had to attend. Slated for viewing for ... : If you had to pick your top five sci-fi movies for a marathon, what

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  , reconnection to friends, and eagerness for a fresh academic term is a permeating ... . During retreat, the scientific community gathers to present research and connect, through faculty talks, poster presentations (here are examples for

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  in our lives—in this case, how to communicate more effectively via ... startups and how to make them work, especially the writings of Paul Graham ... most of the issues I run into aren't about how to solve a problem, but

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  With Orientation set to begin for the new MIT freshmen this weekend ... Landers for being accepted to MIT," said Project STEEM director Kerri O ... well. They both seem to have a genuine hunger for math and science that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  thought it would be interesting to look back at how many of these items I ... grad dorms are pretty easy for me to forget. Participate in a UROP… or ... the C League (Leagues go from A to C, in decreasing difficulty), so for

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  add to the diversity and vibrancy of the living and learning community ... reacting, we must recognize and learn from two elements that may seem to be ... , came at an important time for our culture, and is one that resonated

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007