Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  math, and math with computer science. I do pure math, which will be the ... differences among the different tracks—applied math has a whole different set of ... has been firmly on the pure math track for a few years and who hasn

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  scenes for ThesisNovel before I sent the first fifth of it off to my ... Instagrammed my food.   (In my defense, the latte art deserved preservation.)   The protagonist of ThesisNovel is a high school senior

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  even a 9. That's pretty mind-blowing, though not as mind-blowing as the ... sitting in the kitchen at 6am, one hand writing an equation to show that the ... ’s second law, the other hand stirring a vat of soon-to-be chocolate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  class once the semester starts. Of course, there will be those pesky ... take the state certification exam in a couple of weeks, so wish me luck ... . Pictures to come soon! The end of IAP also means...the 14th annual Charm

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... committing to MIT or any college for the matter. I had a strong desire to ... pretty informally, the last time I did a sport formally was in 8th grade

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  as to what the other ones were, you can easily find them! When ... because I didn't feel like I had the stats and awards to bolster me up to ... start the essay. Of course, it's different for everyone. But I found that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Throughout my 5-ish months as a blogger for the Institvte, I ... - but somehow, I've left out the classes I've taken as a freshman. Let me fix that. I'll start with semester one, which is when the proverbial

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  In the first installment of "Making the Switch," Melissa '11 asked: "Oh, and in later chapters, please include the being alone without ... for me was something that I looked forward to and feared at the same

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  Before I go on, I need to comment: this was the day of the Doctor Who 50th ... hard copy of my schedule for the day. Here is a Google calendar ... , Anna! As you can see from the schedule, I taught most of my classes in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  's who in the following series of pictures, you haven't read enough blogs ... know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song ... accent. The names are fascinating too. Under any other circumstance, I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  the entire 8.012 section had been left exam-less. Panic attack. I marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder. He turned around, and some gears at the back of my mind began to turn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  couldn't be the case. I just had no sense of what college-level maths ... . So ending up in my first ever college class and asking the same ... missing the exact right words for this, but to put it frankly: Calculus felt

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  requirements, finishing up the GIRs, avoiding schedule conflicts, and trying to maintain a reasonable course load are just the beginning. Luckily, there are ... , let's look at all the tools we have available. Course Exploration

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  't had time to blog, and what I've been doing instead. The main reason ... them. In the meantime, I did an Instagram Live for MIT Admissions with ... writing would be to ride the high of my question-answering experience and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  HELLO. So the last three weeks of my life have been absolutely ... apocalypse vibes) Driven 24+ hours and 1000+ miles over the course of three ... twelve friends, where I’ll stay for at least for the next 2.5 months

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  Boston. The closest one is in a town called Dedham, MA. My craving for Chick Fil A had built up to the point where, when I awoke on that fateful ... the fuck not. Aiden looked pretty unconvinced, claiming it was his work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  and professor at MIT,[/annotation] and I lamented about my fears for the ... gets thrown around a lot in the context of life, MIT, what comes after ... training, and there's no time to dwell on anything else except the feeling in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  The word advice comes from the Old French avis comes from the Latin ... attempting to understand language by lysing the words and fractionating the ... seen. Seen in the sense of sending a message to someone, but they just

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  **The idea for this post was originally Abby’s, but she is very hosed this week and she wanted it to be posted in honor of the November Rule expiring, so here I am. Per my previous post: the November Rule is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  1. Labels The number of double takes and comments I’ve gotten this ... your room look like? Does all the furniture in your room hang from the ceiling?” “Are you this quiet all the time? You must be crazier in everyday

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016