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• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either ... . Note: They are not allowed to talk to one another once the hats are on their heads; however, they are allowed to devise a strategy before the hat

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only ... , since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning ... at the lab (I'm like the USPS -- neither snow, nor sleet, nor final

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  The little that is completed vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do. -- Goethe So I spent the Thanksgiving ... wore the hat you're all wearing this week. I triple-proofread my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  in? Here's Veena '06, who lives in Baker House. Look at the ... "vegetabletarian" is more accurate.) Me? Not so much. For the handful of you ... carved the general form of a regression equation. James '08 thinks he

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  difficult, or at least uncomfortable.) One of the perks of being a biology ... the disruption of moving. After running around the lab like a chicken ... across the street to the new Brain and Cognitive Sciences building, which

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central ... answer three of the most frequently asked questions here and now, so that you don't have to ask (not that I mind questions). All of the below

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  , that is." "According to NACE's Job Outlook 2005 survey, eight of the top ... communication skills are key to long-term career success. 'Being the best scientist or engineer might make you the head of the department,' she says

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  Yes, I'm in the American Southwest... Yesterday, I had ice cream with some of the MIT Class of 2009 folks who are here for ISEF: From ... get to browse some of the 1100+ projects, followed by the big lunch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  , what could we do?) Today, the MyMIT Portal team had our weekly meeting, and one of the topics dealt with writing. It got me thinking about some ... frequently writes for The Village Voice, and last week, her piece was the cover

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  IM sports totally rock

  

  glowing. Really, IM sports are the coolest thing ever! It's a great way to ... graduate of my favorite school in the universe, and have a hockey jersey (and a degree, and lifelong friends, and...) to show for it! Sorry for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I ... , and I completely missed the presidential debate. D'oh! Tomorrow night ... should be my largest meeting of the year. My best estimate is that we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  campus. Military training has existed at MIT ever since the Institute ... commissioned from MIT, of whom more than 150 have reached the rank of general or admiral. The three Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs located at
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the first year with the help of their first-year advisor. Our application asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  home is actually my mom's secret surprise to my grandparents. Over the ... year for the past four years, just out of my mom and I's pure love for the city. And now that I've chosen a university that is quite a ways

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  the past month I've been here. "I am smart and capable and ready." I don't know if that's the truth. In a previous blog post, I listed out my ... then, I didn't understand the content as well as I should have. Even then

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  myself the embarrassment, I won't be posting that here, but it reminded me about some of the things I did to avoid thinking about decisions ... the[annotation note="this also gave me an excuse to avoid studying for

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  'm exploring the role of a bacterial communication system called quorum sensing ... according to the concentration of those molecules. Right now, I'm trying to build a phylogenetic tree that helps me analyze how similar the protein

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  really could've prepared me for the reality of it. It's a genuine timesuck ... just to keep my head above the water. 5.601 is more or less the same. Apparently it was even worse last semester, to the point where when I was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  two of them are technicals and two of them are not, but one of the not ... taken up by classes or extracurriculars. My mornings are taken up by the ... at 9am Get ready for the day and eat a protein bar Leave the DPhi

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022