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• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  ? When I do get to MIT, I'm planning to declare Course 2 (Mechanical ... believe me, as someone who got it wrong and then spent 2 years as REX chair ... 's attempt number 2, I'm sorry it's so late! Claire said: mattress alarm clock

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  difficult rather quickly (this was at least 2-3x faster than my AP Chem course ... on the exam (yes, cramming for econ 2 days before the exam doesn't work ... -based" option. In the lecture-based format, you go to lecture 2 days a week and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  applying to MIT as a Freshman for the 2nd time in a row. I sent 3 letters of ... the Math Level 2 Subject Test and scored an 800, but have never taken ... because my SAT 2 (which I did in DECEMBER!!) has already been processed

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  experience. For example, 6-8 hours of sleep a night, 4 classes per semester (2 technicals), 2 clubs, and 1 UROP or part time job will leave a reasonable ... debuffs. I have 3 technical classes, 1 HASS, 2 UROP/part time jobs, 3 high

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  ; Part 2: The Piano Analogy I struggle with asking for help. It ... Mudder.  [carousel image1="117330" image2="117331" image3="117328" image4 ... last year, or how I placed SECOND at the MIT 2.007 competition, or maybe

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  fortnite  [carousel image1="113812" image2="113805" image3="113816" image4 ... mean: [carousel image1="113807" image2="113837" image3="113838" image4 ... through your reading or watch lectures at 2x speed so that you can do your

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  , sexuality, class, feminism and 2) films directed by women. This particular ... ="112960" image2="112961" /] The weaving techniques are so beautiful and remind me ... call yourself an architect 2) allows you to “stamp” or greenlight designs

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  engineering. 2. A shift in perspective. In my desperation to find my path ... . The product we built in 2.009 is a powered respiratory system that could ... ) engineering encompasses so much more than you may think, 2) the world is your

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [live blog] BLUEPRINT 2025 by the Blueprint Team // come see what we're baking!

  

  along what we're doing!!) [carousel image1="111876" image2 ... bad"]Beginner 3rd: SmartRec; 2nd: Do no harm; 1st: Nothole, with a ... of where you can see Auroras. OMG the graphics go CRAZY 2nd place; Fuse

  • by Janet G. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  . [carousel image1="112267" image2="112256" /] (12 units) 6.191 [Computation ... exam with 2 other people. I was terrified to find that there was a packet ... image1="112266" image2="112265" image3="112264" image4="112263" image5

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  i will never be a student again, that there is a world in which in 2 ... "deface my apartment" (parts 1, 2, and 3, which respectively, created sexy ... ) [carousel image1="110214" image2="110213" /] (if any b1ners are reading this

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  ="106258" image2="106257" image3="106263" image4="106265" image5="106255" /] I ... ="106262" image2="106267" /] https://youtube.com/shorts/Yw4HZ0qac84 TANGENT The ... brother, who has never given a single shit about musicals, sent me this 2

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  them.   STEP 2: FAIL TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN COLLEGE. This is a ... , and 2) it didn't even need a white background. You will now spend four ... . https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sURX6KfJlekgJapyu2CCC?si=79902dd87f7e

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  image1="101949" image2="101947" image3="101946" image4="101948" image5 ... exploit the hell out of" and 2) it's kind of fun to treat it like puzzle ... ="101958" image2="101965" /] the feeling of playing in a pit orchestra again after

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  "]2.009.[/annotation]  After 2.009, nine of us continued working on the ... went to sleep around 2 or 3 am, some of the adMITs were still talking

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  [/annotation]. [carousel image1="95287" image2="95295" image3="95291" image4 ... it… *panic (×2)* In hindsight, we were slightly too aggressive when ... ! [embed]https://youtu.be/ZVBrdW6CN-c?si=lBKUSMOzaWqxgW2k[/embed] (Our demo

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  ."]abroad.[/annotation] Some of the international scholarships in the UK would offer 2 years of ... 's are only 1-2 years and happen at a much less formative period of life ... every 1-2 weeks; and even when I don’t, the presence of the city around us

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  . [carousel image1="90701" image2="90700" image3="90699" /] Finally, Ikea ... .  [carousel image1="90702" image2="90691" /] What Left Shark, Baby Shark, and ... rights.  [carousel image1="90698" image2="90777" /] While Blahaj already

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  . Of course, cutting down 45 minutes to 2 minutes was difficult but it ... around recording them. And the result~      https://youtu.be/HyVoIIL8y2g ... .  https://youtu.be/tcsYF-2ppP4 The making of this video was significantly

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  around it. [carousel image1="67448" image2="67437" image3="67443" image4 ... ="67450" image2="67447" image3="67435" image4="67449" image5="67434" /] The rhythm ... 2="67440" image3="67451" /] Looking back on this summer, I think it

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021