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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  , most econ majors (like most other students at MIT, I believe) choose ... D program at MIT, there are students who studied computer science, physics ... increasingly rare to go directly to business school (at least into an MBA program

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  my 5.60 problem set for the week. At this point (since I had skipped ... screwed up my back/shoulder/neck area at cheerleading camp tonight, and I kind of can't move my head. This makes sitting at my computer slightly

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

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  for at dim sum, but if you make a request, sometimes they'll serve it at ... becomes quite popular at school. Being a deskworker is the single greatest job you can get at MIT; you get paid $9 an hour to play Snood, press the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  we've all been awaiting anxiously for so long... The fall final exam period at MIT! wait... that's not quite right... Uhh, the weekend before ... for the annual Blogger Wrapped, where we expose our music tastes for the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  will share later for at least five years, but I’ve developed a special ... There are two meals I’ve had consistently this quarantine: for breakfast, I have an egg sandwich with tea, and for dinner, I have the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  -orientation program) that we were counselors for, and it was absolutely incredible! At ... student center at 2:30, specifying that we'd be waiting for them there with ... present have done for us! Also *virtual hugs* for being our audience! It

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  understanding, and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere ... at the gate asks you a question—your entrance test. You are ... Taxila despite the 10-20% acceptance rate. You have come prepared for any

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  , super biology queen Mollie says, "I'm sure at least some of the foam is ... slides -- when you shake up a water/protein solution (for example, by sending water + people goo down a water slide at high speed), you get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  the trip; I have some plans for the layover at Union Station, but we ... good at sleeping on them."]spent my entire life training for this moment ... at the moment. Out here, reading and writing, stuck on a train for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  existed or did not exist at all for most of human history. Streets were lit ... ’m taking for credit at MIT! We have either a movie or reading assignment that ... completely blanks. Unless I'm actively working on an assignment for that course

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  catch the 7:30 bus for the first leg of my morning commute. I shopped at ... making crib sheets for exams. It is April now. Two days ago, I was at home for break. Kentucky was warm and at the cusp of full bloom, though I

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of ... research. Some of it provided clarity for what I didn’t want to do—my destiny ... responsibilities or commitments. This summer, I decided I would make up for my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  , well, you make it work for as long as you can, but at some point you ... love and commitment. here are some of them. sometimes for me, this ... altogether. but as i came up with ideas for my thesis and thought about

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  banquet. For $10 ($8 for members), attendees got to sit at round tables, eat ... takes time for you to settle down at a table and get all of your materials ... real-feel temperature with wind chill factored in at the time was -22

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  spent the majority of my time at ZBT for obvious reasons, so it's been so ... concert mode for 72 hours. I feel like I'm most myself when I'm at a concert ... for my sleep schedule and for my homework schedule, but I cope by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  This is, for the most part, a post about Seattle. I've been a resident of Green Lake, Seattle for a little over a month now. There's very ... slightest. But after interviewing for various product management internships

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  situation is able to apply for aid at any time during an undergraduate’s MIT ... moment for many of the students who have been looking forward to visiting ... principle for our process is that "we want young people to be students and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  impressive the New York skyline was until I was looking at it again. The pizza I once took for granted tasted like a Michelin star meal. On Sunday ... when I finally got back to my dorm. My friends who stayed at MIT over the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I’m going to share my experience with applying early, and for anyone applying ... just listed things I liked to do/did for my community. It was incredibly

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  similar to flow. I keep the objective at the back of my mind for a few days ... helps me, at least). 2. Move around. Go for a walk. Dance a little. Get ... very far removed from the circus that was college applications for me and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016