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• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  something that isn’t really important to me at the moment. Course 18C seems to be calling. At the time, I was feeling incredibly stressed and lost in ... focus on three technicals at once. I want to commit to never again taking

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  subject of what we learned at MIT came up. Now that this semester’s over, I ... whole point of college to take classes and learn things? At MIT, I ... (very, very important) just the fact that you’re not at home anymore and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  petals. Baby bunnies hopping around gleefully at your feet. The smell of ... to other schools that are spewing their judgments at you all of this ... that all tend to release within several days of each other. At this point

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  'm good at. "Cami, that's not how things work." For the past few hours, I ... look at all my notes and plans for break, all the unstarted passions ... notes app don't resent me for not starting, nor will they be angry at me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  . '15, who is working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for the second ... -JPL programs.  This entails living and hanging out at Caltech, and then he takes ... work at JPL, although not all of them end up staying on Caltech campus

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  spoilers for the book siddhartha   i. at the beginning of my ... mind a second time. for example, people at mit sometimes decide to switch ... looking for was much simpler - he just wanted to talk about the relationship

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  , like for Next Thanksgiving. I feel like I'm good at listening to a lot of ... upperclassmen engagement. Second, I am pretty good at assessing a situation and deciding on a course of action, which is very useful for student government

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  reluctantly washed off the vestiges of sleep at 5 A.M., and prepared for the day ... went to the bathroom on our floor, found the guy at the end of the ... looking at each row, you could tell who was best friend with whom, because

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  'm going back to i'm just here in nyc for a bit _____ m: since i’ve gotten ... running out of them m: definitely r: and at some point we gotta ... : okay so my take is that mit selects for people that like to or have a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  looking at the college admissions process from the other angle (I like to try to identify the MATCH in the people I meet here at MIT - it ... (not for the first time) in my inbox requesting me to submit my old

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  —that there are plenty of people at MIT for me to find profound, deep ... There’s a clear, one-to-one correspondence between the semesters at ... psetted a couple times a week, for two of my classes, with someone who

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... area, to live with my five friends. We moved not for any job opportunities specifically in DC, but more for a dedicated living space away from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  answer is no, you are not required to take AP exams for classes in which you are enrolled. You may find it useful to do so for your own learning ... you are checking your email (including your spam folder) for regular

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  at MIT – it’s a pretty groovy department! (Plus, MITWE is looking for a ... -ever rehearsal with digital sheet music this Monday! When I joined MITWE at the ... for the first few rehearsals)[/caption] Not the most exciting things in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  first year at MIT, but I feel less excited and more dissatisfied about the ... , and I shouldn't put down my past self for not knowing what I know now. I ... while. I think for the most part, my freshman year was spent dismantling

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  [annotation note="Except for when I sleep too little the night before, because I ... a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each ... it a very personal and productive time.For example, the early morning

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  extremely clear when they write their own bits. I think at one point I was ... positive reactions/Amazon reviews for his Comedy Central show—there is ... . Speaking from experience. At the end, they both came onstage and were

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  Junior year pretty much ws a gigantic ride on the struggle bus for me ... semester. 2.008 is a Design for Manufacturing class offered to Mechanical ... Space Jam. For those of you who aren't familiar with the movie (sad day

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  : Tortillas. These round slices of heaven are revered in Mexican cuisine; for ... are better suited for burritos or just eating them by themselves with a ... make a person feel at home. But acquiring a sense of happiness, sense of

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  'd take a moment to tell you guys what I'm up to for the semester. This ... to make up for a humanities free freshman spring semester. Finishing 6 ... all of my classes.  After genuinely considering changing my major at the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012