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• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  night, I went out with a few friends for a late night dinner at the Asgard ... to get into the Museum Of Science for free. A few weeks back, Diana ... : This exhibit is not for the weak-hearted. The constant crashes and

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  admissions for a long time, and (finally!) here goes. First, an important definition. For purposes of MIT Admissions, an international student is a ... MIT international admissions. 1. MIT is need blind for all students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  the textbook to study for the 7.06 exam, which is Tuesday at 9 am, which ... this point. He left for California for winter break while I was at my ... on my thesis, but last year I stayed home for IAP. At the start of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  miss? I miss being able to eat a Huge Wrap from this eating place at school that is known for them (however, I was at school 2 months ago and ... each part of my life since I left this school. Too bad for you if you are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  /packing/unwinding, hop on a taxi at 5AM Wednesday morning for a 7:30 AM flight at Logan ... . Usually I'll go to classes and stay on campus for meals at Maseeh, studying ... up to the East Coast influence, maybe? Regardless (for me at least

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  stare at my phone for an hour to have a conversation with a friend. Beyond ... [annotation note="I do recognize that it’s a privilege to be mad at corona for ... this strange semester. So, as I wait for the news, I thought this might

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  waitlist for my gym class, so everything’s set! Scheduling classes this ... /no-record policy for first-semester freshmen"]"P-NR mindset"[/annotation] can be really great during your first few months at MIT; I really enjoyed building

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  't expect them to do all of our work for us. Some people at MIT are ... In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a visiting committee at MIT. At the time, MIT faculty and administration were

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  salad that she bought at Thaitation for dinner. The puniness just blows me ... weekdays. Sure, Monday is a pain. Tuesday is kind of meh. Wednesday at least has the benefit of being in the middle of the week for those of us who

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  classes at MIT. Here's a piece of advice for you: don't work too hard. Don ... Earlier today I read Michael Lewis' remarkable remarks at the ... 's Cookie." Lewis, an art history major at Princeton, is a famous journalist

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  , there is only your desire for knowledge that will keep you up at night ... arriving at MIT, you might harbor the notion that it is a magical place where ... , we found science/engineering fun and easy; thus allowing time for us to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  penchants. This is a common misconception. For what all of these millions of ... grew out of the ancient battles for Anglicanism, but rather an even more ... reëntered as grad students. At work the interstitial space feels even more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for ... Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is not accepting emails or ... -time questions. There are many answers already here on the site -- for example

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... ’s working on a tricycle attachment for wheelchairs that will allow wheelchair ... to look at a design and be like, “I made that. And it will change

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  for me was something that I looked forward to and feared at the same ... would be away from home for at least 3 months until Thanksgiving. The ... stints at CTY. What am I to do? I was going to MIT. At that point, my mind

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  the mountains for a much-needed vacation, where I will sit in backyards ... for a couple weeks it’s time for anyone who wants to blog to let us ... MIT for Sin LíMITe, or UROP, or become a mentor for Project Manus, or learn

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  This year, I made a spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine. The magazine ... Infinite since I came to MIT, and I highly recommend it. There's a role for ... was Rebirth. At first, I had no idea what I wanted to do with that. But

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  . similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look at my grades when they get released. when gradescope or canvas tells me ... too much. or, when a deadline for a decision is coming, i don't have to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  , I applied to two different UROPs for this IAP and spring: A Marvel ... video game about the customer journey for Boston Consulting Group. My advisor for this UROP is Professor Jakobsson who actually taught me last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  calendar for the past three years. light blue are things that are ... action items for myself, or retroactive descriptions for what i did for a ... items for me to do in the future. this has helped me go to more

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019