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• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  surprise letters to each other (you still do). You escaped school (legally ... . Do not apply to MIT because your life goal is to go to MIT. Apply ... application. Ask yourself, why do you want to apply? Are you ready for either

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  years doing research in the Saeij lab on parasites and the Gilbert lab on ... something I can do when I go into the lab and run an experiment. Science and ... the power of the humanities at MIT—the work you do in the humanities can

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  . Solving racism has less to do with politics and more to do with--look around ... 't look like you, you are not doing enough. If we're willing to broaden our

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  anyone had actually trained owls to do this yet (no), and whether carrier pigeons could do the same (also no, they're actually super lame and hardly ...  Elizabeth Choe and current sophomore Loren Sherman to figure out how to do it. At

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  that this is not a feel-good post. i do have many strong opinions on the ... fairly say that i knew Matthew; but i do feel as if i know myself (a bit ... things i’ve told you, we could probably be considered friends. so do me a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  activities all pushed into my day, while all I wanted to do was sleep, eat ... crossed the bridge, MIT campus, East Campus courtyard. All I had to do was ... MIT always, but I do now. No place is an ideal match, but I guess I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  can do here. Thanks to Lauren for letting me post this. Oh, and it ... do some aerial stunts (I had no idea you could do loops in a Cub!) and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  . I think about what I'm supposed to do today and open up my laptop to ... 's considering doing a UROP in Brain and Cognitive Sciences as an EECS major. But ... companies do, and then for the rest of the time, you play board games, eat

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  my UROP? I do that anyway." Another emailed back and said she hadn't even known it was possible to do Serious Academic Research about social ... $500,000 and a ton of faculty sponsors to actually do it) There's been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  doing better at my job or for learning new things. As a college student I ... INSANITY program from start to finish. I'd be able to do it easily in my dorm ... problem with this last semester. I stayed up so late so many nights doing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  guess is pretty hard to do if you don’t have any actual leaves. Even the ... family and my home, because I do. But after only two months here, I ... didn't make me any happier. All you can do in life is try to solve the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  mentioned, seemed like a phenomenally fun thing to do, and also a great way to ... United States, one had to do something differently. So I started putting ... you most looking forward to? What do you think will be the biggest

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  - and was enamored by the possibility of doing research that bridged ... !" and banged his fist against the table. "By doing history with science ... environmental history of Europe since the Roman Empire is underway. "We are doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  myself up less over the idea of always doing at least a fair amount of work ... 's too toxic to do live imaging. Should anyone in my class overcome that ... in that regard. But it's different to do it, and to thus to have some

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  .] MIT Sophomore: I am doing no work... :( MIT Freshman: Woah...you actually AREN'T doing work, because the total work in circular motion is zero ... -off things like "How much do you know about Canada?" and "Lockpicking 101" to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  , shining weekends. I do know, definitely, for sure, that in either case, I ... , writing things down? That's what I do, day-to-day. I've pretty much got the ... you know is looking for something to do. And there's always somewhere to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  this guideline to mean that I'll try actually doing the things I like ... of going out, I'm just gonna do it. 4. Fruit and water. Stay healthy ... might not even care. I expect to be challenged. I think we all do here

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  began, how he spent his time here, and now what he is continuing to do ... imminent negative reaction on my part, gracefully tell you that you can do so ... , unfortunately) was nothing short of exhilarating. I don't do a ton of extreme

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  they often know more about coding than you do. all-nighters are hard to ... member as a “jack of all trades,” adding, “we do all the work our selves ... 'll take people from all majors and any experience levels. All you need to do

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  from back then is a conversation with a nice man on the elevator— “How do you like America?” “How’s school?” “Do you have friends?” “Do you like

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011