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• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  of Music The Sound of Music went up against a bye in the first round of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans ... whole do-mi-mi, mi-so-so business starts to lose a little of its charm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  Tissues - One 12 page lab report on the superposition of effects of ... as just a lot of math, and not the friendly kind. Interestingly enough, a lot of the problems I worked on this week had real life applications

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  without the risk of failure Above all us, every upperclassman has one piece of advice: enjoy it. Naturally, a mental battle began the first week ... Boston after surviving my first MIT finals season. The verdict? Lukewarm

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  -person groupme of davis freshmen of all different majors. the first day we ... for those of you still patiently on the wait list, as she once was ... go where culture is  mom, did you feel emotional the first time you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  what I would double in—mit only assigns majors at the end of the first ... definitions for a math class, I came completely unprepared for the first of ... good grasp of the content you learned in the first year at mit. if I did

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for ... the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I chose MIT over Ohio

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  '06 will be walking with us as well. If you're in the Bay Area this weekend, please join the 10K event. We leave from the eastern end of Golden ... This Sunday, I am participating in the 2006 AIDS Walk San Francisco

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  meaning in the everyday arcs of human experience. But still, I struggled. I ... . This was my state entering playwrights’ workshop, with the basic aim of ... moments, feelings, emotions—but more complex discussions of the human

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  de-stress. Avoid the junky finals food and eat well. Take care of ... the voices of 45 other MIT'ers from all walks of life. These quotes are brought to you by Sahar H. '17, founder of the Sleep is for the Strong

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  different parts of your application. On your MyMIT site, you will find the ... with each recommendation letter. You will submit your part of the ... note that MIT is not a member of the Common Application. MIT has its own

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  me: I cannot cook. I had a meal plan during the first semester of ... on the presence or absence of dining (unless cost is an important ... undergraduate can get a meal plan regardless of where they live. The final section

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  crazy thing you'd have fun at :) This paragraph was followed by all of the ... direction! We're on the wrong side of the street! Unfortunately it was ... . Full of food and full of caffeine we arrived at Copley an hour before the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  surfaces and stuff. So I love the first layer of abstraction that comes with ... an, “elegant way of describing the whole course.”   From here, we ... bottom of the incline first. Knowing that the students would often know the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  in place of the snail mail?" Yes, send it to admissions ... well in two of my classes but well in the rest?" Slipping a bit will not ... of these answers - we are not considering the Writing score at this

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  live as a human being and not a human doing. Here are some of the things I’ve learned to value, through the eyes of my younger selves to now ... , there are “better things to do with my time”. I’m proud of the fact that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  During my first pass through the Logan Airport security line, I was ... the same time was thrilled to have a change of scenery (finals period doesn't allow for a whole lot of off-campus adventuring.) I landed in DC

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  gets thrown around a lot in the context of life, MIT, what comes after ... your legs and the feeling of your throat getting dryer. In that moment ... ’s no winning or losing, or cheering from the sidelines every step of the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  with Ernesto we've decided to plan the whole trip today. This is a day of ... of them have in common though are the scale and weight of the exams ... of thought. Throughout the semester you'll take 1-3 tests + final and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  my meetings. I pull out my notebook to scribble down the first draft of ... are a handful of graduate students, and I’m the token undergraduate. The first speaker is Josh Shiode. Josh has a PhD in astronomy from UC

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  were there for my dad's work) and chill on the beaches of Chalkidiki. I ... excuse to sit at one of the cafe tables and [annotation note="I was ... city between the hours of midnight and 5 AM. Of course, this was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022