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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  account. I hope to get on a path toward more self-sustainability. Here goes ... on the internet, I was surprised in the last couple years to find an ... , but I have to rest well on weekends. If there is a test the next day

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  arbitrary wing in Next. You’re allotted one week to wander around and figure ... you some background on the [annotation note="To be clear, literally ... your room”. He says “the room was completely inferred”"]ride to my room

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... Professor Peter Fisher appeared on Late Night to help Conan finally beat the ... price to pay to get to meet Lincoln, you know?   Also, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  year. Maybe your friends have promised to take the bus out to Wellesley to cheer you on. Maybe your parents promised to come up and watch you ... just to get into Boston. I feel kind of dumb now thinking that my moment

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  comfortable there? The answer to that is usually no, especially when your home ... out to New Hampshire to do this? Wouldn’t it have been a lot warmer and more convenient in a classroom on campus? Well sometimes I have to leave

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  to get internships. Or that people are going to think you're selling ... I'm currently on a six hour flight back to my sunny, warm, and ... engine outside, the lack of wifi (unless you're on a fancy flight or just

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  something, exhaust all your options to get it. I felt I had saved my grades ... to every class and completed all of my assignments on time. Freshman ... ever taking extra time to do the problem again on my own. I ended up no

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  hosting this AMA — click on any of our names to get a quick overview! Andi ... were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student ... them answered. (You’re able to comment anonymously, but use this power

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  Brothers Marketplace in the evening to stock up on milk and eggs. [caption ... When I'm sad, or there's some conundrum in my life that I need to ... grocery shopping. Over IAP, with mostly nothing else to do because I ended

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  as close as you'll get to a home-cooked meal. On a weekly basis, food ... really don't get to eat freshly fried, extra crunchy, warm on the ... 's only one way to know. (Huge shoutout to the many friends who joined me on

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  inspirations, and allowing me to focus on what’s for dinner. At the same time, I ... doing all he could to get her to eat the thing burning in his hands, which ... why we should care. Here’s a link to MIT-specific resources on how we

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  enough time to practice enough, depending on what the rest of your schedule ... what classes to take and when because it depends so much on your personal ... wanted, and I have definitely changed my mind on this front and come to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  /high-schooler, you should get your science administrator to check out this page, so we ... much get to watch videos in every class and check out various photographs ... - Thanks to this class, I'm finally learning MATLAB. This class is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  't completely easy. I still had to ask for help on questions, but when explained ... .01 felt like it was working to just solidify your knowledge of calculus ... whatever MIT has to throw at me. That last paragraph is supposedly my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  wanted to be an engineer and just accidentally ended up on this path which ... mood lately and want to do nothing but lie on a beach reading all day for ... 'm very fashion challenged. So, I headed back to my room to get changed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the blog from a posting on another site asking about admissions officer blogs ... non-student visitors to the blogs (including parents, MIT students &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  you can count on to keep your mind where it needs to be. Then, once you ... , if you went to CPW, getting back in touch with your host is a good way ... you to read some of these pointers. They'll set you up well for your

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  constituted, at some point, a hell week. But dead week is on a whole new level ... to run up until the Friday of that week. So basically, you're learning ... ? And so you hold on dearly to that heartwarming fact... ...until you

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  -than-the-usual amount of freedom this semester. It’ll be fun to reflect on how I thought ... you all. Try new forms of athletics. Yoga. I’ve been getting into ... friends, like going to Celtics games, exploring a new part of Beacon Hill

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  thousands on a wait list to get tickets. ~40,000 The number of people ... 's hard enough to come up with a brand-new product idea. It's even harder to ... on-stage without a major catastrophe. And it's hardest of all to do

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018