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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP classes you're taking - don't surrender to senioritis and stop doing ... allowed to say that on here?) I do, however, care whether YOU win or lose

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  have enough time to get to know everyone i wanted to even though i ... a few weeks ago someone wanted to shoot a music video and needed a ... added me to it. i wasn’t friends with any of the other extras, but there

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  to embark on a bit of an adventure, perhaps the biggest journey I ... Limited will take me to Chicago, arriving at 10:12 AM CST on January 4th ... me to San Francisco, arriving at 5 PM PST on January 6th, by way of a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  first steps on a 63-mile walk from Maine to Next House, an Odyssey which ... "listening to your body"; that we should've quit at mile 54 when things started ... even though it's no longer fun and it's hurting your ability to actually

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  (ExpressionEngine hates me) I decided to hold off on publishing until Wednesday ... Raisin Bran, read the syllabus for "Zumba" (my new PE class) and choked on ... pulled on a pair of sweatpants (to protect my legs against the sub

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  talking to your professor when it's you, them, and a few other students who ... . All your classes, however, are more similar to the recitation format ... talk to your TAs and ask them questions because participation is inherent

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  following: Blog/writing stuff Provide a link to your "portfolio." This ... not currently keep a blog, you may wish to start a new blog and start ... freshmen) possibilities of your major.‚Ä® Tell us what activities hope to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  can't believe how assertive I was, how eager I was to experience new things that I'd charge into new situations blindly, how willing to meet new ... otherworldly...I can't imagine reading at this point in time; I managed to get

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... to run in. But it’s getting closer, and each uptick in temperature is ... around. The desert survived; that’s what it evolved to do. It kept on after

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  weeks for the SFS office to receive and process your FAFSA or Profile ... Hi all, Many of you have already filed your application for ... won’t be answering questions about financial aid on this post

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  hard drive. Psshh and HP told me I’d have to spend $40 on recovery disks ... valuable trial run on how to do classes without the finality and stress of ... not actively taking notes on it makes it hard to focus. Also, Facebook

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  New Hampshire, of course. Now telling you the destination without describing to you the journey would be a faux-pas on my part, so here it begins ... unmarked Toyota Matrix to New Hampshire. All I remember of the drive was

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  (Answers to your questions are coming next entry; keep on sending ... circus comes to town, and the only way to get the elephants from the train ... else I know just emailed me to tell me that. EVERYONE I KNOW: That's not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  making. It was very wholesome, and he gave me a few tips on how to get ... 've been to DC three times before this summer: once on a middle school field ... was soon whisked away on an airplane to land in DC. I'm working at a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  good time for you to check up on the status of your application ... about 6%. Midyear Report: The Midyear Report is on schedule to be ... Action applicants; the current status of your application is now shown on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  (in which I get to play with the internet!), that zealous nature started ... felt like writing this story because it's easier to get the full picture ... Admissions blogs and primarily get to read about what people are *excited

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  from everything you have ever known and loved and to settle into a new ... on Friday night and still get up on Saturday morning ready for the ... Today I want to talk about mentorship and role models, and

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... , yes, put it on PDF, you're a senior, you should sshshngngngngnnnn." So

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  waitlisted applicants. A brief overview: Of the 629 students currently on the waitlist, the committee has chosen to admit 35, to keep 64 on the waitlist ... We are writing with a quick followup to Matt's recent entry. The

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  know to work on a project that covers subjects in chemical engineering ... started to get that overwhelmed feeling again, wondering if I really was ... , MISTI has opened my eyes to new technology and new cultures, and it has

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012