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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  . For me, it was a good decision to get a handle on the purely mechanical ... When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer before my senior year of college, I wanted to be a doctor. Are these two

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at ... get to do this every day. You get to do one double-pset and a lab each ... /astro major, you also get to do this: It has lightning bolts on the side and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  as to what your next year of school may look like). I have two psets ... ) So that's my week. I need to get back to 2.001 now, hopefully I can ... work to do (let me rephrase that. . . .AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  yourself that you’re positive this is the semester where you’re going to ... to access your rational, “outside view” shoulder-devil to remember the times you’ve lost your optimism as the semester has unfolded.. to try and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  three or four times this year, and it's a good way to get to know your ... happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  involved in applicants and prefrosh that it's hard not to get excited ... 's completely impossible. Some people we just didn't get to in time (and it was ... . If you didn't get a phone call, your file was put aside into a separate

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of ... much to bear. You can relax, because today I’m taking the high road

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  will all work out -- yeah, right! I know you're going to be thinking ... the next few days with some photos and such. Try to get some rest ... 'd better get out of there once I had my picture so they could go home and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement ... other hand, you're given an enormous amount of variety to select your ... paper before the grace period starts, you will get your paper back with

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  would sacrifice my time now to get into a good college and then pursue my ... workout video to get through all the exercises. Working out was taking too ... didn’t get around to writing a short story, but I made an outline of one

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  goes to whomever gets first post (make sure you put your e-mail address ... . Hello, my name is Snively, and I’m about to get hit in the face with a ... you’re reading now. I got to MIT on August 19th and have been living it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  Orientation-getting-to-know-you-ish WHEN: Thursday, August 31, sometime around ... I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can't wait to meet all the new '10s. For the past couple of weeks, I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  applicant. This form serves two purposes: to share your newest grades, and give you an opportunity to mention other updates since you submitted your ... should then submit your midyear grades to us as soon as they

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  't actually that easy to lose getting into routines is hard falling out of ... somewhere that's not boston. i want to get out of boston. living in LA ... my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  't. And you get to pick to which group you belong. If you don't want to be ... ... nobody's holding a gun to your head. If anything, MIT students are enlightened enough to support any direction you choose to go with your social

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  such goodies as how to get your MIT email address and lots of information ... added benefit, now I get to experience these same traditions from the ... In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  okay to change your mind. it is okay to change your mind twice. it is ... simple: that getting off social media on your own, reducing social media ... you had committed your foolish acts in order to spare your son from

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  scholarship, getting to know them, and talking to them about college. The only problem was I didn’t get to do much of it. So armed with a greater ... of you, it might be your first time learning to tell your story, and it

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  not to get too attached to this school. I had the state Science Olympiad competition on pi day and didn't get to check my MyMIT account until several ... feels like to be accepted into a school, what it feels like to get a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  more details. You learn from your mistakes and get better at making ... optimized. Sometimes, things happen that are meant to make your story ... For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025