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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Millennium Scholar Culture shock gives way to passion for learning By Jason Hidalgo June 6, 2009 Just moving to a new apartment can be tough for some ... graduate school, Garay plans to get a jump start by attending a summer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  team died and I didn't get to participate during my senior year, which ... feel guilty for not responding to his question. As I mentioned just a ... with any questions you might have about it, and I'll be sure to get back

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  construct invented by big time to sell more time B: sometimes i feel like i ... of the screen A: eh give it a race or two A: you'll get used to it B ... : do this, do that B: get used to it B: and we complain at first but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for ... ://youtu.be/nLSaCFlXn-g (might want to turn on english subtitles for this) In short, the film ... to make uncontrollable noises and movement. For a career as speech

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  HELLO WORLD and welcome to my playthrough of a new game - college! I ... to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to ... here. Sidequest 2: Get my Pirate Certificate. To be honest, this is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  minimum wage for UROPs is currently $9.00 per hour; if you get paid by your ... most faculty are looking for people to help advance their projects in return for payment. The key is to look for professors who are doing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  . That's what really gets to me. Clearly, there's half the class out there ... meant to understand this in the first place," and, honestly, I stand by ... the right thing by sticking with physics for so long, and these days, I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  , painfully, inch by inch. You will lose yourself. You will become someone new ... classes and so should legally not be allowed to register for more than I can ... scientist, that I didn't have to struggle and strive for a job coding 9-to-5

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  moments where i allowed myself to be blown away and thoroughly impressed by ... profoundly grateful that this field of study even exists, that i get to do work ... that i get to be here, doing the things i’m doing. sometimes there are

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  ankles, and all of us getting oddly competitive, it was time for me to grab ... ="92359" image5="92372" /] I am so happy that I took the gamble to live in a new city for these 2.5 months of summer, to be one of the 14 million going

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  use for everything else. Every morning, I would wake up and come down to ... perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is ... nourished by the university."]Aulus.[/annotation] (Me: "Mom, if you were my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... nation by Newsweek. It's very hard to get into (but since my dad works ... . Also by registering for MyMIT, you will gain access to the online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  , for having taking the reins on my life and fighting my way to get here ... a blogger to write for tenth grade me. i want to show him, the kid ... him when he gets deferred. i want to tell him, hey! i struggle, and have

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  OF KETCHUP PACKETS, 33-541!) I'm going to be getting free food five ... somewhere to be in 45 minutes. I looked inside the new reading room and, you ... student center, and both times involved me being kicked out for loudness by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  those rare moments for me, I find coding to be really frustrating. After a ... asleep for what was meant to be an hour-long nap before 8.01, but I woke up ... ="Side note: Shoutout to my friends, advisor, and S3 for validating my concerns

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  dorms at MIT, you get to pref who you want to live with, what floor you ... around you. This year, I was lucky enough to get all my preferences ... 's exam season, so I have been up late studying/youtubing for the past week

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  spent my time anxiously waiting to get vaccinated for COVID, doomscrolling ... 't get to walk in 2021 for my SB, I did get to walk in 2023 for my SM ... , I was funded to work on data validation for TROPICS, a weather

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  side, that also means it is harder to find people to ask for help ... away, I really want to make sure I get an internship with a company I ... to me. But overall, the class is okay, and I’m getting through.

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  (infamously) asked me that night if I wanted my own pie. This is what I get for ... embroidery. She showed me an embroidery kit she had and encouraged me to get ... used it to try out embroidery."]embroidery kit[/annotation] for Christmas

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  really big challenge for me. This would best be explained by describing to ... get the idea. So it's hard for me to often answer the question about how ... , culture, and diversity. I will admit that sometimes it takes a while to get

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006