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• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  there and look at everything you pass by. And you can get to downtown Seoul faster and more conveniently on the train than by driving, if you’re ... Ethiopia in January, much more able to handle myself in Shanghai, to get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  yours -- "You have grit - the single most important factor to succeed in ... applying to things and places I didn't think I was actually qualified to get ... me that I wasn't going to get it, but I tried anyway in large part

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... part of CPW for me was talking to other prefrosh getting to know the ... prefrosh is like an open door to visit labs, classes, and get exposed to

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  to get, what are you supposed to do with your 80 to 100 years on earth ... (allowing others to build on your work, perhaps) or helping professors get ... in the sense of rushing to try and get an answer. yes, the answers to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  for your patience throughout this long process, and for applying to be ... , although it's only been a couple of weeks. Lots to tell you about. Fall Travel About an hour after I launched the new site (talk about cutting it

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  , takes the principles of D-Lab: Design to a real-world level by showing you ... When most people I know think of MIT, the first thing that leaps to ... dedicated cadre of people at MIT dedicated to changing that perception - and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  , go to docs.new (the most useful website shortcut frankly), and put ... to help prevent burnout and introduces some variation in your life ... class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  you know I recently added a new member to our family. Miles Nathaniel ... ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time ... new award, it is given to the to the 2 year old who best demonstrates

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  . Campus feels festive. We get to meet new people. There’s free food. However ... advance. Get their phone number. Arrange to check in and coordinate your ... thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2020! Get excited!!! For the past

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  If you're returning to our site today, you may have noticed that we ... (appropriately) to the MIT Movies Emeritus page. In its place, you can find "What ... movie was produced by MIT students during the Freshman Arts Program which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  won't renormalize your family's opinion of you as you explain to your 5 ... association of any sort, but thanks to ATS, I'm now Taiwanese by association ... crust to pillow your molars on the soft spongy tissues of dough inside was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  think about all the new people you're going to meet in the next five hours ... So you're flying to college. Or you're flying anywhere alone, and you're ... 'll probably miss you, and you're excited because the airport you're going to has

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  or Senior year. The topic must be relevant to your major, but can be ... must be completed by the end of your senior year and it will be permanently archived by the MIT Libraries. I did a little bit of web surfing to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  ways, I was extremely jealous of him. He gets to spend the next four ... thought I would be giving all this up by coming to Cambridge. Seriously ... Supa Dupa, St. Mannequins on tour from New York, followed by the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  years. Also, I prefer to avoid it completely by (1) grocery shopping on a ... your high school classes are like Bambi to MIT's Godzilla. (In other other words, it's okay if your high school science classes sucked.)) 2. To

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  , so we get a lot of random alums in far-flung locales who want to play ... chance to talk about some of the things I've been up to. Mystery Hunt: I ... :30am this morning. Congratulations to Dr. Awkward, the winning team. 6

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  move on. The boxes on my to-do list are unchecked, but they will get done simply because they have to get done. And not having everything done ... understanding is simply something I will have to get used to because it will

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  Wow, most exciting/eventful two days ever. I'm very sad to say that 2.007 has come to a close. If you're saying, "2.007, huh?" click here and read ... plays whom in the first round of the competition by having you run your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  side of the bed, by the window, and I mention to him and Brenda that I ... foreseeable future to be defined by pressing obligations, exams, internships ... line. The driver was telling me to get off, and so I came to my senses

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  microdosing sleep by taking 1 to 2 hours naps several times a day. On the other ... apply to grad school. Your life is so much more than sets and lectures and ... :15 — my alarm that tells me to get a snack from Red Door goes off. I decide

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025