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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  hard, and listen to your body. That's how you pull away from the pack ... impossible.  And yet world-class marathon runners are able to run twenty-six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  , Money, Money! 7-9pm, 35-225 Essential for anyone who wants to make money ... Chad Waxman, dare to take on the physical challenge and test your ... , other MIT offices, and various corporations to organize and fund this year

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  once I got to MIT, where women make up about half of the undergraduate ... telling you to explore science or chase your dreams would be like preaching ... until a few minutes before I left. Quick! Stand next to the official

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  me to learn how to do it. Apparently, it comes in handy when you're trying make new friends. 10. Figure out how to make smoothies that ... After considerable twisting and tweaking, I have contrived to design

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  criteria to ensure we make good decisions for the right reasons, and we ... continuously studies our processes, outcomes, and criteria to make sure we remain ... feel it is our responsibility to make those difficult calls, and only

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  minimum needed to pass your classes, usually resulting from MIT's pass ... darting from office door to office door trying to get someone to make me a ... job: Not a UROP, just a run-of the mill job. It’ll be nice to make some

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  interests, to help make your load feel lighter. As B1 likes to put it: more ... relieving— none of that pressure to 'forge new bonds' and make small talk. All ... possible to find your people at MIT. On a gut instinct, I ranked Burton

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office ... consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial post, I'd like to briefly introduce myself, and then talk about how to

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  dishes. I find my dishes. I make cookies and send an email to the dorm ... you’re here to do: go to class, slog through p-sets, write essays, and ... , is to pursue both without letting either one—or your emotional or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  that are still fond to your heart in order to move forward. So with that ... depending on your status, undergrad/grad/alum/faculty/staff. I look forward to ... challenging decisions to make when it comes to selecting a school. So even

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  of the trottoir and have to wait a minute for your train, or for ... turn it into a for-credit UROP as well. RATP has asked us to consider new uses and features for the Paris metro (subway) system -- ways to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  ; listen to it on the Whitney website (scroll down)) “...located in the ... Last weekend, I took a short solo trip up to New York to see the Whitney Biennial! I’ve wanted to go to the Whitney Museum of American Art

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  introverted and was very, very nervous that I wouldn't be able to make friends ... of the week. Me: You're not gonna mention ZBT? R: What is there to ... is your feature. Good job. Me: Caroline, would you like to talk about

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  software. This is where I came in. It was my job to make the necessary ... pretty free to pick your own classes, although you'll have quite a bit of ... for my own finals. Plus, I was trying to make sure he wasn't going to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  essentially figuring out ways to coat drugs to sneak past the mucus in your body ... Hello world! I have returned from the -- well, to be honest, I never ... I don't usually see students on a day-to-day basis.) Anyway, I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  disaster to work with, especially if you're using Git) and I want to put in a ... three chairs is to make sure that East Campus's CPW has a lot of awesome ... other hall chairs have to attend every dormwide meeting to make sure that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  . So, I decided to make a blogpost of things-I've-had-to-explain-to ... for when I do make good things. Independent Living Groups In addition to ... are amazing and if you're on the fence about coming to MIT because you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  just testing to make sure that your camera still works?" "Oh, I just want ... sure seemed excited! Maybe we can invite her over to MIT and let her make ... heavy cream, you can make your own 8x8 sheet pan of Ina's Outrageous

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Instructions on how to receive your decision online.

  

  process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order to check your ... will need to know your username and password. When decisions are released ... and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  into my gears of Decision Making. A friend, desperate to see each and ... . That's not to say that you can't find your home in the grey sponge, just ... Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015