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• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  there's no need to fight your way in line and be worried at 60 that your ... arises. It makes me more sensitive to the social rules that we have and ... in, in a way that feels most true to me.  - By the way, just make

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  being the first in your family to go to college. Sigue leyendo. The ... my transition from pueblerina to big city girl. A year and a half has passed since that blog post and I’d like to give you an update. When I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  make 3D models. Basically, we modeled a cafe on AutoCAD and sent it to a ... :00-11:05 - go to bathroom me: you're jealous of my life i know Wendy: ahahaha ... ’s pretty irrational - computers are meant to be used, aren’t they. But still

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... : academics, research, student life, Boston/Cambridge, MIT culture. What makes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  mean, I think I will end up getting one but I just want to make sure I ... can use BootCamp on your Mac to run Windows. Windows Vista, too. Also ... on and jump to conclusions. Make sense? So yeah, the admissions

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  introduce yourselves in the comments below to your future friends. And remember to check out your MyMIT account starting tomorrow morning for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) information & registration and links to join your

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• 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 / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  I'm currently on the MedLinks retreat; it feels good to get out of the campus bubble. It's too easy to go from Activity in MIT Building A to Activity in MIT Building B to your dorm room without ever leaving

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  below, nor should you feel compelled to defend your choice as much as to ... /disrupted], and my 11th grade teachers barely got to know me. I feel like my ... have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  admits who decide to come here next year should bring along your CPR certs ... about to begin. I'm taking the following classes: 7.013 - Introductory ... to Psychology 21W.755 - Writing and Reading Short Stories 9.URG

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  particularly memorable. Until eventually, my standards raise to the point that ... Arthur Highway. To get to school, I would take a jeepney up MacArthur to this ... trip took around twenty minutes to travel a little less than three

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• 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 / 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

  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