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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  , I've been making serious efforts to look into film schools and take as ... training really forces you to get to know the world of film-making. For the ... - should I go to art school, or should I do the "safe" thing and get a "real

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  hang out with me as i wrangle my worms or make spontaneous plans to get ... doesn’t make you feel like you’re sinking, and by telling you all of this ... to keep chugging along." (contradictions) "you’re doing a really good

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  !!! So here it is, good luck to you if you're applying to college, and good ... "Don't give other people essays that you won't be willing to write yourself." -A wise person ---- "When you are not actually applying to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  summer, with my own kitchen, I intend to make full use of it. The other ... , I wrote that I like making lists. I thought that lists make a great format for blogs, and that I would resort to them often.  The reason I like

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  some of you overachievers) to figure out your hobbies and interests. Many ... ’ve spent your whole life being told to try new things and find what you like ... had to choose which hobbies to focus your time on and there just weren

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  to include the people you're trying to help in the design process ... 's important to remember that being an engineer doesn't preclude your ability (or ... Is this what it's like to be an upperclassman and only take classes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  to scan it in yourself, though. Submit your entry either by leaving a link to it in the comments, or by emailing me your file. My email address ... , and started her ascent to stardom by starring in the Abercrombie &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  sad, sad things, like you're trying to maintain control." I felt a hot ... start to be full of doubt or like you're losing something. Am I correct ... , every bad test grade, every rook lost to a nasty fork makes me feel as if

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  making sure the ambulance is fully stocked, so I did the super long one to ... struggling to make a decision, CPW is a great chance to learn a lot about MIT ... getting in to MIT. I feel your pain. My senior year involved a lot of things

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  only weekend mostly everyone was free was the weekend I was gone. To make ... I knew I had to go back to Boston to make things right. Coming back ... grading. Because of this, I started to make grade calculators for all my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  About the Midyear Report We've been getting many questions about the Midyear Report. Here are some answers.

  

  your first trimester grades. Please be sure to get your official midyear grades from your Guidance Office in order to complete the Midyear Report accurately. Your Guidance Office does not need to mail your midyear grades to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  intended to major in here at MIT. [annotation note="Of course, it makes sense ... gotten too used to flying. In order to try your hand at completely new ... favorite movie. If I saw or heard anything Tarzan-related, I'd beg them to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  Institute making sure we at least take two hours off a week to go soft brain and smash a ball or whatever. tl;dr you have to take PE and you're ... -obsessive amount of time to look through the course catalog and major requirements

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  It's so nice to be graduated -- I can make lists of things that I ... have to go to work, you have to think twice about turning off your alarm ... good at faking sick to your boss. I think that first-term freshmen

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  With Ben and Mollie recently answering your questions, I started to ... @mit.edu detailing your problem. Be sure to include your full name, date of birth, and ... application would be considered incomplete without it, I definitely want to make

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  , Justin Santora, Gemma Correll, and Fifty Nine Parks. Trying to make ... position for creative media stuff, and I think to myself, do I want to APPLY???? I applied. I interviewed. And now, I'm back to where it all began

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  Like many universities, MIT has an alumni magazine that it sends to ... real publication sold on newsstands that people actually want to read ... magazine with an extra section devoted to MIT-related news & articles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  started to get shin splints, which, scientifically speaking, is when your ... then I moved to Boston, where it wasn't 100 degrees from 8 am til dusk, and I began to run long distances again. I kept ignoring the pain, not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  fries and you flag down a waitress to get your anticipatory doggie bag ... Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy ... food I love. Now this post isn't to say that these are undoubtedly the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  instead. I'm off to make myself a sandwich and read about protein folding. ... to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009