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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  , since it wasn't a very full flight and I had a whole row to myself. 7 ... the fact that I'd had time to complete two majors, work 15 hours a week ... Tech about a year ago: "MIT is the kind of place you love to hate, but

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  because it was cute enough and partially to remind myself that I was a ... to begin, we wiggled our way through the crowd and found a spot where ... become what you once scoffed at. I would never be with a boy who makes me

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  college decisions being sent to their inboxes. Such a beautiful season. If ... enough to yet be materialized as a concrete “you’re in!” or “we regret to ... fact that you applied to these great schools says a lot about your

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  a trip had to include visits to prestigious college campuses. It ... , right? It would be just as simple to tell a story about any other number of colleges, had I decided to attend those instead. Here's a secret

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is ... tackling the world’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one ... able to learn something new about you, then you've written a great

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a ... compared to my usual wake up time of 9:00 last semester, in order to make it to my first class at 10:00, that's a pretty big switch. Just pointing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  special to me. The feeling of connection is a bit more complex. When I ... be changed by MIT. In retrospect, it makes perfect sense. It is the ... so) to share insight and perspective from a variety of experiences

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  a pass/fail system. (Similar to 6.005 but labs are all or nothing) Also have to orally defend your code in a short code interrogation. E-CAD/Architecture Practicals - Similar to further java, two long term labs with a similar

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  'm always happy to answer your questions. I'll demonstrate this by answering a ... - that's a chance, among other things, to see campus in a way that makes it ... , and virtually all non-frosh rooms, are singles, making this a non

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  to be important.” *Helena Lam is a girl I knew in high school who liked ... showed precocious signs of a furious ambition to eat everything ever ... of my day goes on to include a lavish, adjective-laden description of a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  becomes hard to even enjoy it as much, and it makes the experience sour in a ... declared 2A, which is Mechanical Engineering, but you make your own concentration. Think of it as a flexible version of MechE. I was hoping to do 2A

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  words to make them feel better. When I tell someone “I’m a writer,” I ... act I: prologue When I was a kid, I used to dread going to sleep. I ... , where I suddenly had an infinite amount of time to respond in a way that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  name a living scientist. I wanted to help counter that a little bit by ... fumbling to turn off the recorder in the last few seconds. Despite going to a ... some computer systems next to her and a little mini rocket.  

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  have remained stupendously unlaundered. A few minutes ago, I began to chronicle this week's adventures and realized that I was about to write a blog ... , if not a roomwarming one. On the trek back to my room from the front

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  to Ikea, which is about half an hour away by car (you'd need to rent a ... Last week I had my first exam, shortly to be followed by two others ... broken (if you guys would like to remedy that, it's a Canon Powershot SD600

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  to a stage not predetermined by government regulations. College is ... the interview as a chance to describe your life outside the classroom in ... . It means never having to sacrifice dancing with a sibling and meeting

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  to learn for the test. For an AP. For a final. The singular goal was to ... learning that's been weighing on me a lot since I came to MIT. I often times ... to finish filing my transfer apps or taking a semester off. I really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  Bose, a company started by an MIT alumn! I'm really excited to take on my ... , I’m being given a lot more path-critical items to do, and as I ... -Eritrean Students’ Association, and we had our first transition of power to a new

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  -handed. The antics of applicants who go to extremes to make an impression are a ... admissions staff. "He was hoping to make a memorable impression on us, but it ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  independent games as a product of wanting to make something you’re proud of and ... around 10am, got my pass and a guidebook around 10:45, and headed over to ... small mice trying to escape a lab and defeat little mutant chicken enemies

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013