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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  've covered. Meyer explained to me that that was a very inefficient use of my ... itself is taught in a flipped classroom style to maximize working on such ... Reflecting on the lessons of last semester, I knew I was going to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  strong urge to make him soup or knit him a sweater because I just think he ... ; Just a GIR I put off til sophomore year because I wanted to take some ... and I actually dropped it a week after being in it. Real nervous to take

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  ), it was my duty not only to come up with a concept, design the book, and make sure every page was laid out correctly, but also to steer the design ... ! But what exactly goes into the making of a yearbook? (...and one so fine

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  This summer, I got a side gig to put up chalk art in the Welcome ... wondering how large of a range of places people are coming from to visit the ... Biden [annotation note="a reference to a tiktok"]is it bones day

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer before my senior year of college, I wanted to be a doctor. Are these two ... was a Doogie Howser fan. I used to want to save lives by performing

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  really fun to dive into; and I'm a frosh on [annotation note ="pass ... have a focus on writing and speaking, and we've got to take one each year ... start writing, though it took a minute to get to. I spent Thanksgiving

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  is organized to celebrate you! Come to the Admitted Meeting to… Make ... you’re a Current Student or Alum: Make new MIT friends and welcome ... MIT Class of 2021 has been assembled, it’s time to welcome them to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  cost-neutral meaning I got a stipend (to eat and live), flights covered ... Tbilisi, Georgia, and 1 to Tokyo, Japan. This upcoming summer, I’m doing a ... went to a rather STEM-heavy school like MIT. I think I took enough

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  new meaning. So this week, I decided to shape up a little. By this, I ... , gathered my books, went to a study room, and didn't move for about four hours ... . Just a few hours ago, I put all our study sessions to the test as I took

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  calling with questions. In an effort to answer these questions, here is a ... an international student, do I have to take the TOEFL? A. No, we do ... [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  the same time, she found it difficult to make things a personal matter ... Last weekend, I wrote “A Guide to Farmer's Markets". Here’s what I ... going to be a very different post) I...couldn't do it. I really just

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• 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

  

  have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ... , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... environments. To be clear, this isn't a specific pairing or set of narratives we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  experience, and it also meant we had to make a pit stop that delayed us even ... , we have a peaceful dawn and an idyllic sundown, yet they seem to mostly ... the tippity top of Vermont and 10 hours back to arrive back home on a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  to upperclassmen as a warning not to mack on the frosh, Newton's Third ... course of a few weeks, you have to learn how to deal with classes (which ... ' experiences with freshman fall lie on the scale of "it was a little rough to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  blog entries might be a bit sparse over the next three months due to an ... took the train to Koblenz and took a four-hour trip down the Mosel River ... outside the train station, and next to, like, a McDonalds or something. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  different elements of the ring design and how they came together to make a ... ring — a design element that has persisted to the modern day. MIT ... graduating class before I took a gap year) was supposed to have our Ring

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  poetry once more. I continued to make good progress; honestly, even though ... briefly during the train’s designated “smoke break.” It was great to see a ... on my poetry. I think that, once I get back to a real laptop, I will be

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  , which isn’t at all a surprise to me. I spent 191 hours , which is 11 ... to them a lot during the hectic, unfamiliar first few weeks at MIT, and ... when familiar stories help me get through change. If I had to pick a non

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  finally complete! Djuena then taught us the lyrics to a song in the Ticuna ... sad), so a few MITWE members tried to get Ken Amis (our assistant ... lobby to receive a Brazilian tattoo… temporary, of course, and sanctioned

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  regret. i've been trying to tackle my classes with a new perspective ... [annotation note="8.01 = Physics 1 18.01A = Calculus 1 3.091 = Intro to Solid State Chemistry 21M.011 = Intro to Western Music"]8.01, 18.01A, 3.091, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019