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• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  you have to get some initial equipment/tools and potentially travel far ... tragedy. I need to go to an airport, catch a flight, and get from the ... route to getting fired, and for good reason. Unless I was actually sick or

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  suggested a few beginner-friendly projects to get me started. Fix my sleep ... track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... 2023 to sneak up so quickly, and I opened my planner last Wednesday to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  . In many ways, I am now, since coming to MIT, more like my fifth grade self than my high school self. It's hard to tell if this is because of ... . It's been a long semester. I had to take four course 16 classes, and I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  How was your CPW? It was definitely one of my favorites. I had lots of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to ... /MIT. One post that hit close to home was titled "Did anyone here not enjoy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  interviewer have told us, it is my job to summarize your application on the ... your applications to be read! And speaking of your applications, back to ... I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  Cross-registration is one of the most amazing features to exist at ... . I wrote this blog to capture the memories I made last summer with my ... cross-registered at MIT to take [annotation note="previously known as just

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  had 30 million, but only 16.67 million people were able to get through ... , give or take. So - if each contestant's phone numbers (they each get two ... 's always going to be a tie. Voters just max out each contestant's phone lines

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years ... and I usually don't get home until after 1AM. Each day, there are four

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  When I had no motivation to go to Starbucks, I’d get hot chocolate from ... .   Building 12 I would take the elevator across these stairs to get to my UROP ... the walk to Johnson to get tested.     [carousel image1

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  challenged ourselves to get full use of our all-access passes and ride every ... the labs that I’ve spent so much time getting to know and enjoy. The ... that they chose me – the inexperienced and very young intern – to travel

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  MIT's campus. It only opened its doors to students this winter, so the ... 'd do a bit of a tour. I invite you to walk with me from the front door, through the building, and up to my room on the fifth floor. We'll start

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  for this one. It's unfortunate that I won't actually get to visit ... Yes, you read that title right. I'm going to be studying abroad this ... "] Budapest looks weirdly similar to MIT?[/caption] It was over Zoom, and there

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  by Nina L. ‘19, about her Friday night. Tonight Lujan and I went to Harvard Square to get Dominos. We had decided we needed to get away. The ... what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  States. I’d love to tell you that the film has a happy ending, in which the boys’ successes get recognized and their talents get directed ... paper. They were not allowed to advance. They did, however, inspire a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  distance of the bridge so they’d know exactly “how long it would take to get ... , the pledge class of ‘92 getting hauled to jail by Boston police, and ... somehow adds to the thrill. I get to talk to the members about their time

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  facebook group last night, and wanted to copy it here in case anyone out there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day! * * * * * * * * * * * * * hey everyone! just wanted to pop in and say hi as decision day

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a ... of EA admits from last year's 390 to this year's 522. Fear not, we have no plans to increase the class size, nor are we abandoning the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  undervalued - people seem to think it's too basic and simple and unexciting, but ... to speed (not literally, Mom - I promise) over to the nearest Au Bon Pain, only to find out that they were out of chocolate chip cookies

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  entrance to universities in your home country. We understand that many grades ... schools do not calculate GPA, class rank, and other statistics, so your ... you submit your high school transcript with three years of grades and
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  get involved, but the following Romantic period was not as welcoming to ... think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning ... -studying before I got to school that probably cushioned me from the shock I’d have

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018