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• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  engineering curriculum at MIT, which is structured to hit you with most of your ... most undergraduate curriculums is such that you're probably going to need more than a bachelor's degree to get a chemistry- or biology

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  Thursday, 10/26, 7-9pm EDT. That's over now, but you're welcome to email me ... 't promise to get to them soon, but I'll try my best. For reference, I've done ... in the comments we didn't get to answer (watch the webcast for the ones

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write your college essays. I just finished working with the MITES and E2 kids so this subject is both fresh in my mind and timely for yours as the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  ! Bad Ideas PINEAPPLES! To find out what I mean, you're just going to ... Ahh my IAP is going to be so cool!!! There are quite a few things ... students have the whole month of January to do anything they want - from

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  go until he graduates, and then he hopes to stay at MIT to get his ... -time in my "rotation" lab -- you get to rotate through as many labs as you need to decide which lab you'd like to do your thesis project in. There

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  director, Noel Morales '12) and practiced continually to ensure no one gets ... , costumes finished and cues programmed, and the cast has to get used to acting ... people that we get to hang out with all through the process and with whom

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  the biggest perks of being an Arts Scholar is getting to go on an all ... didn't get to go on the New York trip that year, but we did every year ... , watching these dioramas pass by your face as you are listening to this

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  with ten or so others the minute they get wet, and think it's okay to ... moving to another dorm next year. So to sum up, don't get tunnel vision; your dream school most certainly isn't going to be flawless. I'm here to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  . Brush your hair everyday. Clean your room once a week. Get seven to eight ... . Brush your hair everyday. Clean your room once a week. Get seven to eight ... able to recreate that moment, or if that was the last-first time I’d get

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  . That’s part of why you were able to get this precious meeting time. So ... anecdote and convey your dedication to your research. Back ... , if you prove to be a useful resource people will come back to you, your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  you have any questions you want to ask live, this is your chance! We ... STARS’ partner colleges get together to host a virtual college fair for ... about these colleges, plus get any questions they have answered. While you’re

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  sometimes, you don't have to be better at what you're doing. You can sing, or ... shame in sharing your work. Leave the pursuit of excellence to those who want to get better. That's something that I failed to grasp for so long

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get ... year struggles, I feel like I'm starting to get the hang of this whole ... groups get together at the end of the semester to schedule next semester

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  be weeks where you feel like you're not good enough. Just remember to ... lot of work, to relax sometimes and hang out with your friends. It makes ... certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  ’t have a 5.0 leaving MIT, doesn’t mean you’re going to get nowhere ... out. Maybe you're planning on pulling an all-nighter tonight and to ... 's okay for you to struggle as well. Head to gym after your first final and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  you want to grab one. You guys had me laughing out loud with your ... to fill with people. It was AWESOME. A great way to start my mini ... thread helped me get over the end-of-vacation blues - many thanks. For the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  gets two reads, what is the probability that both of them read your ... ,500 applications this year, what is the probability that one of them read your ... Salvador read a given application before Amy? First person to answer

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  ?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first started off at MIT, I thought that the only way to learn was to take a bunch of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So ... that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a ... and went downstairs to get some breakfast. (Wait, downstairs? Check it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  month. You all need to decide where you’re going to college next year ... best to make this decision post-CPW when you've formed your own opinions ... enough to sway me 5. AND we get them for free when we declare. Course 7

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009