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• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  guess it's called a "Quiz," but they just call it that to lure us into a ... only have three (well, two tests and a final) so I don't have to take ... 'd like to predict what a future blog entry may be about (specifically, the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  to take on a new commitment, you should accept it if the commitment is ... research projects so i have no choice but to work a lot, and so on. but i ... another undergrad who was looking for new bio research to work on, and they

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  drew some blood to do a blood test, put me in a bed, and set me up on an ... 27 Dresses and Empire Strikes Back; the night before that, A New Hope ... veins with IV fluids most of them had better things to do - like go on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  about on your first date Toscanini's -- because I have a free ice cream ... Here are some ideas from my limited experience to help you meet, seduce, and hopefully-not-but-maybe-because-people-sometimes-grow-apart-and-that's-just-a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  close friend to understand how overreliance on a small set of people leads ... new projects to work on, and why, despite my current courseload being ... ’m inclined to believe it has a substantive message anyway, the idea that a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  is usually a language requirement to the MISTI programs and the two ... -up. From mid-June to mid-August, I will be working with a professor in the ... homogeneity vs. diversity is such a strong force. I’ve grown to like being just

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... through the rain parallel to an indoor hallway I could have used to keep

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  a showtime into my schedule. ABOVE: Central Square Theater's new ... time and work required in order to receive a Ph.D. and its adverse ... 's education as a high-level mathematician affected her playwriting or acting, to

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  for a flimsy reason of short-term convenience like it being easier to move your stuff within a dorm than between dorms. Thanks to a lot of ... mentality of "This is the dorm that, based on what I know now, I want to live

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  Sunday. It is now 11:04pm on Friday. I therefore have 56 minutes to open a ... interface. I need to tell you a story, prospective students and fellow MIT ... much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  voice) had a running joke that we were going to have a show on WMBR called ... I spent a while thinking about how to introduce this blog post, but ... stalking him visiting his office. But then the universe decided to throw me a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in ... . Junior fall, I wanted to take a Harvard class. Philosophy of Education ... ’s a logistical thing to do before you start.” I was so excited for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  full and fair review. And we're going to have a spot on the application ... surprising to any of your listeners. But I do actually want to tell you a quick ... MIT Look For?", but that was really a way to open a conversation into

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year ... would you like to see us do blog entries on over the coming month or so

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  -seated anxiety and a general feeling of not knowing what to do. All the buzzwords ... 't really see a lot of emails on the eecs side, especially after i muted ... on your phone. It was nice—and it honestly helped dispel a few worries

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a paper draft to my research advisor tonight, I e-mailed a paper to my music ... , it really doesn't take much to make me laugh hysterically). On the off

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  cardstock that entitle me to a non-reserved seat on what I can best describe as a train that makes you feel like you’re on an airplane. Right now, I’m sitting on a bus that will take about 8 hours to get me half way

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I ... precisely a year ago, when I was but a newly arrived freshman on MIT's campus ... me to meet at least five new people each day of Orientation. But he

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  days of doing nothing at all! on Monday, i went to a brewery in seaport ... of Monday May 9. i had to present a project, which wasn't great, but as ... consume so many episodes on a 'school day'. the next day, which was the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  though you're on PNR or take a 4am trip to Seven Eleven with you ... conversation on. And I think this really goes to show the nature of MIT? A lot of ... this a lot, but I'd rather go to a hard school with a collaborative and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021