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• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  contrast.   On the way back, my mom went to go meet up with a high ... choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing ... anything particularly related to my major--in fact, my proposal for a mini

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  hands-on, practical experience. I now know how to use a sphygmomanometer ... and, dare I say, interesting. It was a LOT of material to get through ... off for no reason. =) A sphygmomanometer is the device you use to take a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  From EC to Trinity Hall Last year First East was graced with a ... enthusiastic 6-1 major with a propensity to semi-conductor electronics, Rob was ... did this mean getting to spend some time in Europe but it also meant a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  things. Also, lists are really easy to comment on, because you can say ... air travel, you'd think I I would never step foot on a plane again. When ... on fire on the way there and I got in a car with a stranger just so I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... connect. Crafting a class is similar - we go into painstaking detail to ... As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  of bacon of comparable value to your kidneys in the living room with a ... their grandmother. However, it's time to move on with this blog post ... things I want to and need to get done than one in a day -- when there are

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  packet, with a day to spare. Still, I felt my grasp on all the concepts ... . It’s a boost to my confidence, I suppose, but I mostly look back on my IAP as a lesson in what not to do. I overcommitted myself, took on too

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  , like the crowning of a new king and such. By the way, my commentary on ... . :]" Yeah, sooooo, I'd love to, but see, most of the words that my new Spanish ... talking to is me"). I might be turning into a linguistics nut, but I find

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  MIT) that ends at 6:30 pm. I knew I wasn’t likely to get a good ... my neck to see the TV. After a brief introduction, Lahiri began by ... forty minutes. I videotaped a small, random portion of it. To watch it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  a dorm with a dining plan, but I don’t. On the bright side I get to ... about free cookies. I talk to people. I eat a cookie.   punt - (1) v ... -sets expanded to fill the time I gave them: all the time I had. As a result, when

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  working countless hours a week, week after week, on math psets and trying to ... For this blog, we are going to try something new with format. Instead ... r s t on so far in our entire time here. Besides being a punch in the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time ... someone like me who is new to this business. When I think about it though ... to decisions, can be answered by two things: having a little zen, and a

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  may designate up to 48 units to be graded on a pass/no record basis ... Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a ... and then call the post office for pickup. So to summarize, we're on schedule to mail today. The bad news: I woke up to a blizzard this morning

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  , that was not exactly the case in practice). I wanted to learn more on the subject, and discovered a fascinating story about MIT’s efforts to combat ... concerns. Dean Birgeneau listened, and established a formal committee to work

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  same energy. The streets were full of fraternity vans trying to snag new ... year. So far, I have: Moved into my new dorm. Maseeh! I live in a ... ’m beyond hyped for this semester. I get to mass produce yo-yos, build a robot

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  's my blog and I get to put words in your mouth if I want. That's a good question, which is why I went trekking to Professor Warren Seering (my new advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  is helpful! It's Saturday morning, and I have a day trip to New ... The third in a series... With fewer than 10 days to go until the May ... good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Missy Cummings on The Colbert Report At the end of the interview, she and Stephen face off in Rock 'Em Sock…

  

  Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes ... 's The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 28, 2011