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• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  Every freshman’s first few weeks at MIT tend to follow a predictable ... (commonly referred to as the Stud)"]Stud 5,[/annotation] learning to share a ... , and failure. Fun. IT’S MIT. As new fears kept piling on, I started

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  for a week, either to take the lead on my work or to sit back and ... able to afford to fix up our house and get Cory a new (used) car, and I ... above the Museum. I got a message saying I would need to pick up a key

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  'm EXHAUSTED. I was supposed to do [annotation note="a program where MIT ... forward to doing these programs since high school, i set my hopes on doing ... students in my major don't typically go to sophomores. at a certain point, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  four more to go. On Wednesday, after a couple school visits, I had the chance to have a picnic-style dinner with the Orange County Educational ... (...as opposed to other OCs) I'm in Orange County California, in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  a bar that each school has to clear in order to remain on your radar ... is a great place to go to school, but I also recognize that it’s not a ... mean a number things, but it all boils down to one simple question: “What

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  ://www.youtube.com/thedavosquestion and post a video response of no more than three minutes to the following ... individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?" World leaders ... ://web.mit.edu/mitir/) to spread awareness of an unprecedented opportunity: You can

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  's Lohengrin. Thanks to Zach for that random fact at the suggestion of a "barbarian wedding." There's going to be a great entry about all the fun Mitra and I had in New York last weekend, but I'm not going to write it until

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  blogs I found, is to do it by NOT managing the bloggers. Might take a ... wondering - "is someone going to write a blog post about September 11th today ... tower where I was was a target. I'm old enough to remember the feeling of

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  -- on the bus there, I ran into a flock of Google interns wearing this ... was actually a cupcake. Practically all of the interns managed to roll ... signs last Sunday, coming out to downtown San Francisco to support the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  stuff! In no particular order, here is a list: 1) We went on an errand ... graduated last year came to visit for a weekend, and we had brunch at the ... projector working, we just went up to her suite and watched it on her laptop

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  anniversary, or goes on vacation, they bring cake to work. They send a ... bakery on the way to work.    I showered quickly, put on one of my ... you need to carry cake to work on your bike, then you sort of wish for a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  of given up on this, because like the New Englander I am, I do have a ... make this post well before the new year actually came around, a short ... some point this semester, I did have to ask a friend where the hell

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  the thief didn't have time to get a new lock for it so I just walked it ... I was looking at the calendar a few days ago and thought to myself ... quickly here at MIT is no matter what you think, you still get 24 hours in a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  , text me where" → Go to recitation → Start a new blog post Go on a voice ... activities: going on a voice call, playing the Spelling Bee, going to the booth ... project some more → Go on a voice call → Play a video game → Get breakfast

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  Wales (the obvious thing to name a new country). Apparently, on the way ... It took me a while to internalize that a grade is fixed but one's reaction to it is not. Like I mentioned, 8.05 (Quantum II) was a rough time

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  has taken on a concentration in writing, which requires her to take ... effectively as most of her peers. A short paragraph can take Y half an hour to ... , connects sounds to colors, rather than symbols. Imagining a sound brings to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  some music clips to the auditions e-mail on the website and never got ... information on it? I totally think this is a great idea, and would love to help ... to get a recommendation letter from a current MIT undergrad student? Do

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  started writing my blog for the MIT Admissions website. A lot of the blogs ... with awesome and will continue to do so on into the future. So, that being said, if you can find it within you to do so, please vote for me. A

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  helpers A.M.C. asked, "Just to make sure: Have you received my CD-ROM that ... replied, "A.M.C., they might not know you by your pseudonym. It's easier to just email them and not post on a blog :) " Thanks, Fabrice, that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  's on the varsity volleyball team here. I remember I went to a game and I ... . So, I decided to make a blogpost of things-I've-had-to-explain-to-non-MIT-people-a ... upperclassmen and they give you the latest tips and tricks on how to not die at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020