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  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  Registration Day, which is always a Monday. Although classes don't start until ... -back events, your friend UROPing halfway around the world catches a red ... twelfth grade, I felt like I had always been a twelfth-grader. Similarly

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  the first posts by our first-year bloggers. There’s a common theme: MIT ... ’ theme last year too, same as the year before. I've only been here for a ... ’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  application, and 69 completed it. A few days ago, Lydia, Kris, Michael, Ceri ... butter”. I design and sew my own clothes, including my winter coat, a ... scientific potential with creative vision to build a campus that was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  international students.   Each time we write a blog entry we have to pick a ... 'd been getting a lot of questions lately. Lo and behold, while looking for a category, I noticed that one of my options was "Early Action Versus

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  a study abroad is kind of like matchmaking. For one month (or semesters - in a "real" study abroad), you're paired with a family, a city ... out which shop has the best churros con chocolate, and slowly, paso a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  than done, but try to remain a semi-reasonable human being. Don't hole yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP ... you feel stressed out, just take a step back and think about how hard

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  . While I'm still talking about TV (God I've turned into a TV junkie ... office the other day and had a chat with Matt, who said that if I liked Veronica Mars then I'd like Buffy, because there's a lot of snark and such

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your ... individual, not as part of a group. However, you are allowed to collaborate ... labs (6.004 isn't really considered a lab class, just an ordinary class

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  out the first one for some Q&A.] Last Thursday night, Ruth emailed the floor, asking for people to celebrate her last night as a humanities ... believe, not mine), and a pretty awesome atmosphere. They were also awarded

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• 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 / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  will tell you about it today a few months ago i had a problem. the problem was about the boy from story who was put in water as a baby: the ... too hard with the back of the foot, and if you do this many times a day

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  This is a blog by Monica C. ‘25 about her experience on the MIT Formula SAE team! Eight years ago, her brother, Kevin C. ‘17, wrote a guest ... and Computer Science (6-2), and I wanted to write a blog about MIT

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  in a couple days, after this eight-week vacation. For now I’m wandering ... high school, and definitely not in the workforce, but not quite a college kid, either. College is itself a sort of bridge, with trappings of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  Hi everyone, I'm taking a short break from reading applications today ... comments. Hope these answers help! Have a wonderful and safe thanksgiving. -B ... could attend it for that. now i got a problem in november test due to

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  The college recruiting process can be a confusing world to maneuver ... definitely intimidating and tiring at times, ended up being a great decision ... . I’m a senior in college now, meaning I did my recruiting process

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  . It’s a competition where people bake a lot of goods with apples, to celebrate the bountiful fall harvest of apples and give us all a reason to use ... -picking outings that MIT dorms help subsidise. For most people, it’s a great reason

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  get to the parking garage, and my rental car agent greets me with a ... question.   These little things reminded that I was, indeed, in a new ... super desert-y. You do need a car to get around, but some areas are

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  was bright but unforgiving. i’ve been wearing a lot of red, sort of ... to dye a blue streak in my hair but it came out grayish-green, so i ... past month. i crocheted a red scarf for myself earlier this year, and my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  groups + orgs, etc. rather than the student body as a whole or grad ... D students. i don't think this is necessarily a good thing but it would be ... , personalities, and backgrounds that MIT offers. One can argue that the people as a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  , and aesthetics are not so interesting. But maybe I'm in a sentimental ... science classes in general; as a math major, I feel like a lot of concepts ... "just trust that this works." But I like how this class had a flipped

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022