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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  doing/did: joined an acapella group! (coming soon to a blog post near ... impossible right now. Life is now mostly a choice of how to spend my time the ... decided to skip 18.022 lecture on a whim to go to CVS with my friend to pick

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  something on the admissions website about a Maker Portfolio and got nervous ... have been actively building up a portfolio of technically creative stuff ... scary and a lot to ask of a teen whose brain is not yet fully developed

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  and doing other cool things, I spend every day staring a pool after pool ... down the last 3 feet of the slide and crash into a continuous white spray ... . But given the speed of the water coming down a slide and the speed of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  essays. This means to spend a lot of time thinking about why you do the ... my Algebra 2 teacher’s recommendation. It was simply a better school ... deadline, I encourage you to spend a lot of introspective time. This doesn

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  doing now that I've won this most presitigious of awards? Sitting in lab

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  burning out past the finish line

  

  lots of things i could be doing and i am not doing any of them because i ... through wikipedia pages and getting information and not doing anything with ... going out (not with a bang but with a whimper)

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  so i ask: “do you want a headpat?” and then they either tell me “no ... around them and buzz internally like a fly, wondering whether to do ... i’ve learned that people here rely on each other. in a greuling

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  managed to do a great run-through under such circumstances, the content of ... . As a result, all campus events, shows, concerts, etc. are no longer ... activities very sadly could not come to full fruition. But as a last ditch

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Caine is a 9 year old boy from East LA. His dad, George, runs a used ... business they do is done through eBay - and so their storefront is mostly ... Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  I(t)A(ly)P trippin in the off season

  

  A friend of mine gets airline buddy passes through his dad which ... . I didn't do anything educational whatsoever, but I sure did enjoy the non-freezing temperatures. Also, the food was gr9. Whenever I plan a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  help! In the meantime, there’s a bunch of things you can do while you ...  [email protected] and a friendly guy named [annotation note="please be nice to them

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things to do on campus (tours, glassblowing, UROP meetings, seeing friends), so I've been walking to and from campus nearly every day. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  ,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to ... sorts of majors here at MIT to choose from that have nothing to do with physics at all. I could be an electrical engineer, I could do brain and

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  naturally wake up very early. I know, it's a nice "problem" to have ... a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each morning presents me with a beautifully quiet campus. I wake up early and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  do with math later in life?" Fast forward a month to... OUR FIRST MIT ... do nothing but 18.022 for the test on Tuesday!" "Wait, there's a chem ... you guys a BIG apology. That test was too long. As long as you're doing

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Trans-Consciousness Messaging Protocol! Of course I can't resist. Who do you think I am?!

  

  For those of you who haven't seen today's xkcd comic, I'm putting it here, because it seems all too fitting for the state of our comment pages. ...what, you don't think it applies? (I do have a huge post coming up. This

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 28, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  in recent years deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do ... . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  you plan to do. We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up ... Class of 2011 deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do intensive ... I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  Yes, it's been a while since my last entry...much has happened. I am now the ripe age of 20 years old, after a weekend of birthday ... to be my birthday), and what do you know? My train broke down! I spent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006