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• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  our first quiz, which was quite challenging and took me the whole two ... as the first piece of historical writing in Western society, and also ... representative of the schedule of a typical MIT student, nor should it be. It is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  (first-generation and/or low-income) community, the weight of that choice ... film for [annotation note='The film was announced in December of 2012 ... .[/annotation]    I HAVE BEEN SIMMERING. BUZZING. WAITING ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year ... housemasters, Student Life staff, two GRTs, and two residents of the dorm. We held elections to choose the two student reps. A lot of people ran, more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  6.7800 (Inference and Information, the subject of the exam and by far the most challenging class I’ve ever taken) but four years of MIT ... good way). It’s one of the reasons why I’ve written so many blog posts

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  , a tenured and world-renowned professor will stand up in front of the ... time to introduce the concept of the Fourier Transform, he gave a 10-minute talk on the life and times of Optimus Prime. Because just like

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

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  went straight into the tin instead of distributing around the whole oven ... ’m excited to give you the full story of the complete mess that we made. Here ... sugar and flour, and 7 large cans of shortening. On the way back, Kristen

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  with. The traits that make you whole. Does that sound scary? To me it did. I doubted each one of my essays. Re-wrote drafts. Edited the main ... prepositions at the ends of sentences and phrases. See how annoying I sound if I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  quotes from the lovely captain of the lightweight women’s crew team, Sharon. I’ve compiled the corniest collection of these quotes into power ... just can’t do it… As I'm sure you know by now, “you miss 100% of the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  the rest of your life. No pressure or anything. I will weigh in with how ... for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... , the hardest version of freshmen chemistry- it’s recommended for students

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  Harvard announced that they were evicting the vast majority of their ... value in a detailed account of the exodus from MIT from the perspective of one of its students. I included the daily new case count for MA in each

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  -by-case basis. You should visit the First Year at MIT (for the Class of 2010 ... So, a quick recap of my week before I launch into repsonses to the ... , people kind of freak out. So they want us EMTs to be familiar with the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  first sign of a setback. I try to generally identify the problem as much ... *written by Liz O. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer ... roll into the parking lot fashionably on-time. Most of the other people

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  Lab, the same lab that I had UROP'ed in. That first year of grad school ... .[/annotation] However, the dissertation is the hard part and the whole point of the Ph ... .[/annotation] I started working towards the first conference paper of my PhD, and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and ... uncertain about the process of identifying schools and how to apply to college ... process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  't have a whole ton of time for an awesome entry right now, but I do have ... , the monkey pressed another button in front of him, but I couldn't tell ... me. This confused me for a good 20 seconds as I stared at the screen of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  'd done perhaps 70% of the lab at this point, but due to the way this lab was graded, i was still passing 0% of the tests. i needed to sleep, and ... , concentrating itself inside the depths of my heart, slowly growing as the night

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  have friends! Sometime at the beginning of 9th grade, we made our first ... on campus, and towards the end of this past semester, she invited us to ... from the sea of words below, but neither of our applications included

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  added me to it. i wasn’t friends with any of the other extras, but there ... stories. i think maybe that’s one of the reasons i’ve been getting more ... with the socioeconomic effects of widespread automation) and these

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  The last week and some are a blur, a long, joyous drink of EC. When I ... , everyone sporting Rush T-shirts from years past; on the back of each shirt is ... crates while someone belayed me, as the tower of crates went nine, ten feet

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021