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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  science writer (among other things). I've reproduced his post (with ... biology. I thought I was going to be a genetic engineer. I've always had a ... blast doing it. I've always been a performer and wanted to end up in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  should work where you're happy and productive. Personally, I've ... poured over into our problem sets, where we've been given actual data ... which are all pieces I've been kicking myself to read for a while

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  you happiest :D Okay. For me, a double major is how I've decided to ... that I've taken so far, though, I've found the CMS department to be much ... classes you've already taken in this major, a general plan to finish it by

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  that I've gotten via email/FB message/owl post in the past few months. 1 ... , and in many cases much smarter than, myself. None of what I've written ... locked doors." I've found that to be very true; at MIT, pretty much every

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  and warn. In my experience, they've been some of the greatest, most ... !) in your lifetime. They've also been some pretty great teachers ... you can count on to keep your mind where it needs to be. Then, once you've

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ? Just kidding! LOL. Q: Oh! You’ve got jokes! No, I am not a fool. I know ... , I’m just thinking about my parents and my brother….They’ve got a whole ... known me to lead you astray? I’ve got GREAT advice! Seriously though

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  glory. I am pretty sure that I don't have pink eye because I've had a red ... =( Hopefully we'll all make it through! In other school news, I've been getting ... /mountaineering somewhere... but everything I've found is too expensive so far... so I'm going

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  so I've omitted it). Master of what? Doesn't matter, as long as said ... met with this: [I've actually finished this set so there are ... . I've taken the liberty of listing such attributes: 1) It's extra work

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  admissions process. I’ve had the opportunity to visit Baltimore, New Haven, New ... specialty of Mechanical Engineering called Course “2A”) and I’ve only now been ... task that my fellow bloggers have covered extensively. I’ve compiled some

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  guilty with specific reference to the blog, because I've held back large ... 's get back to the blog. I said that I've withheld large segments of my ... experience too. I've been to DC three times in the past week, all by train (for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  engineering that was based off of my initial comment that I've never experienced ... allowed to discuss calls we've been on. That won't be hard- there weren ... . You should definitely try to come if you can. I've never been here in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  Programming), and 6.1200 (Discrete Math for Comp Sci). Would've been four but ... probably would've been the nicer treatment) 3 hours later. 4:30PM. Test ... pretty much summarizes all the different experiences I’ve had this past

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  study sessions, late night conversations... the list goes on. But now I’ve ... more akin (in spirit) to problems I’ve seen in math competitions like the ... (Hawaii has the BEST food and I will fight you on that). I've also re

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  'll accept criticism on. I've only eaten here twice, so if any Mc ... : ⭐⭐ - Everything I've ever had here was really dry. Nothing was inedible or super disgusting, and it might have just been a menu thing, but I've never like

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  i’ve been in a perpetual state of writer's block recently (i.e. the ... ="i'd say the blogs i've published so far don't achieve this anyway, so i ... hyperfixation. i’ve never been as big a tetris fanatic as my friends but i did

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  your high school self would’ve expected! After five semesters at MIT ... !!,” I’ve finally settled on an academic path that I’ll likely stick with ... classes I’ve taken up to that point just felt… unsatisfying. Definitely not

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  that existed prior to college applications. Even at MIT, I’ve rarely felt ... spend my winter break sucking my soul dry over all the applications I’ve ... , which has since become my default Zoom background. Basically everyone I’ve

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  closes in, I've started to get my hopes up high for the school year and ... remember what could've been, had Spring 2020 just been a normal semester ... about the life I would've had here. I was going to have Michaye's old room

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  and excitedly jotting down notes. And like every other semester, I've ... and not enough time. I've always limited myself to 4 classes, or 48 ... animals. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. I've

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  the content I've been consuming. I really enjoy doing these media dumps ... Hearthstone but now really known for his Among Us 400IQ moments. I've found a ... celebrities are a brand. But, while OTV is very much a brand, they've offered

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020