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• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  top of the little tower. While I would have liked to go to the top of ... activities, and soon learned that Tetazoo time, which is 15 minutes to an hour ... must have taken an incredible amount of work to plan the trip and make

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  inside, I really would not have picked a different major at MIT. I am SO glad to not have any psets or major exams. Keep scrolling to find out why ... weeks ago - …the assignment was to construct a bamboo-and-canvas shelter

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  have given me a good opportunity to catch up on some work-related reading ... down to the fact that we don't have room for every excellent student who ... , chronicled during his time at the high school: "Everyone wants to go to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  ' :) This might sound familiar to those of you who have been reading the blogs ... importantly, it's a chance for these youngsters to forget about difficult times ... and I have dedicated quite a bit of time and effort towards fundraising

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  further consideration, I have decided not to quit my day job ... 've decided that it's time for me to go back to my roots. no drawing could ... to redraw my blogger avatar for april fools day, i'd have two nickels

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  should all move there. It's great that you don't have to move to New York or LA to be a star anymore. You can stay in your home town and make it ... that you have to go to an Ivy or a Stanford or an MIT in order to become

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  It's okay to feel anxious or excited or nervous. But if you can ... to handle, there's no shame in distracting yourself with things to do ... you'll hear in the next few hours. Your mental and emotional health are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  having to read Powers' ATLA blog in class, which I thought was a cool ... shifted over time. At first, listening to this new wave music was an act of ... for having girlish interests, and it was a really difficult thing to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  and in bed - Newsflash: I have time to read! I rarely read for fun ... ) and I have always wanted to read the Inferno, so we put together a ... public transportation was very embarrassing because I kept having to set it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  to Building 26: 15 minutes, 12 seconds Other times, I have moved ... of time” is far too vague. When do I need to leave my room if I want to make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  't have enough experiences to warrant me being a junior. why am i perceived ... having people older and more experienced than me to show me the ropes ... 't waste their time on! how the hell did i get here? why do i have any

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  : rotors rotating, spanners spanning, you should be able to check your ... that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  you should avoid a Mac. That's not to say you can't have one, but your ... things I was looking forward to most about MIT was having a laptop and ... you're dead set on having a desktop and wouldn't work with anything less

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  then i kept saying hi to people, and i had an okay time so i stayed ... problem sets i have to do each week, and that's just, yes, that's the things ... myself i have to do. and these are all fine reasons. these are respectable

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  'm always happy to answer your questions. I'll demonstrate this by answering a couple. :) Nicole R. asked: "Do most of the dorms have bunk beds or two ... Correction from my previous entry: I'm told that you can paint your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only have two finals -- but they're almost maximally temporally separated ... . You would sort of think that kind of time would inspire me to study 5

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  of "tickets" to be able to do the thing you want to do, you have to ... Princeton. This is an amazing talk. You don’t have to get theoretical physics ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  prospective students.  It was supposed to be about my first time celebrating ... sports, the marathon - a sport that doesn't even have a side to cheer for ... to have no immediate members of the MIT community directly injured by

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time ... . Weekends have been staying relatively free, which is great. I went to Boston ... free time and leisure. I think the balance is something to strive for. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time ... of time here in the Northeast between heating and cooling seasons (or vice versa). I am, however, going to co-op the term to also apply to the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025