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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  the classical style, you have to prepare the 7th degree of a chord in ... , it pales in nerdiness to some of the ones there. Anyway, when you wake ... course of a day. Just playin'. I think I had to send out the e

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  experience felt like an event in and of itself, when we were just trying to eat ... recognize that the color of a sweatshirt should not cause me to hate people ... , but I think everyone is guilty of this and it peeves me to no end. Why

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  A few days ago a young man posted a confession to the Class of 2016 ... still. :) ... I sort of want to email admissions and ask "So thank you ... mistake; if they really deserved admission. To the members of the Class of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  classes to graduate, an average of one a semester. I waved around that ... had to apply to them with all the terms of getting a second major. So ...  about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  material -- sets out not simply to educate but to also be part of the early ... , easy-to-use bioengineering kit that lets anyone create and take care of ... accessible to everyone and enable the next wave of personalized manufacturing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead to a second round of ... be very nice in all of your interactions with us! Keep us up to date ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and ... the latest tides of prefrosh, but nonetheless I do want to totally sound ... wish: to pluck the wings of a fleeting moment, spread it out in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  work 9-5, hit the gym, eat dinner, and have the rest of the evening to ... to visit me, let me know. Food I don’t love the activity of cooking ... Tick list. Oomf. I need to get on that. I know I'm on top of the things that I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  -town hotels, accidentally drove through Canada, listened to a lot of [annotation ... prior, so I have a very distinct memory of us trying to find and ... campgrounds, listened to a lot of podcasts, walked in sculpture parks, stopped

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  I have almost always wanted to work on. For those of you that have ... . The idea is quite new at MIT, but I got to talk to the head of the ... and just try it. Unlike a lot of other fields, due to the high cost of

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  lecture to learn about injection molding. (It would be unfair of me to just ... longer sick. :^) And to all of you, Happy Valentine's Day!!! ... We will first begin with a cartoon from one of my favorite webpages

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  moved that he brought it to Star Trek. For those of you who don’t know ... nominations than I have years of life. It’s probably very difficult to include ... OPPORTUNITIES!!!!!! Anyway, back to last night’s concert. The usual rows of seats

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your ... specifically, I'm going to lead by example by posting some of my own writing ... applying to MIT this year. In this vein, I thought I'd post some of my old

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  to actually do nothing. I still believe a lot of AI-based start-ups are ... a lot of tasks that are currently tedious and unpleasant for humans to ... 'm aware of my own tendency to become complacent: often, when I'm working a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  decision. I would really encourage all of you to ask lots of questions this ... . Accuweather says it's supposed to be 40s-50s and mostly sunny for the rest of ... that packet of information on Saturday, and, if so, where do I go to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  heavy. I wanted to post something lighter before I go into all of that ... beginning of June. I always felt super weird explaining why I hated summer to ... the more sensitive parts of myself. It feels kind of weird to mention

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  and how to shape our own projects. After a couple weeks of research, we ... workshops with guest lecturers to teach us about the style of edX platforms or ... process of creating our final projects varied from person to person; people

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  thoughts of grief. It was hard to not feel bittersweet about reaching the ... expected to feel some amount of relief with the ending of the school year. I ... to leave a part of myself behind me, and move onto what's next. Is the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... credit limit of 57 units. I used that opportunity to explore Course 1 in a ... a student was unable to complete a course by the end of the semester

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  Cross-registration is one of the most amazing features to exist at ... of those students was Denisse. To be honest, I don't remember much ... realized she went to Harvard. I sort of remember asking her if she had any

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020