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• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  guarantee you that no matter what your interests are, you will be able to find ... to MIT, I've finally come to a decision about whether I want to be ... ).... and I've decided to be ME (get the pun?)!! Why you might ask? Well... it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  can admit that it can be really intimidating to start. Starting from ... pounds being lifted purely by the sheer[annotation note="ok, there’s other ... force myself to be happier, to be excited, to feel the rush that returning

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  managed to find my way back to Sidney-Pacific for the night. My host Tina ... . The road to Sidney-Pacific. I spent Friday being more academic. I was ... encouraged to attend by Tina (my host). My favorite was the parody of Justin

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  : Correlation of Responses to Ethnic Conflict.” I’ll be exploring how media ... pitch (paraphrased): “Here’s an opportunity for you to put 'employed by ... , or with whom—will I at least be able to keep my very nice free couch

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  morning: Although we seem to be interconnected in almost every way ... several weeks ago, slowly adding to it by browsing bookstores on my birthday ... seems like I haven't had the time this semester to sit and think about the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  . Plus, I’d be on the West Coast near my family, have the chance to live in ... turned out to be everything I had hoped for. At PlayStation, I was working ... our QA team to integrate my code into our project. By the end of the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  August being exciting. This, I think, is the point where I break to throw ... still some areas that need to be touched up, and I need to figure out how ... to everything, but I feel like getting down will be really challenging

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  know that this entry won't be helpful to everyone out there, but ... this book to be on par with or even slightly better than the EK orgo book ... 're an easy way to review concepts, and I almost always had a set of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  pissing me off. Canvas continued to be down, which did not help with ... world in not-hyper-optimized ways and fail in ways that I am glad to ... I’ll write about them. But for now, I’m going to go walk by the river

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  out to dinner (preferably) or order in (if we're being lazy). My entry ... reliability of anyone, as I don't have anything that needs to be dry-cleaned. 8 ... Questions 1. Anonymous asked, Did you go to Senior Ball? I think

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and ... engaged with the other half. Chalk it up to being the first time in most

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  scary, but with the help of [annotation note="the most effective way to ... gratification of being able to just delete footage and digital displays that let ... Before I got to MIT, I had never really made anything. I saw

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  after being patted down by a very kind TSA agent while one of his ... shuttle to a Zipcar station where we were greeted by the Volkswagen Golf my ... . Unfortunately the snow had to go if the car was to be at all usable, so when we

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  single vid of my first time snowboarding". Turns out, by the time we got to ... actually also missed the second bus and had to get driven by one of the ... : Spreak! Spring break took too long to come by. Spent most of it doing

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  at this point, right?" to which they said, “No, it’s not!” To be sure ... 're applying to, but fortunately, the deadlines and requirements vary by country ... the coordinator not being able to find one available in your field of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  on Thursday I made my way from 2.007 lecture to the second floor of the ... out. Oh, and that by the way, in case you taste blood in your mouth, it ... called the MIT Police, who notified the crew on shift, who happened to be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  ’s firehosing. It’s being scheduled down to the second. It’s consistent work. It ... want to be. It’s taking a break to admire what’s around you. It’s good ... brushless motor. I’ve finally learned how to properly breathe in Yoga. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  , are making their way to the largest of MIT's annual career fairs. Today, 300 companies are on campus trying to recruit MIT students to come work ... opportunities. For our seniors, it will be nice for many of them to have a job

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life ... , and see more videos, at the MIT Guide to Residences. https://youtu.be ... first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  admissions contact to another college by May 1st, there doesn't seem to be much ... action would be if you don't meet the criteria to apply as a freshman -- e ... 're not always going to be able to take students from all different parts of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005