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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  suggests there has to be something that is different about Senior House to ... faced by poor and minority students could be addressed directly with ... those being voiced in response to this decision. Holly ’18 eloquently

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  when you ask us about these things. This is really not the best way to ... life, and when I try to think of my future in a way that doesn't involve ... student-type things (going to classes, sleeping very little, forgetting to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  though that is awesome, I am going to be sooo disapointed if I am rejected ... have enough gender diversity, and not be a good place to be a college ... indeed be a fun place to attend college. As for the interview, I'll have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  make yet another 180, to be followed by several other twisty and difficult turns that could only be navigated by someone whose nationality is ... , knowing my jet-lagged legs would have to wait slightly longer to be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  of them. i came into mit wanting to be a 14-2 (mathematical economics ... can arrange some way for me to give it to you. from paolo a., 2:45 PM ... same size)[/caption] I do not claim to be an expert in bikes after my 2

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  The only course that comes remotely close to being as badass as aero ... through this week. If that's not enough to make you just DIE to be an aero ... be stiff. We were intimidated by the other teams' looks of ruthless

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  [by Davie Rolnick '12, Guest Blogger] Glory be to MIT! The Arts ... in various ways by computer, then projected onto to create, by turns ... to be going to this production. But we were going for free! :-) And we

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  negligible amount of snow - to be a shocking amount. And that's understandable ... alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the ... , you're well on your way to knowing how to survive some crazy snow

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  longest I’ve spent listening to one audiobook is “The Source,” by James ... listening to these books for the 7th time. I should also not be listening to ... about the plot. I think I really just listen to audiobooks the way many

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  course 8 seems to be the way to achieve that. Right now, this is the best ... to my love-hate relationship with physics by now ... I'm interested in would be unsustainable. I need to choose something

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  also be true if you use AI to write your essays. Give yourself time ... face, it might not be the best thing to write about. Introspection can be pretty hard to do. One of the things that helped me think about my

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the tunnels instead of freezing and trying to make my way through snow ... own, so this was going to be one interesting adventure. I had been down

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  ’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way in which you ... to hear. Also, being genuine seems way less stressful. Good luck! ... important thing is to be true to yourself. We know you lead a busy life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  . The best way to describe to you the way I feel about math now is through ... physics (which, by the way, I didn't receive official intstruction on until ... .03. But at the same time, it's easy to feel way less prepared. Just the fact

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  yet. They do not need to be in by midnight. We are processing thousands ... us know ASAP. Be sure to validate your Part 2 (on page 10) well ... panicking right now, odds are that you don't need to be and that we will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  So, I manage the blogs. Interestingly, the best way to manage the blogs I found, is to do it by NOT managing the bloggers. Might take a second for that to make sense. But we have an agreement. I don't tell them

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  'm actually going to be an associate advisor for 2.A35, Biomimetic Principles ... classes by preregistering on WebSIS before the beginning of the next semester. Then on registration day, you meet with your advisor to make any

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  figure out a way to dispense helmets reliably and one at a time. The first ... out trying to understand how everything works and in what ways you can ... streak of a week is getting old). MIT is truly an incredible place to be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  monument, listening to "Things Fall Apart" by ayokay on repeat to the ... better. I would take my final, one way or the other, and that would be the ... , and sometimes there really isn't a way to look at a situation that can

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  food. On my way back to reconvene with Gosha, I stopped by a cafe and was ... ’s also a fantastic way to develop taste. And by that, I mean figure out ... ,[annotation note='fyi i ran this blog by him to make sure it’s all good']so I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024