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• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  nothing was happening. To be honest, sticking my head in the sand like an ... didn't know how to grapple with these facts, or with the heavy implications people seemed to give them whenever they came up in the context of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  very first song. See, someone's got to tell the tale Whether or not it turns out well Maybe it will turn out this time On the road to Hell On the ... interesting. every night, you try to take the audience on a journey from start

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  . The second one was my desire to do anything and everything that ... meeting. Which was about 2 hours of me rewinding the video to catch up on a ... finally, move on to the base. The basic sketch and extrude/solid of my base

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  heavily on each word, so bare with me as I'm trying to get back into the ... "]first-year-posting jitters[/annotation] and the fear of being perceived; I'm hoping to be on my ... sophomore year. I'm trying to be more conscious about the time between my

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  embarrass ourselves as we teach you about them on the spur of the moment ... night, I randomly pull up three of these prompts randomly, to practice the ... improvising 5-minute classes on these topics, I would love to know what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  't sure what method to use, by writing 2 answers on the paper, you actually ... ." Please remember that no one is ever admitted to MIT based on numbers. The ... the TOEFL on January 14th. The test got cancelled due to some problem

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  : Bostonians only have a 25 Letter alphabet. No one knows what happened to the ... being said about you. Your essays are the only time that you get to speak ... University, 1989, BA Sociology (Home of the Spartans!); University of Delaware

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  what it's like to be an admissions officer on the road. Tuesday ... GPA. I was only the second college recruiter ever to visit their school ... Central Meeting to survey the venue, talk to the tech on hand, and make sure

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  measurements to my drawings, squinting and counting the lines on the ruler ... , activities involving precision didn’t come naturally to me. The cookies I baked ... exact, but it just never seemed to work out.  By the time I had to choose

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  thought to reconsider my initial hatred of the MBTI. Could there be any ... taking the MBTI was “ESFJ”. I am apparently “The Consul” (according to 16 ... single day is discuss scientific theories, listen to the NPR Politics

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there a medical facility on campus?

  MIT has its own on-campus medical facilities providing a complete healthcare center serving the health and wellness needs of the entire MIT community. Our on-campus resources provide personalized care for MIT students
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  different, they all have special meanings to the hall they were painted on as ... slightest hint of graffiti on the walls, and facilities would be quick to ... every time I walk past it on the way to do my laundry, I'm reminded of why

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  second. After the long nights and not-acted-on plans to drop out of this ... to say the English name cause it sounds too cursed), Blood on the ... and my 238 units past the GIRs, 180 of which I needed to graduate o

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  images seemed to suggest that's what it's called. You know, the delicious ... of bacon of comparable value to your kidneys in the living room with a ... their grandmother. However, it's time to move on with this blog post

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?

  AeroAstro the oldest and most respected university aerospace program in the United States, and it's easy to see why. They have an Interactive Robotics lab, a Human Systems lab, a Space Propulsion lab—and the
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  even sometimes sad being on the other side of CPW. I knew that it would ... the weekend to have such a terrible end to it - see Anna H. '14's post ... on the green building again!  It was really fun and students had a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  of the week based on how you plan to spend them. Athena and Leo have ... some 3E lounge or other for the rest of the day. Sometimes, I go to the gym in the morning, and affectionately listen to Alison bemoan bicep

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  to show the typical setup, furniture, and layout of a mix of rooms ... -in" quarters to give some contrast between the way you'll find a room when you ... able to find empty rooms to photograph because during the summer months

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  passport, so they put me on a plane to Montreal the next morning, and the ... on the 23rd), I met Joe '(Grad Student) on my flight to Montreal, and ... go on trips to canyons and mountains with geologists. It's the best way

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  to get off the train and insist on going around the loop three or four ... the T on my way to MIT. I was filled with that very same childish ... waited to make my transfer to the red line on Park Street. Being back in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021