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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  considered. I have to get back to my readings, but hello from Detroit, and ... already tell that this semester is going to be very different from anything ... , so site visits, interviews and neighborhood days are just as important

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  I wasn’t about to let anything get in the way of my Acadia trip ... excuses, and this Thanksgiving trip was the catalyst I needed to get started ... driving experience, I still needed to get a learner's permit before doing my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  competitions in order to get into MIT!) I remember standing on the field with the ... 's weird to see a team be better in your absence. At the Awards Ceremony ...  won an £11,000 grant from Google Rise to start new FIRST LegoLeague teams

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  closer in the future. I decided right then and there I was going to get a ... VR. If you guys want to get involved as well, I suggest buying a pair or getting the much cheaper Google Cardboard, which works with any

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  , brace yourself for lift-off or landing. Get to know your professors and ... pressure to get into relationships, have sex, drink, or otherwise lose your ... questions and comments at the Early Action webcast. I've enjoyed getting to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  you have to tell your whole life story just to get any help from support ... supposed to be my relaxation time. Each of those independent activities was ... recover your bandwidth because you’d have to take some of your bandwidth

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  @mit.edu with your problem. They will get back to you with the best remedy. At ... ant06 wrote, "is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who ... application says that it is recomended, but not required to get an interview

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  way possible for me to take a quantum engineering class and get over my ... stars really started to align. First, Google announced its Willow quantum ... like Willow by the end of the semester, but I'll definitely try to get

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  from the bubble to glimpse the wider world and plot real moves. And January, of course, is IAP. "Independent Activities Period" is a ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  there’s no way to wiggle out of your eight HASS subjects.) This is all ... you’re an incoming freshman to MIT, you should really consider sitting ... comfortable with, or one that you doubt will be of much relevance to you in your

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  of my musical preferences. So, upon getting to Europe I knew that what ... half hours in Montreux before I had to get on the last train back home ... Montreux! No. Well, do you know when I can get in to see the statue? No. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  it is extremely rare for freshmen to get internships. Often times ... exclusive, the internship tends to be more competitive and difficult to get ... 's remote, though" which, yes, true. But I was just happy to get one in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  get pushed to the back of my mind during the school year. All my ... ! But you’re allowed to retake a PE class and I’d definitely benefit from ... that anyone can join! I have one cook shift a week and get to eat yummy

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  Program at the NRAO site in Charlottesville, Virginia. Your research topic ... out that I need to get all four of them removed... And so on. Each ... instructions to "start scanning", which I took to mean "point your binoculars to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  fashion class. Stick a solar panel to your shirt next time you dream of ... your lovely, lovely schoolwork! I look forward to blogging for you again ... keeps her ambitions in a box! I present to you all, eager art

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  are a whole two months of MIT to blog about, where to start? So you're ... hard,” we mean it. You may have to rethink your study skills. Some people ... of them but there are only 24 hours in a day and you also have to get

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  online at http://vagina.mit.edu ...and to help you get in the V-Day spirit ... I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  important part of your application, since you have the chance to open up about ... that would add to your application file but wouldn't fit or would be ... . Yes, the essay is important, but it's hard to make your writing more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  's one of my favorite classes I've ever taken at MIT (even though I had to ... for that class was to  "Make An Agent." For this project, you must make ... tool, or a visualization of some dataset.  We had the choice to make

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  getting ready to send off their MISTI applications. And it made sense too ... like the world is your oyster. If you’re willing to put yourself out ... to define it. And whether your interning at a top tech company or

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018