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• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions ... . What makes me sad is when students focus on their studies to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  them. For the I-9 form you will fill out once to receive access to all on ... . Always feel free to consult an upperclassman for directions and advice. We ... compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  Terrascope room at 12 and stay there until 2 or 3 to work on our final plan for ... from 3-5 for my own physics test on Thursday, and then find my friends to ... mass transfer problem and then go on to the rest of physics. No DDR or

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  video on for a long time. I knew that I didn’t want to do it on something ... , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine ... signed up for the course this fall. I also wanted to take this class

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on ... was just… there.  during winter break, i went to new york city for a ... "]IAP[/annotation], i began to cook™ for myself often. i would buy weekly groceries, make

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  on. Right: Mari and Gisele watch the serenade. Also related to ... finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on ... years back (its site is now home to Novartis Institutes for Bio

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  me to work overtime and on holidays. The project on which I work long hours and weekends is a project that's been mine from start to finish -- I've done probably 98% of the technical work on it, and am largely free to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  announcements for free activities. Over Memorial Day weekend, we met the Boston 1 Dragon Boat team and were introduced to the sport. We spent some time on ... “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  . I asked Kevin to share some of his thoughts on his MIT journey: how it ... specifically, what fascinated me about MIT. So, I came to MIT in April 2007 for ... courses, I began to see the layers. They let me take the course on startups

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to ... free time on your hands, learn ozonolysis. Oh man, was that a meta ... nerdiness on your chest for the viewing pleasure of small children and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  have to start drinking it in mushy cauliflower smoothies. On the other ... . It just meant now, instead of waiting for things to happen to me, I was ... hackneyed clichés. But on my own terms. College is the best time to try what

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  made time for things that made me happy. Everything seemed to be going ... the few I missed for tennis) and I was still finishing my psets on time ... allowed to have for the exam, falling even farther behind. I felt like I was

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I learned back when I was first on my way to MIT, as well as things that I ... as they are in certain directories, for free. If you need to host

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  progressives made it crime for us to labor in the mines ... 2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... so lucky, but I did write a handful of rhymes for giggles on our bus

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  that I had to fear for my life, which was already beautifully covered by ... had to ask for the school to not put me in the lowest classes. Their ... think it would be better for him to start at the bottom and work his way

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a ... funny.’ Thanks for that, Jennifer. At least I didn’t have to switch ... students and faculty, but when I clicked on your website's link to its

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  bumping threads on the third-party sites in an effort to minimize the damage ... Hi folks. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was good until the DHL fiasco, but thanks to many of you, that was a lot better than it

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  her everything, down to which hours she wrote versus worked on her ... proves that it is possible. And she does have time to go out for ice cream ... tree roots. It’s easy to fall. I skipped writing on this day. I usually

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  time was clearly marked next to the notice. For mine, it only said that ... system comes on for the pilot to make an announcement. Apparently, Berlin ... , everything is close, which allows for easy travel to different cities and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  every day for the free lunch, biked to the wholesale coop for groceries ... ??? Should I be posting words when I have to actually be writing words for my ... California. For the first few months, I was flying back and forth to the East

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025