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• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  've probably seen too many hot chocolate bomb fails on the internet. (they ended up being pretty good.) i didn't have gloves, so by the time i got back ... i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things ... school student, I didn't really fail very hard at anything. During the ... interview was on 6.004 material, and I happened to be in the Intro to Caches

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  !) so here it goes. IТƒфd like to preface this all with the statement of the obvious fact that MIT is a tough place- the reputation exists for a ... everyone an equal footing, regardless of prior education. It will also

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  should let yourself be sad about the people you’ve lost. Tier 3: Geez, you ... ’t seem like the whole people-pleasing thing is working out. Maybe transfer ... something, the more it fucks with your life so you can be fUlLy SeLf Ac

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  be away from the blogs, since I'm so accustomed to posting every week ... stress of failing my 6.009 quiz. But the other part came from this rage and ... crying at night when instead I should be celebrating the fact I was in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  problem areas dwell and your child will be the better for it. FINANCIAL AID ... . Additionally, they need to understand the community that they will be joining in ... the costs of MIT for 4 years. Without fail, the majority of students are

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  giants--like, people over 6'6"--hit them over the head, and put them in his ... until November. No no, today I felt I like a freshman, hosed for the very first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  composers is, in my mind, an abstract idea and not a human being. The idea of ... Paradise Lost into my schedule, and every spring I fail. The thing is, it ... wondering what it would be like to live in complete darkness on Earth. On the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  I texted my friend, "I feel like my frustration with 6.009 over the ... [annotation note="The flu isn't fun, kids :("]since I last blogged ... Programming," the[annotation note="Why is it the second if the course name says

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  completely redesign our website (as well as the website for SFS). It will be a ... finally got the budget and the design firm to do it right, and I'll be ... in the service of narrow goals. Be too scared to change for the better

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  and it will get to you when it's your turn on the waitlist."]on hold ... capital Y capital A, but I'm really enjoying it. The characters fail to ... is so much better than the Martian. But I will say that the linguistics

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  fact, will be okay. Every day, though, my mom is sure to send me ... are far shittier times to come. And that there will be days where I don't want to get out of bed, or I start entertaining the idea of transferring

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  -acknowledged among Sensible People to be the most awesome objects in the universe ... is, after all, intended to be a snapshot + the requisite background ... ...no one's project involves the use of a circular saw, although it WOULD be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  to work. And I failed. Getting the check scanner to work is a tricky ... direction of the Ethernet cable, before I realized I was being stupid. So I stopped being stupid. I looked up the make and model of the check scanner

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  things. My failings at life from the last couple of weeks include tripping ... myself in the face on the railing, skidding across six (6) feet of ice ... across the Longfellow Bridge with Jesse '09 (who says he didn't notice, but

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  When are decisions announced?

  Decisions will be released mid-December for Early Action and mid ... determined. Applicants will receive the email about a week prior to the release of decisions. Admissions decisions will be available exclusively
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  the results of that project is currently being reviewed for publication ... something. If the two proteins interact within the cell, they will allow the ... could tell you right now the exact nature of the interaction... but to be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs shall provide. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any means - if you have suggestions, let me know! Webcomics xkcd The classic

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  writing would be to ride the high of my question-answering experience and ... failed the 18.03 ASE, I would not have been able to change majors, so I ... being a positive thing for me in the long run. What are you working on

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  of the night. Will you be able to convince the police that you were ... moth database to be used by entomologists around the world. There’s a lot ... , where the most exotic moths are to be found. On New Year’s Eve, we visited

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014