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• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is why I warn my freshman advisees against getting on "the treadmill." "The ... the sexiest internships (and not the ones which are interesting or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  can't have one, but your life will be easier with a PC, the reason being ... graphics to comfortably run modeling software. The air and the Macbook will ... cover all of the basics. If you're going to be using your laptop for heavy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  not being able to play soccer because of my injury. I enjoyed the ... and it was FUN. I went from not knowing how to properly handle a drill ... ended up being pretty similar to 2.086, but I liked chatting with the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  the highly specific title in this post's tagline, they can be applied to ... , but having the foresight to exercise these traits early in life will ... worthwhile idea. This can be difficult if the prompt asks you to recall a time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  ferry leaves at 5, so I'm not sure why anyone would want to spend only an ... since you won't have the opportunity to do that this year, you can access ... a 20-minute ferry to Spectacle Island! I visited the island on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  of the TATS CRU will be at MIT throughout the week, giving guest ... noted artists to campus to work with MIT students. The program is called ... the opportunity to work closely with Tan Dun and also with Guillermo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  , not unkindly. “Don’t listen to me.” # The thing is, I was considering ... the set-up of a physics problem to me, and I remember being awed by her ... way one could prove. The professor seemed to be trying to encapsulate

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  Beginning a week from Saturday, MIT will be going on the road with ... , North Carolina, and Texas. In the fall, MIT will be going it solo ... calendar to be released later in the summer. We look forward to seeing you!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun job at the time. During primary school, I remember wanting to be a ... the time were really cool. I also wanted to be a novelist. One year the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  world, too long to be only one thing, too fleeting not to enjoy myself, too massive to not have a plan. When I graduated, I grasped the edges of ... , the unbreakable backbone I will need to continue in this field is no

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

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  that's why I ultimately decided to come to MIT. The HASS requirement is not hard to understand. Before you graduate, you will need to take 8 ... not HASS-Ds)). Within these HASS classes, you will also need to take two

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  ? Why does it feel hollow? We'd be quick to blame the fact that we're in a ... 't, shouldn't be the real reason. It's not getting to the heart of the matter to ... to face the existential questions. Why bother doing tea time anyway

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  , and I know that those students will be very competitive during the ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  at work until 5 PM, I’m not going to be productive for the rest of the ... exploring the city in my free time. This blog is meant to be a slice of my ... procrastinating, of course, but I had left a chunk of the presentation slides to be

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  questions were going to be. I imagined a fact request, like "what is the ... of the bloggers on the admissions site. I wanted to be like them. I ... to be good at the things MIT students admired each other for. I looked

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie ... class gets to build their own; the 2013s were feeling pretty funky and we ... ) (credits to Evie'13 for the titles of these masterpieces - and for the whole

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  !!!!!!! Lol...... Why the caps, to be honest, I am not really sure. I was just ... ........ It can be in the most seemingly insignificant places that you will find ... you face to face you would be like... Dang, I like his use of the word

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  transitioned to our group project that we will be working on these next four days ... is 1 in the morning! I am so sleep deprived! This is going to be a ... coordinate the GEL1s. Check out their website to learn more! Our journey to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of ... to be the least glamorous and least enjoyable part of the overall ... it can be donated to charity. In addition to the student volunteers I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  's easy to see how verb conjugation arose the same way. English seems to be ... awesome. In content, anyway. The author tends to ramble on a bit, and seems ... audience. But most of the time, he stuck to the topic, which thoroughly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006