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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  (3) failing to reach the d-section of the alphabetized ... student, I devote at minimum ten hours a week to thinking about the humanities, listening to lectures about the humanities, going to recitations

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  to MIT forced me to be a lot more independent than I ever was. As the ... be "the safer option" may not be the right idea. College is about ... miles from home. No coming home on the weekend to do laundry...that was

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  charge of the subject will be notified when an O is changed to an OX. An OX ... the future, at which point the OX mark will disappear to be replaced ... subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  looking at the whole student and their match with MIT. It will not be ... offerings to feel like they are not going to be strongly considered for ... excellence will not waver. We are still looking for students to challenge

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  "Don't give other people essays that you won't be willing to write ... students who are matching in the same year are guaranteed to be ... for warmer weather! Even if that's not meant to be, NYC's food scene and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  letter after cover letter into the void, never to be seen again. I had ... to find something productive to take away from the failures. Not ... 're applying, you'll likely not be admitted. Sorry to be a jerk about it, but don

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  someday, we'll be better off for it. That’s why I’m talking to you in the ... ’re supposed to be working, we’re doing the work. I can figure it out… I think ... be you. And you will fail. Irredeemably.  Me: Woah, that's a little

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  occasion, it was clear that the tradition is not what it used to be. The ... heritage arises from many factors, many of which will never be clear to the ... negative it would be. On May 1st, I went to the screening with almost 20

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  want. This explanation may or may not be in the form of baked goods ... like.We just want you to be happy here. If you can have the option of deciding where to live, then why not give it to you? I'll end this post with

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your ... would be able to find a way around this stone, when suddenly - the second ... were to climb up the slope?" "Do you think the head monk would be angry

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  matter? to be fair, the few on-campus months of my freshman year were ... !! everything will be great, and normal, and fine. I'm looking forward to a lot of ... .  I won't be able to return to it even when things are normal again

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  wanted to be around people like that. Not hiding from my passions. At MIT ... . To be a creative writer at MIT, there’s a certain amount of going-against-the ... unaware of other people’s gender identities. It’s sometimes hard to be the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  how you vow to reinvent yourself, you will still be yourself at the end ... definitely won that day - er, I meant to say that you, too, will soon be able ... need to ask for help. That's why we have pass/no record. The space dog

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  through sheer enthusiasm alone.  To be honest, I kind of miss the PSet structure of the last class. Although it is nice to not have a looming ... genuinely interested in the subject that it’s hard not to get a bit interested

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  remember why it was that I went home, but one Friday I took the train down to ... ’s not just academic exhaustion. If it were, I would know how to handle it ... of who I am right now, the steadiness of who I used to be, and the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  ; requires just a little preparation the night before) For when you want to be ... 'll be difficult to avoid overcooking it. 1. The night before, season your ... skillet.  Toss. 5. Add basil to be fancy. 6. Attempt and fail to do

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  the first, second, and third installments, in case you want to read them ... lay out all the trinkets on our dorm room floor. But we did not have time to do so before we left campus in what was the craziest week of our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  different ways. It's kind of a fun place, unless you happen to be under the ... kids, and you'd be surprised how often the argument, "It could save his ... whatnot. So leaving was bittersweet. To commemorate the day, I thought I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  , shall we? *** Teddy Purdue had much reason to be nervous. The confluence ... have to relax,” she told him, not for the first time. Ted favored her an ... too sickened to speak any further. The room was the same—had to be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  screen to me on the other side of the couch typing away on mine. “Not so ... place to be. I”m looking forward to this Saturday at the FAST festival ... reception in the MIT Museum celebrating the kick-off to MIT”s 150 Celebration

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011