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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  moment's breath to stop and listen in the 10 minutes between classes, and the MIT Class of 2012 will treat you to a rousing litany of Academic ... allow me to redirect you up the river*. (*I'm kidding! Please don't take

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  that leading is not necessarily the same as contributing, but to ... again. Of course, this is only one approach to the essays. The most important thing is to be true to yourself. We know you lead a busy life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  people to append notes to each comment. What they're not terribly well equipped for is the sort of conversation we hope to foster on the blogs. The ... sites manage to do this, and to do it well. Probably the best known

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  waited to make my transfer to the red line on Park Street. Being back in ... was the cheapest. He was happy to be moving into his fraternity; I should be the same. And so I started to think about my life across the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... will. Welcome to the SAA: PATD 2010 on Vimeo. ... applied to MIT in the first place. And now that you're in and you've sent

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  ... Will you be HAPPY (at least ~50% of the time)??? There's a reason why ... though. It would be NICE to get the PSET back BEFORE the test... not that ... 'm sure it's in your bag somewhere. Where else could it be? It's not on the

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

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  prelude. I used to be a (slightly) strange child. I once failed a ... on the road. I was not. I’m still not. I failed the road exam three ... . At MIT, it’s not enough to be vaguely smart. It turns out you have to

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla ... warning: wherever you happen to be, it will get real dusty real quick once ... does a disservice to the small miracle of beauty that is this movie and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  from at least i’m not as sad as i used to be. the setup is that nate ... in the area. some of them will be visiting every iap for mystery hunt ... left to be sad. maybe the situation is just making me distant from

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  This will default to miscellaneous Finishing this blog entry was my biggest accomplishment today

  

  you the boot in the butt and tells you to get lost. And then what do you ... you think you'll never be ready to leave and then suddenly you just can ... not be in charge of my own destiny #5: LOL. my gums are showing and I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  over some other things, but that really seems to be one of the main ... It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college career. I am almost done with school, almost ready to go out into the real

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  it to me, I shrugged and thought, Sure, why not. There are certain ... 'm listening to the first episode again, passively interested and not yet ... , the cabinets, the walls, reinstalling hinges and handles... I watched

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  , at the very least, it will not have the impact I want it to have on ... question recurs: why do art when I might not ever be good enough to do it ... is easy to forget why you should be making art in the first place

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do dual enrollment students apply as a first-year or transfer applicant?

  apply to MIT while you're still in high school, you're considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many units of study you may have taken at the university level. Information on transfer credit is available at the Office of
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  the cool kids, and it's great because I get to customize my planner the ... Jebby's so productive"[/caption] Anyway, I'm not going to do a full tour of my Notion because I'm not writing this post to show off how

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  will be precooked, and very small. We're not ready to spend 8 hours ... .[/annotation] Or, well, [annotation note="it will not be"]it will be when I post this ... comes to you in 4 parts. Part 1: The menu I write from ye olden days of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  getting a bus to Lechmere from right outside the station. We both have not ... in the slightest because that will Interrupt My Rhythm and Ruin ... some of the slight mishaps I've had to deal with stemming from my brain

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  will not feel so scary anymore. My only advice to you would be to let ... that helped me be less afraid to reach out in the first place is ... By the end of my freshman year, I was convinced that I had not

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  everything was going to be processed via first class mail. Unfortunately, the ... the Postal Service were able to process the tubes on Friday but not able to process the letters until Monday. This explains why so many more

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  critically about the games I'm playing. I learned to view games not in a vacuum ... and pay, where Google was the end goal that I failed to reach. It took ... initially really hesitant and afraid to live in the house, it ended up being a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021