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• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  landmarks. Well, here's why. So I got to MIT three years ago and I found out ... was "I went to the mall and bought a pretty shirt." So, in my fifth ... me that every scientist should know German in order to be able to read

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  As the name implies, this is going to be a tier ranking of all thirty ... fucking hard and being able to just push the difficulties of the world away ... trips to beautiful museums and tasty restaurants, hence why it's at the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  sleeves? The shirt I was wearing needed to be cuffed...but do you have to fasten the buttons on the cuff afterwards? I didn't know. I decided not to ... want to be an engineer after all. Previously, the idea of having a job as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  serve to pass time. The second semester of senior year will hopefully be ... decision day, I expected to be deferred for the most part. I was hoping I ... school"]was willing to bet my right kidney[/annotation] I would not get in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  pivoted towards my dad, “How can you not be upset? Are you not going to miss her?”   “Of course I’m going to miss her, but why would I be sad ... herself. Not to be outdone, she’s moving out of state as well. She’s one of

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  ’d do if I dropped out of school now—the answer is to be with my friends ... wanted this to be recognized. Instead I just felt relieved that there was ... . Actually it was wonderful to see how many things had stayed the same, little

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  could watch Veronica Mars every week. =) Phil: Not to say that it's even close to the amount of brain-shocking work that your two math classes will ... to know if you have to buy the TV, or do you rent it or... ? The TV is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  not be here if it were not for her. She was the first person to believe ... would definitely not win. I was outraged! Parents were supposed to be ... I know. You inspire me to be more and do more. I wear all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  submit the supplement are not), and there is no audition process to take most music classes or to be a part of the music program. For more ... do not need to be an architecture, art, or media major for this to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  , they’d share that they would not be where they were if it weren’t for the ... of not being prepared to be a career in software engineering or ... in insecurities of not taking classes widely considered to be difficult

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  '12, not to be outdone, responded to the above by building a “short ... -preservation instincts began sirening for me to pick up the scissors and start cutting ... .07): Having spent 6+ hours on the problem set already, I'm reluctant to drop

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC’s Q&A with Dean Kelley of Pixar’s Coco (he also worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Monsters University, and The Incredibles 2)

  

  Kelley. Though I am not allowed to share details about the film itself (no ... Disney but not enough to be like “okay I’m going to move to LA and make ... shipped to Korea. It was fun because I loved the show, but it was not at all

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  't comprehend the reality of being told not to come back after spring break. In ... ones will still be here next year. I've often thought back to early ... each of my actions. Why was I going to lecture? Shouldn't I be meeting

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  roaring and happily shocked students never fails to make me smile. The 3 ... finalists at ISEF 2016 who will be enrolling at MIT. I always hesitate to post ... students will often proceed to ISEF-affiliated regional fairs, and then state

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  I figured I was paying too much money to be unhappy. So I transferred ... wherever you are is the place you are meant to be. If you don't know what I ... attended with whom I will be friends for life. But it wasn't until I came to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  subjected to load and which eventually causes it to fail. Based on their findings, creep could be reduced to the point where concrete could last for ... from the industry, which currently accounts for estimated 5 to 8 percent

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  . Since food happens to be one of the protagonists in this blog, here's a ... only went bowling once during the semester. It just happened to be ... duty to recount the ferocious, not-really-blood-soaked battle that took

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  , and i agree that they seem to be doing fine. but the question i would ... you’re willing to try to. as i talked to him i had the feeling that my ... ever exercising the authority to decide on which future it shall be spent

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  myself to you. The ghosts of Uncle Labs and Beatriz have haunted me all ... EXCITED to be talking to you "officially". I've been unofficially answering your questions for the last 9 months as MITAdmin, but I am grateful to

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  , proximity to the Infinite Corridor, and - most relevant to this blog entry - easy access to the Undergraduate Math Office in 2-108. Why is the ... features include an über-convenient café, an Athena computer cluster (not to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008