Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  through my email when I saw the subject line “Decision made for ….’ flash in ... had been rejected for a number of opportunities earlier that week, so I wasn’t in the mood for another set of bad news. “No rejection today,” I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  different, and each of us has a different capacity for extracurriculars ... . for me, four classes (one of which is secretly like 1.75 classes), doing ... , and one pset fewer than usual so i can pretend for an hour that i'm not

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  familiar again. Even after being away for over 9 months, Boston still feels ... for so long that you have it all figured out. One week in, I was back ... electricity for my new apartment, getting my skates sharpened, getting a haircut

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  not represent the views of other students. For diverse personal takes on ... Morality. It’s a very “MIT” class, counting for both my Philosophy and ... wearing a “pi,” a “square root,” and a chemical structure for the scent of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  try to think things through. For rather difficult problems, sitting ... ’ve held your breath for way too long, spurts that come typically after ... get credit for the dimples. And suddenly, you’re kind of…free? Only for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  for High School students. I won't describe the program itself in too ... 's worth mentioning that I was on a FIRST team for all four years of High ... ten students on the team that season; we traveled to New York for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  deliberation, all the conversations and requests for advice and frustration and ... temporary decision, for a couple of reasons: 1. More resources. You ... (Aeronautics and Astronautics), you’d probably be in for a rough time. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  for the last three years running >____>). And this feeling has ... works for me - I successfully merged into a band of '14s at a party and remained undetected for the whole time, much to my amusement (yay for looking

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  guys! _____ The representative for Brown is starting off the evening. The format for the evening will be each of the representatives to ... , which they believe is TOO MUCH! What do they suggest? Aim for 7-9, and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  friends have taught me may not exactly be appropriate for posting here ... horse or something? Well it turns out that the Spanish expression for this ... , but you do it anyway, for that great moment when you say, "aha! That was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  frantically around the floor with David '08, aka DTemp, a photographer for the ... biggest suite on the floor, so it's a pretty central location for people to ... proportion of them." "So with these goals in mind, we set out for the local

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  comfortably in a bus designed for twice as many people as we had) and chatted ... trademarked name uses all capitals for TOY FAIR) is one of a few major toy ... Oh. My. God. *Frantically searches for a date* Exhibit Dates &

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  research for him for very little in the way of salary. So slave labor works ... class. (I had been working in my UROP lab for a year when I took the class ... ; sometimes we go for dinner and a movie, sometimes for a fraternity party, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  for some Dim Sum at Chau Chow City, a restaurant that also features ... Gann '00 for correcting my memory less than 20 minutes after I posted this ... large even for me, so it's a bit difficult on city sidewalks. Still, she

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the ... get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... execution is not there. I have SO MANY ideas for projects and blogs and things

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  : "Perhaps it's been posted and I've missed it... What's the deadline for ... admissions decisions. are certain topics off-limits for being too controversial ... question: 'I am international applying to MIT for the second time now. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  MIT is not exactly known for our dining. Well, even if it was, I ... ); unfortunately for now, I’m not here to say any [annotation note="aside from maybe ... neither a full week nor about food that much, so I’m here for my

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  in the archives if you look for titles that start with "Meet the ... Students? Thats because the form said that it was for US. students only. Or ... Mid-Year Report or some sort of supplement for it?" SyRx wrote, "I'm an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  ’ve been a fan of Hank (and his brother John) for basically my entire ... for good. They nurtured my love for learning in and of itself. Plus ... , but my respect for him is very real. I wouldn't have been surprised if

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  ="114813" /] subscriptions blue bikes singlehandedly responsible for me meeting my "get off campus" goal uber one for the five month free trial and uber

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025