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• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  your dream schools. You’ve studied hard for the SAT. You’ve done all the ... , happens for the best. That college decisions are about a good match. That ... ’t need other people to recognize your worth for it to exist. And that is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  posting--or for a more dramatic flair, The 7 Capital Vices I Have Oft ... have ideas for posts that are going to be great!! So great! I just need ... often get distracted by other stuff and lose passion for the initial idea

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  MIT's campus can be pretty daunting for someone first visiting. All ... do this for two reasons: One, I want to show you that, despite our ... see the magic of this place going away for me. This is the place I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep and rest in our dorms, hopefully with forays into Boston for food (I did ... connection with the nation--I’m just traveling, for once in my life. While

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is ... undeniably call mine. I feel that for a long time I was okay with this because it was also true for everyone around me. None of my friends knew what

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read ... reason for being late was unfortunately not excused by my teacher). Rapid ... common reason for injury is having something in your mouth while sneezing

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  fierce the cultures of MIT dorms can be. Also, for reference, this post on ... for good, MIT is a quintessential expression of America at its best ... nothing can change our commitment to tackling big, important problems for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  Twitter newsfeed for too long. I check Facebook, Reddit, Tumblr. Everywhere ... from 9am onward to be with one another, listen, and share our hopes for ... have more things written than the one with the hopes! I'm afraid for

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  ’d be a perfect fit for MIT and lots of other build-y culture nerd schools ... people’s electronics around Addis Ababa. Here’s a speaker he made for ... sell just broken, beat-up electronics that people buy for parts. You can

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  -time MIT sophomore/junior/senior? Do you have time to drop 40+ min for ... requirements for my major, I decided that this fall semester was the perfect time ... take This summer, I scoured Harvard’s course catalog, looking for a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  these classes is 6 units (compared to 12 units for a typical one-semester class) and runs for half a semester. i'm especially looking forward to 14 ... suppose this is my one Foundational Class With Unspectacular Ratings for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  traditions. And to celebrate--and mentally prepare for this frenzied weekend ... in Brighton for $25 a person Scoring guest meal passes and eating ... drunk for the first and only time in my life Watching leaves change on

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  sang was a farewell concert for our graduating seniors. Last night we ... have changed in the past four years, mostly for the better, and I'm a ... month. I am so grateful for all of this.   I'd like to think MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  a fraternity brother, then worked for six hours, finished by 8am, slept for three hours, woke up, had a nice cup of coffee, called up my ... , and I see so much potential for how virtual reality could bring us

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  it must be a draw for many other people too. Yet somehow I made it to my final semester without taking any classes elsewhere. I signed up for ... ), and I meet my beautiful friend for lunch, and on my way home in the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  .004 lab and quiz to study for, a thing for my UROP I don’t know how to code ... throats and chests. “Life sure does suck sometimes.” “Yea.” It was $6 for ... creepy. I don’t blame him for being dubious. We talked more. About tour

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  "Codesign Studio" for short. It's a common perception that engineering and ... as any to remind everyone that MIT's ranked top three in the world for ... responsibility!) to be a champion for social change and human rights. Look at

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  fractions is a total drag. Anyways, I waltzed in for the written portion ... -pressure probably helped me. I made the cut, for the live round. Turns out my roommate ... meant we were up against each other for a shot at the finals. My roommate

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great ... 100% sure this is the right school for you but you have external ... to pick yourself up and redraw your life's trajectory for the next

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  grand master list of links for any and all of you going to any college at ... Health and Wellness Tips for College Students (from Rutgers, actually ... Apps/Tools (I use Mint, it’s free and it’s probably overkill for college

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015