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• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  can't exactly wear a naked Arduino on your foot.  We needed to build an enclosure! The first enclosure was a very rough job - we just needed it to ... am, to have regular access to a 3D printer and a laser cutter and drill

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 🦃 Yara has a peath sign on her head!

  

  you don’t need to be stressed and will get a [annotation note="I won ... , and she wanted a cute video to send to the family group chat. So, I put ... ="While expressing gratitude is a part of Thanksgiving, I want to make sure we don

  • by Hala K. '29
  • November 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  , etc. The environment is much more relaxed and gives students a chance to ... need a perfect GPA to get into MIT?" short answer, no. long answer to ... their own research here?" Yes, but you need to get a faculty advisor

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  . Fact: Learning is a process, not a competition, and I’m excited to be ... way that I related to quite a bit: she personified imposter syndrome as a Part of Her. She (roughly) said: “I don’t want this Part of Me to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  not being smart enough to pursue a "meaningful" subject. These thoughts ... talk with her, to which she gave me a pep talk about how I need to stop ... only wanted to do a partial computer science degree, meshing it alongside

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  who are resourceful don't need a specific resource to succeed. YOU don't need a specific resource, or setting, to succeed. You've got everything ... mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three ... weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn trying desperately to convince a young lady to apply to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to ... boxes of Chinese food during CPW. Is there a place on campus to get this ... like to be able to keep finding non-GMO diets while at MIT." I've got a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  ’d be much more likely to respect and sympathize with people who have a ... destined to do great things," a quote from Joe Paterno, sewn in white into a ... wherever they were standing to reattach it, only to have it fall off again a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  Cami: A link to vote for my classes and the blogpost Aiden: Normeo and ... Cami: A link to ChatGPT Cami: A Twitter thread in which michelle huang ... ' December 9 Cami: A link to an MIT qualtrics form to sign up for free

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

  

  GDp?si=026e893c1793453a To check your Early Action decision on Saturday ... don’t run into any issues on Saturday. If you need to reset your ... still need help after that, feel free to email [email protected] and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  ? The answer to all of these questions is yes. Does MIT have a football ... Reno, and took a drive downtown: I drove on to my meeting with the ... potential to make a positive contribution to society; and GT-Cybersource, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  , despite his reservations, Mills applies to MIT anyway. Much to his surprise, he is admitted to the Class of 2011. Let's back up for a moment and ... that his actions became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Afraid to fail

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  out to IDHR does not trigger a formal investigation or resolution (i ... are. ← Why does there have to be a right choice?” I opened the IDHR ... , whenever I needed a place to return to. But I remembered the previous

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  of a fear that I wouldn't do it "right" or I wasn't "smart enough" to ... minor, it's a really big character development for me. To start off, I ... watched a series of videos (x, x, x) to help me get more acquainted with i3

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  dedicated a few hours to poring over everything that I needed to know. For me ... to MIT and that has been doing this bloggin' business for a while. I ... had a freshman backpack.) I try to let that roll off my shoulders

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  socializing. It is a glorious time to be alive."]IAP,[/annotation] jumping ... Own Bicycle (exactly what it sounds like), 2.670 (learn how to use a ... started at the very end of fall semester. MIG welding was a pre-requisite to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Singapore-MIT Alliance?

  SMART is MIT's first, and to-date only, research center outside the United States. MIT faculty members have laboratories at SMART, mentor postdoctoral associates and graduate students, and collaborate with researchers
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  much faster than I need to be going at this point in the walk, which is ... then proceeded to not move it. Two weeks ago, I walked 21 miles as a sort ... walking at 9 and finish the marathon by 5, which requires me to walk at a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  counselors have advised you that you just need to have a positive attitude ... college decisions being sent to their inboxes. Such a beautiful season. If ... enough to yet be materialized as a concrete “you’re in!” or “we regret to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015