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• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  their time. (You don't need links to find out what types of cool things ... School is out and many times high school students struggle to find things to do with their time. I know that after such a long school year

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  my year is ... CODING. Yeahhh - What the... I’ll be first to say that when I planned to major in Architecture @ MIT, I thought I’d be drawing ... 4.113 - Applied Architecture Design Studio I, we have to code

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  years need not be a luxury for the rich. Some students use them to earn ... , career -- it's not a race. Feel free to write me if you need more ... I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  whirlwind of finishing finals, flying to DC, driving home to Pennsylvania, visiting family in Delaware and New York, and traveling to Cape Cod with some MIT friends before officially arriving back to my very-not-unpacked dorm

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  't have much to talk about. So aside from answering all of the questions ... 't figure out why else I would want to spend so much time there. Anyway, rest ... the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  amazing as the icon makes it out to be. Last Tuesday the high was 84 ... . Here's the thing: One does not simply experience heat and/or humidity in ... that sends out alerts for weather reports and updates when needed. I also

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  , oh, you're graduating this semester. You need to write an essay." Turns ... adds so much pressure to an already pressure-filled environment and rant ... to the committee: "I have spent so much of my time at MIT writing, I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  2017 as well. Because, to be frank, the world desperately needs it. I don ... ; Of particular interest to our office are the Class of 2017 ... years, we, as MIT staff, have come to know and work with so many of them

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  So I'm writing from the end of a well-needed break back in San Francisco, just about to fly back to Boston to prepare for FAP (Freshman Arts Program), and the adjustment back to home life has been, as usual, greater

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  had so much existential dread over updating my resume that i had to wait ... i'll reach out to people i didn't get to spend much time with during ... -cambridge to pick up a desk that jeff bought from someone for $10. it's a nice

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  [/annotation]at[annotation note='the actual result from psychology is much more specific to pedagogy ... not completed quite as much as I would have hoped. Unwilling to go to ... .[/annotation]In contrast to Mel's remarkable recovery of her sleep schedule, however, my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What student disabilities services are available?

  Services (DAS) directly to discuss your disability-related needs. Please ... MIT is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for students with disabilities. Our objective is to ensure that qualified students
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  doubt. My heart felt like I needed to go on the bike trip. It was a ... see how I didn't need to squeeze everything in as soon as possible. You ... of Intuition   The deadline to accept college admissions offers

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  Sex concert, and i love them so much that i was happy to wait for half ... happenings, but my group does really good work for the world and i want to be a ... sadly in my wordpress at this current moment, but have not had any time to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  turn to this hobby time and time again when I picked it up at the ... not much of an athlete and rather enjoyed the idea of being sedentary ... remember going from trying to knit a simple square to designing intricate

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A World of Pure Curation an interview with holly h. 18'

  

  do matter but… not so much. Unless you want them to. Holly: It ... to interpret my own art too much. What are the logistics behind this ... interested in, but hadn’t gotten to see anything. It was very cool. What does

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  Monday, my first semester here is abruptly coming to an end. I have ... challenge! On the most exciting note to me, I have spent the past three ... from just one to now having two full shelves! So, initially, when my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  'm pretty sure all sports follow pretty much the same schedule. According to ... the way home from my field hockey game, and when I awoke, what to my ... , layered with ice, piled in drifts...I'm no stranger to snow. But snow before

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  I got so much free stuff that I won’t need to buy shirts for another ... . Pictures!  I need more pictures.  But of what?  I know, I'll show pictures of ... just a few.) But instead of just throwing them at you, I’m going to show

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  something. Not even the door is left open, ever, because you need a code to ... once a year for the first two years. Don't ask me to explain anymore ... When it comes to immune systems, I'm the most arrogant person you

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008