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  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  while to figure out exactly what I should look out for when choosing ... taking. In order, they are: Will I thrive in this class if I took it ... this class? Will I thrive in the class? As much as I would love to be

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  master's student, I can't live in the[annotation note="There are graduate dorms you can choose to live in, but I wanted to get a place with my ... into and out of East Campus for the last time. I still need to take

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  catch up. First off, our hearts go out to everyone at Virginia Tech. While I can’t imagine what it must be like to face such a tragedy, I think I can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked ... has nothing to do with my ability to take you in a fight. The reason I ... , functions that can be roughed up and left in an alleyway. If pi and e had a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  moment I finally decide to roll out of bed? As a college student with a ... me rolling out of bed on a particularly warm Thursday morning in the ... more to go. 12:05 PM – I head back to the maker lab in building E25 to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  : The people. Hands down. The people at MIT are not what I expected them to be at all! Everyone works hard and studies, but they hang out, party ... side, and we embrace and accept that. Someone can tell a nerdy joke and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  . I finished just in time to cruise back to Boston for 4th of July celebrations and fireworks. I kept a blog (which you can read at gabehikestheat ... -gritty details and hundreds of cool pictures, check out my hiking blog. I’m going

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  many times I’d stepped out of the shower in my parent’s house, hair ... [/annotation] who work for the Admissions Office. I applied around this time in 2015 ... what I had written and photos I submitted, both so you can get a sense of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  people sometimes walking in and then awkwardly shuffling back out. I ... when it can do good. I'm also not implying "high-achieving good ... belt all at once. I straight-up failed a class in my fall semester that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  'd be effective. To figure it out, he compared data from when I posted the ... amazing example of what MIT alumni can do after MIT, please click here to cast your vote for Ksplice in the Forbes "Boost Your Business

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  Happy new year everyone! I've been out with the flu most of this week so I'm feeling horribly behind in most areas of life. Being sick just blows. Most of the time I can ignore it and power ahead, but the flu

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  and finally feel ready to rejoin society. Today I woke up and looked out ... and walking, I traveled through God-knows-where in Cambridge and Boston ... I've never actively sought out fall leaves. It's still a bit early for

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  , not really, I was just kidding." "No, seriously, you can bounce, get in ... Back during my senior year of high school in 2007, I went to CPW (Campus Preview Weekend) at MIT. While at CPW I figured out which dorm I

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the winter the grass is covered in hoarfrost (иней in Russian, I learned) that ... I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  first semester at MIT was pass or no record, I was in real danger of failing. I had done ok in the semester, failing or barely passing most tests ... problems on the test. I had to step it up and give it my all in order to pass

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  air and sometimes I invite friends to chat on air or just to hang out in ... . Ever since I stepped foot in the station during CPW, I knew that I wanted ... airtime, an hour of freedom. I can play any songs or pieces I wish, the sky

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  of the fireworks. I apologize in advance for our witty banter. I’m much ...   Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  , "Yeah, I have a request?" "We can help you out!" I replied. "Just give us ... When I was fifteen, in the summer between tenth and eleventh grades ... eight of us were hanging out in one person's room after class, someone put

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  out what matters in your life, transferred it to paper, and can only ... look back at the things you've done. When I started filling out my MIT application I had a pretty solid game plan: Stress band, life in the country

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  ’s “bad” in a vague or general sense but I guess I trust whomever is ... the world and what I value (versus what I’ve thought I valued in the past cause of what my peer in-groups did, you know?) is what I mean. I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015