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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  lonely because I hadn’t really hung out with friends in a week and ... like I’m on top of my work and can keep everything under control. This ... turning out to be really hectic. I’ve felt pretty overwhelmed lately. I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  frolic in the joys of psetting while I can, eh? p^3.s. don't worry, despite ... concept. You've twisted my mind in ways I didn't know it could twist before ... , plugged in values, and spat out an answer. But not you. With you, a 15-word

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... we got from the audience were some of the most thoughtful I've heard in ... schools can help them change the world. I could have talked for hours on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  . I drifted in and out of uneasy dreams on the way home, but I think ... ... even though I should have learned it perfectly in 8.022. We also sang ... that evening. I don't have to move out of my summer room next Sunday, but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... until you live here you just can't know. Be completely honest in your

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  times in the middle. One time, this actually worked out to my advantage—I ... I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been ... back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  preparation by subject area—you can't do anything wrong when completing the form ... -reported information. International students do not fill out this section.
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days ... circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and ... Island, I stayed in my room overlooking [annotation note="Kresge Auditorium

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  window in a high rise or a friend or a tree. Would it be the things I can ... , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... world today, or I was blind and now suddenly I can see, and everything was

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  acquaintance with the equations as they arise in scientific applications. [I ... Three days before classes start, I woke up at 7:09 AM, ran 6 miles, discovered three new species of granola in an unexplored section of the pantry

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  , etc. In my last blog post, I said that I would write up an explanation ... maximum energy; the molecules have re-oriented themselves in order to make ... false. Believe at your own risk. The Question: A couple of weeks ago, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  school preview in many ways and I wanted to find out whether I would like ... underclassman in the same boat as I was, feeling lost and confused and out of ... , if I would have been better off someplace else. In classes, I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  Hey guys - sorry for not blogging in so long! I've been up to all ... . Specifically: finding a UROP for the summer (I'll be working in the Lang Lab ... MIT, I know that many of you are currently in the midst of choosing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  on bold ideas that I find MIT instills in students so well. His Hacker ... laughed. The last I had heard from him, Hassan had been in New York, so I ... respond to questions, such as, "Hey, I read that a hospital in your

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  ), from certain streets you can get a beautiful viewpoint out over the rest ... earlier that day, and that the entire city was decked out in green to ... heritage; in fact, there is a Canadian law enforcing that the regiment can

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  check, I glanced in a vending machine and saw a mysterious brown ... combination of yuck yuck and gross," and I don't know that I can really improve ... campsite (with outdoor showers!), I spent as much in one day in Venice as I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  :00 am alarm seemed just way to early) I arrived in Seattle in time to go ... enjoy their interviews each year and they were out in force that night ... Lobdell also took some great pictures that night, but I can't share them

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  's been very friendly and generous, going out of their way to include me in ... boss says "he's here this month while MIT is in hibernation"), but I don ... the folks have railroad career backgrounds (as in, out in the field or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I failed dance class. Good thing that ... . Somewhere in between kindergarten and senior year, I realized that dance was ... about this they'd send me packing. Now here I am in college in probably

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  I do not know if I have mentioned this on the blogs or in public, ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a ... Potter earrings,” said my little sister.  In truth, I’d thought of zero of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022