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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  personal lives. It’s hard to express in words, but there is also a certain ... . It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do ... , like an adult. That might sound strange to you, but what I mean is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  . If I care that much, I'll have the internet explain it to me like I ... words or with common logic. Who is asking to read LaTeX and then going "let's show this to other people--it makes a lot of sense"? I'm not

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  asking why this is unethical if it's public knowledge. To begin, well, it ... DHL fiasco, but thanks to many of you, that was a lot better than it ... directions to a list of int'l admits. It was posted to some non-MIT sites

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now, with t-12(ish) hours until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  annoying, because it's alphabetical by school rather than what is to me the ... fireplace. My actual purpose today is to talk a little bit about selecting a ... . (Strictly speaking, they don't even have to declare then; it's possible to be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  . This is probably due to the fact that I'm not on campus and, while I'd like to blog about things I've been doing around my house, it's not going ... year through sophomore year. I understand what it's like to be failing

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  is living around my sisters. It's so nice to have so many people ... measure things. Which is actually more difficult than you think it might be! It's a great class because it teaches you how to measure physical

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  worth it. I can’t wait for you to see what we’ve created. We’re so hyped ... Final Presentation. Everything you need to know lives on this site ... !']If you weren't able to secure a ticket—worry not:[/annotation] there's a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  . It is the first installment of the Guide to MIT (coming next ... /Drop: although registration feels final, it’s quite easy to change your schedule. Add Date is ... following subject designations: Lab - everyone is required to complete a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  understand things makes it easy to understand how the world is so complex ... Hard to believe but my time at the institute is starting to wrap up ... learning initiative, MITx, 6.002x is actually open to the world for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  years—it seems to me that what you choose is a lot less important than ... is. That’s not very long. It’s going to be as important, as fun, and as ... Today is May 1, the conventional deadline for admitted students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  description of the composer. It is so. cool. to look over a study sheet and ... a piece distinct.) 21M.235 ("Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800") is ... movement or location or time period. It's like learning to recognize the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  ’t think I actually fully realized just how much it all is until the first ... remember why it was that I went home, but one Friday I took the train down to ... not just academic exhaustion. If it were, I would know how to handle it

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  because when it does, it breaks over us, and our office is deluged with ... they've hit the submit button. The simple answer is to fill out the FUN ... small but necessary acts of self-care. So here is something to help you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  It’s difficult to not feel like MIT is a bubble, keeping you distant ... , style my hair, stroll to class. It is possible, I’m more convinced now ... take up.  It’s not hard for me to see why staying up late is such an

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  to figure out what admissions officers are looking for and it is the ... for me when I was a freshman and when I came to work at MIT it became a ... MIT is an amazing place and having the chance to discuss what, to me

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  thoroughly inundated with this misattribution that it is no longer feasible to ... ghost me, and it is meaningless to regret decisions that would only change ... than gratitude” is a refrain commonly attributed to anne frank, but

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  'm finally free to come back to the blogs (: It's not that I haven't been ... how you decide it'll be. Here's just some things to keep in mind as you ... Sleep. Eat. Exercise. It's easy to let your health slip, especially when

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  January and February, preference is given to seniors and to admitted students, and starting in March, the program is only open to admitted students Please note: host-matching is done by people, not by a computer (it

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  Learning at MIT is not about memorizing formulas, but understanding how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment didn’t work, but rather if you understand why it didn’t work. It's not