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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  first semester of college is done. Its climax reminds me of a promise from ... what it means to actually learn from mistakes. Relationships, personal ... shuts down at about 5 am and yields to sleep. Not worth it (#15). Despite

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  the spring semester, so I decided to change it up this year. In this ... and earth science, so it was refreshing to take a break from math and CS ... , and introduce you to the industry. Sophomore year is a great time to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  (possibly caffeine-boosted) confidence resolved to finally make the call. It ... to present my research at AAS conferences, and membership turns out to provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  -time members, admission onto the team is usually granted to only sophomores and ... welcome at all the schools we visited. It never ceases to amaze me how ... . Everybody goes through the same joys and struggles and is more than happy to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  It's been really hard to stay resilient through quarantine. I miss my ... : Gravity Falls is a story about two twins, Dipper and Mabel, who move to ... . Anyways, it's very hard for me to put into words how much this show means to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Honduras: D-Lab students in the field D-Lab students Chelsie, Miho and Nina report from Honduras

  

  milano), however their methodology is outdated and tiring causing it to ... D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working ... 4 years, not to mention the fact that it was unsafe in its functional

  • by OEL
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  go through it all again! You might be wondering, what would I take as a first term freshman at MIT? What you'll generally see is something ... come in to MIT "undeclared," and use the entire freshman year to explore

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  reaction to it, illustrates something about MIT that I think is very ... to begin with, if they arrive after it was implemented. They have no basis to support or condemn it because they don't know that there was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  and masters programs. It is a focal point for researchers and ... knowledge about worldly culture and I am eager to learn more about it through ... to work in their chosen field. In 2010 & 2011, we sent 66

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  This is the third rush to happen since I graduated MIT. And most of the time, MIT is not at the forefront of my mind. I've got code to write ... late nights psetting.  It wasn't unusual for us to spend more time

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  Power of All Day 3: Challenging What Is, Looking to What Could Be Day 4 ... students; it felt surreal to share a meal with both the Chancellor and the VP ... better people to celebrate it with. At midnight, the guys at Leader

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the hallmarks of our entire trip. Walking around the city trying to find a ... , EVERYTHING IS A NUMBER. So we arrived at our first restaurant after not too

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  with care, and it is final. I know this can be a difficult decision to ... admission to MIT. This is an unprecedented increase of approximately 62% from ... . We [annotation note="I know this looks like a large number, and it is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  Harvard, we scurried out the sliding doors in a frenzy. We made it to the ... , from mid-November to mid-April. It has the most volunteers of any single ... , then read it again. Kirstyn sat out in the hall, on her laptop. To get to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  difficult it is to get into top colleges, weird, funny, poignant, and even ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this ... . When Mr. Conroy said it was unlikely, the father replied, "My dream is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  that I just didn’t end up pursuing. After all, it is pretty hard to take ... . Wouldn’t it be cool to learn about the things in [EECS Opportunities List ... , I was already rather committed to taking Japanese 1 then, which is a

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  , there are more to come!] The title of this post is obviously a lie. There ... to it, and utilized the remaining 8 hours of my day in the best ways I ... going right about the sun is about to set. You'll get some really lovely

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  : "Today is the last day the world will only have 5 Harry Potter books to ... because the fans get really into it. We then went over to Pour House ... pretty much the weekend in a nutshell. Tomorrow, it's back to work and I

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  what it is, but it definitely says Bad Ideas on it and it advertises Bad ... to study for my physics final Monday. But then it was Saturday. And ... squanch, which is my hall's mascot, but as you can see, it ended terribly

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... move on with my life. My grad student's policy is "you can make every ... days - and not my usual ten minutes - of moping, I've finally decided to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011