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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  recitation instructor, was going over the equation for total demand (of goods ... : Eric Lander “has been one of the principal leaders of the Human Genome Project” and in 2003 “has been named 'Scientist of the Year' by the National

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  come retrieve them.) The Campus Police seem to do a very good job of ... (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  events of the past week. But to sum it up I thought I'd put it in short ... " from the police the next morning, who had caught wind of my suicidal ... 'll pass because then I'll have to go through the crushing blow of failure

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  good way). It’s one of the reasons why I’ve written so many blog posts ... 6.7800 (Inference and Information, the subject of the exam and by far the most challenging class I’ve ever taken) but four years of MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  and/or college counselor) I have always tried to provide the type of ... application portals open, and deadlines fast approaching, I am reminded of the ... time, for each of the last several years while I was away from MIT

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  citizenship and they got rejected coz of the opposite reason, that's why I am ... address in MIT's People Directory (and in the email I just sent you). Anyway ... applying to a school that I already sent the scores to? (of course MIT isn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended ... extreme poverty a thing of the past? Why do some countries grow fast and others fall further behind? Does growth help the poor? Does foreign aid

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  studio just wasn't something in the realm of possibility for me, so using ... years later, I started learning dances from the choreography videos of ... playlists are a tangible representation of all the dancing I've done

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  A couple of weeks before the school year started, I spent countless ... .01 (Physics Mechanics). But emails being amongst the overwhelming aspects of my ... was interesting to see directly the amount of outreach that’s been done

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  , "Call for a good time." He showed up at the requested meeting place, and ... one of them casually remarked, "Oh, I saw Mitra the other day ... those of you who don't know, was the original admissions blogger, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  's probably one of the most influential and life-changing talks I've ever sat on ... have strong memories of 7th-grade-Cami curling up on the couch, watching ... the crassness of his jokes, paired with his funny, charming, awkward and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  good and ALL the seasons of rick and morty. all 17 of us on the new ... happenings, but my group does really good work for the world and i want to be a ... between all the work. this semester, i think i've become a grown up kind of

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

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  been a mini-celebration of the good things in life. Good food brings a ... and running to your 8.01 lecture. The smell of something cooking in the ... . The promise of free food has been known to draw together crowds of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  I spent spring break in Iceland, mostly in the backseat of a white car on the asphalt roads of Route 1 but also behind a waterfall and atop a glacier and in a cabin on the black sand beaches of Vík.  Here's a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  incident Some friends and I were sitting on the floor of MG’s room. I was ... , however, know a bit about writing, and came up with the novel idea of “How to Structure a Novel.”   resistance of the call Bilbo doesn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  ...but I mean that in a good way. It's all in the name of education, right ... probably fill an entire entry about the incredible variety of people I've met ... Jeremy. Jeremy is my 18.03 TA, which in English means he's one of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule ... . So keep the cash in your wallet for your MIT sweatshirt. Rule #2: If ... out another aspect of MIT or talking to the potential students. Rule #3

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the ... the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5 ... ’s beauty in the slope of a curve and the grandeur of Paris. However, it

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  seat of a rowing boat, and we would be gliding away from the dock ... , yanking the rudder ropes around like it was Head of the Charles. Other days ... , trying to hold a conversation over the sound of the Wright Brothers Wind

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  city, my dog, my friends... So I googled for the email addresses of some ... As of one week ago, it is officially[annotation note="and oh boy does ... , or the *clears throat* Documents of Early England Data Set. [caption

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019