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• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  only what I need to do tomorrow. I don’t have too much bandwidth to stay ... class I need to run, an unfinished group project, a sad friend, an ... treading water. I had three square meals a day, friends to hang out with at

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  more that needs to be done, so much that needs to be changed, that won ... Haiti, but I'll do my best to try to summarize. We just got back from a ... over the last week. I have so much to say and so much to remember, but I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  true. Admissions looks at a lot of different factors. You don’t need to ... Sixteen months ago, in April, I made a promise to myself: if you choose MIT, you get to take a gap year. You’ve been selling your soul to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  September 14th, I will lead our “annual” field trip to central Massachusetts ... involve a brief introduction to the geology of Massachusetts and visits to ... want to camp Saturday night, a van may be able to return to MIT by 7 PM

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  heard about OpenCourseWare, a large (and well-funded) effort to put all of ... opportunity, a way to explain the research process through material, context and anecdotes that don't make it to the final papers. And he even had a project to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  prefrosh are here, so I need to put on a smile, because MIT is supposed to be a happy place, or at least, that's the lie I'm going with ... the whole essence, [1] because I need to be a senior, because

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... are different options you can follow to study multiple fields. For two ... convenient to double-major than for two unrelated fields, but that doesn't mean

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  new to the field, how to use the same tools they use in a digestible ... comprehension that it was indistinguishable from magic. that turned out to be a ... that they were the exact same: i’m not going to talk much about the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  -by-doing class open only to MIT students, in which participants design and build a ... the students is to design a machine that will be able to navigate its ... need to design, build, and debug their own robot. The subject includes

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  , like if they’re busy or have a bunch of personal issues to work through; it’s mostly when i know for a fact that they have the social bandwidth ... hard, and crafting a personal identity that you love is supposed to be

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... aesthetic: a single “Spotlight” image surrounded by links to sites ... see here is just a beginning; we will be eager over time to find new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  steps a day) as well as to see my active exercise minutes and resting ... 't spend too long on this section, but Google Calendar is a typical go to for ... Calendar just seems to be the typical calendar a lot of people use so it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  need to do between now and tomorrow: "Don't Panic" (and remember your ... know how MIT is. You might think to yourself "oh but I know so much about ... 's perhaps most important for some future nerds here at MIT (not to be confused

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  , where they recommended some specialists I didn't go to. I took a week off ... I like to pretend that they are not broken. I wanted to write a blog ... wrists wear out before the rest of my body does, and instead of waking to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  I have finally failed hard enough to prove that I needed help as a ... .600[/annotation] exam last week. At risk of sounding dramatic, I don't even need to ... insecure about herself and needs to prove her worth to everyone around her by

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  the minimum amount of information that we need to determine moves. For a ... _MOVES[index][occupancy] = 00111100 All we need now is a way to map each direction (rank, file, diagonal ... wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  -recession environment. As Levin pointed out, this was not the decision that needed to be ... similar rise in applications. This was a cause of concern to all of the ... officer more than 30 years ago, it wasn't uncommon for a single applicant to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  to communicate back and forth. The A/V setup worked surprisingly well ... transportation technology. Our bill, the TransporTech Act, aims to offer states a ... surveil individuals without having to lift a finger, and can mine that data

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  to TAKE THE PLUNGE What does it mean to be an admissions blogger ... authentically. We can’t write about what it’s like to be in a Sadoway ... . The day-to-day experience of your life at MIT is a perspective only you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015