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• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  can see that I think the subway is the best place to observe the people ... going places, so for me, this is the ideal way to spend a month away from ... arranged by MIT. This IAP, I decided to follow the same format and seek out a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  let the desire to get good grades block out your love of learning ... . Although I didn't get the chance to take this class with Professor Sheffield ... ways to think about chance as a function. (12 units) 21W.774 [The Art of

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  case you want to pop by with a muffin and say hi. Don't forget the muffin ... being able to do physics so quickly that he is a veritable blur. This was ... Special Relativity with a brief intro to General Relativity is 1) a physics

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  together. So when you visit, you're going to get out of my way when I ... building 3, on the first floor, room 08. Main campus is considered to be the ... students in the winter -- once you get to the Infinite in the winter, you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  . When you get your decisions it could be that the last thing you'd ever want to do is sit still and go online (at least it was for me) but if that's the kind of thing that tickles your fancy, then I have a nice

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  application process will mess with your preconceptions and alter the way you ... essay the best it can be. This post is called "discovering yourself ... about who you were and you get to enjoy the consequences. I hope applying

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  here. When you stroll down the Infinite on your way to class with a ... really big challenge for me. This would best be explained by describing to ... get the idea. So it's hard for me to often answer the question about how

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  of the week. Me: You're not gonna mention ZBT? R: What is there to ... recommend an FPOP to anyone who is on the fence about applying to one. Not ... here is okay. But, but the bottom is far, far worse. You're gonna throw

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  me to MIT, and Burton-Conner in particular, is the fact that it allows ... have numerous traditions that have been upheld for decades. The best way to illustrate our culture is by what we do, so here's a glimpse of just

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up ... transportation by myself was to get to a local university for my summer internship ... to Cape Cod for the first time! I went to Boston Commons way too many

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... needed to get the job done right.   It was an incredible amount of work ... your applications, the support staff who made it possible for them to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  into my audiobooks. I don’t know if this is the best way to go about ... else’s head. You get to experience what they experience–the fear during a ... get to be that person so morally virtuous that they change the people

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• 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…

  

  money is going to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund. I've been working on this ... . Brush your hair everyday. Clean your room once a week. Get seven to eight ... all the way home.  When we finally got to the front desk and had to

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

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  that the best way to raise a scientist is to stay out of the way. Kids ... direction.  Frequently, the hardest thing for me to do is nothing, because I ... to offer guidance, I am sorry to say that I don't always give the best

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  that originally led me to consider taking leave was the way ... quickly be expelled. I was also frustrated that the announcement to send us ... the next, I had to leave campus as quickly as possible. I felt

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  way to our seats. The funny part about this is that I was very involved ... respond? How? By the way, this quote is from the following video: Watch ... you get to put your gown on and wait to graduate. I found about a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  is low enough to the ground to appear to extend forever - people on the ... 's also a perfect way to see a city and/or get hopelessly lost ... -back, followed by a third on Thursday. I would say that I’ll blog about the result

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  application, I just glance at the test scores to get a sense of them before moving on to the more important parts of the application -- that is, who ... recently. I come to the second to last piece in the folder, which is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  Harry Potter movie." I remembered a field trip to the Singapore zoo way ... and hiked back to the parking lot. On the way back to Charlottesville ... 't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  month, 'tis true, but I can attest to the fact that it IS like drinking ... year, which is basically a day in which freshmen take the time to ... way to meet fellow 2015's! My group helped paint a fence at the Franklin

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011