Search

Search Results

• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  train to visit friends at other East Coast schools or a flight to another ... the East Coast, in Massachusetts, right now. So try and act like a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  in East Campus waiting for me. In 30 days, I will fill it as a wide

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  we complained that there were several nodes with odd degree in the ... off my boxes in the East Campus lobby on Tuesday morning, they didn ... degrees out. I didn’t have my good jacket with me, because it was in a box

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  fraternity is Alpha Phi Alpha, founded in 1906 at Cornell University. In the ... universities, namely Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA), Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity ... have that compared to the other HBCUs and universities she was

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  state-mandated labour. And the apprehension I had in Tel Aviv – that too ... , I have worked at a university, a non-profit, and, now, a for

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  tournament by Rowan University. This week, I met with two players from this ... school team to two state championships. Looking at their lists of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  what a fair price was, so I offered $20 per card, and it seemed that ... Science and Engineering The Magician taps the forces of the universe to ... are alternate universes where similar but different versions of herself

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ’ll never know the counterfactuals. There’s no alternate-universe-self for me ... the feeling of awe at the university — but also trying to figure out ... undergraduates; 16 million people in the United States go to college right now

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  internship at Rutgers University, for which I pretty much functioned as a data ... , comparative government..) that weren’t offered in our limited curriculum. I self ... touched upon by anything in her high school’s class offerings, but who

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  7:33 because my window faces East and MacGregor is like a brick oven

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  nine, one of my high school teachers took a couple of us on an out-of-state ... and people, puzzled by the existence of an outside world—a state that is ... had to observe each of them carefully and offer feedback between laps

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  She worked so hard and got into all the state schools she applied to ... Hopkins and Brown and Dartmouth rejected her, and she was offered the ... internships, and of the 20+ gigs I applied to, I got one offer, six rejections

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  cat I found online.)[/caption] The inspiration MIT.nano is MIT’s state ... any university in the world. At the heart of it is a cleanroom with a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  into a slightly parallel universe: one where everything remains the same ... up - this parallel universe is also one where art transports you

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  , completing your degree, landing a great job, etc. Now that I’m out on my own ... level, it was burnout. Working 2 shifts leaves you in a numbing state

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  state of mind, all like, “Okay, this is what’s happening, p-sets and ... I’m back to Nigeria, there’s a lesser but marked degree of reverse

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  prospective 6-3 diploma. My initial attitude was something like, you got this ... about the nature of the universe and all that. I’m considering Econ

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  Anna has so eloquently stated. But my geographical scenery hasn't changed ... taught the best classes while finishing my undergraduate degree, and along ... chance I return to finish my master's degree, because there's research I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  opportunities or basically show professors that I have something to offer... when in fact I'm not sure I have anything to offer in comparison to the rest ... : California State Nintendo Champion... a child TV show star... placed in the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  Online Tools Additional Opportunities that Offer Financial Aid ... .mit.edu Description: A public library of courses offered by MIT with publicly available ... : Code.org  Link: code.org Description: A free website that offers a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025