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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  week ago, one of the admins on the MIT Class of 2017 Facebook page asked ... do one at the time, since I was dangling off a cliff in Utah and had limited Internet access: (trust me, the lack of reliable wifi was by far

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  , who is one of the most amazing singers I have ever come across.) At 8 ... of strangers with music. I was totally mortified, at first, but as ... : namely, taking advantage of every resource at hand. In the meantime, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  's opinions on the types of people at MIT - I know there are a lot of different ... concerns, at least as I saw them back in the spring of 1996: Will I have a ... discovered that there are all kinds of people at MIT, even those that you would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  . I spent most of my CPW at East Campus, because I was convinced I would ... chocolate at La Verde’s on the last day of CPW. I encourage you to do the same ... . Coincidentally, 17 also happens to be the number of prefrosh living at Random for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i became british for a summer featuring an internship at bristol robotics lab

  

  , so when I saw Jebby with a bunch of people on her first day at work, I ... there was always someone new at the fire jams. I brought a pair of poi ... British stole everyone’s stuff (tbf, it was quite cool to look at). One of

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 18, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  reacts) The only bright side I can think of right now is that at least I ... 't looking great for Washlava at this point. vii. Examination of compound scores Next I wanted to get more granular and look at the distribution of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  ? the you is directed at certain people in my life and instead of writing ... eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of ... were going to be my maid of honor at my wedding, i thought we'd go on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  , at least superficially, that what I was doing was kind of insane ... . Not out of writers’ block--I truly always want to write, but mostly ... energy, and the rest of the things that come easily are mostly Internet

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  -picture view would be difficult. Luckily, that sort of thing is easy at MIT. I ... admissions site at the end of the Fall '05 semester, and learned about some ... . Even at that early stage, I could really tell he had all of his ducks in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  me at least, to think about the idea of this being a part of some story ... the end of the semester (or at least the end of some arc I can’t see yet ... year of settling into whatever “role” I play at MIT. For instance, since

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  out of the stud at 6am after pulling an all nighter during finals week ... supervisor a quick email: At exactly 9am the first day of Week 4, I dashed ... the skin of my teeth and sent my supervisor the final changes at 3:53pm

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  surgeon, but also good at all of these things too: she’s basically the ... After four years here at MIT, I am finally graduating. I have a lot of mixed feelings on graduating. On one hand, I'm nervous. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s trending?: My Computer Vision final project Where trendy styles = adding styling to trend lines

  

  some amount of noise at each point. Originally, we just used straight ... The last couple weeks of my fall semester were almost entirely ... ! For those of you who aren’t familiar, Computer Vision is the study of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 11, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  , so so so many blog posts that talk about the tradition of the MIT brass rat, the ring design and what happens at ring delivery, I'm going to skip past that. As surreal as it feels, I've finished half of my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  Some of you may remember my blog entry Inside the Webcast Studio, which consisted of the following video: So what was that all about? We travel all over the country (and the world) here at MIT Admissions. And

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  hosting an event at the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF ... in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small event at the American Regions Math League (ARML) at the Penn State site

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3 ... at the wedding: software engineer/Kenjitsu instructor/author, Medical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  make at least one good group of friends. This is not easy. Peoples ... 't feel like I have any idea of what's going on at MIT, but the fact is that I do ... happen is set at a bare minimum of two months. That being said, there are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  arrival) Backpack At least 2 two-liter water bottles full of water One ... One thing you can totally count on as a student at MIT is for Boston ... with large groups of people. Examples that I’ve thus far experienced have

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  conceive of. Even now, it astounds me. At SSP, I learned over and over that ... synthetic chemistry. At each campus, 24 to 36 rising high school seniors ... skills they need through a series of challenging lectures and problem sets

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025