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• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  college acceptance as the light at the end of a dark tunnel, and clutched ... reward for my effort? Will I ever? Because at MIT, I often put a lot of ... departing group of hallmates at 3 AM, in the middle of the winter, in flip

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  don't offer the financial stability of an established company. But even ... type of person." During the beginning of my time at MIT, I struggled with ... job at a big company. Of course, the truth is that MIT has so many

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  occurred at Cambridge City Hall, a mile or so north of MIT. The campus ... 's course catalog and looked closely at MIT's offerings and faculty in ... school at Georgetown, the University of Virginia, the University of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes being offered for MIT students (with the snazzy bonus of summer housing ... its instructors were wonderful at supporting everyone with all levels of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  almost from scratch. After collapsing, exhausted, at the end of the long ... , man. You turned out alright. At the culmination of this penultimate ... to fifteen hours to finish. When we emerge from our cyclic periods of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  underrepresented students at MIT, I think of one of our students who is an aspiring ... works at MIT in the Office of Engineering Outreach Programs trying to ... officers at many colleges and universities will travel across the country to

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  other summer interns at Microsoft NERD. To top it off, the new season of ... finally was on top of everything. I had planned to post this at the end of ... final-round onsite at a startup for a full day of interviews. I arrived on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  or radio necessary :)  I've been spending a lot of time at the DZ and ... jumping out of planes.  We jump at Skydive Pepperell, shoot me an email if ... more difficult. In the summer between sophomore and junior year at MIT I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  cool, I don’t look back at my science fair years because of the work I did. Not at all. Rather, I look back at those years because of the ... become a mosaic of all that life gives you. Your high points lay the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  Aiken concert Sunday night at the Bank of America Pavilion. Though I'm by far the biggest fan of American Idol at MIT, I was still a little ... of Clay at a certain internet message board at which Sam's Mom may or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  competition Scrutineering portion of the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) began at ... Nature has to offer along the route and were honoured to be a part of such ... encouragement you provided. Some of the team members at the finish line

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After ... lame Facebook status about it and got a bunch of likes. Since then, I ... all the previously mentioned Awesome Stuff that it offered. And I loved

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  Banjos & Basements: A Brief History of Music at MIT Music has ... there, and at certain hours to hold rehearsals. The great advantages of ... “meetinghouse of MIT.” Music at MIT Today Fast-forward to 2025: the opening of the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  , and social sciences - classes during your time here at MIT.  Of those ... right at the bat of the semester.  At any other time, the grade you get on ... .013 and 7.014 are offered in the spring.  All of these classes cover the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  , maybe because of it I’ll one day be gr8 at optimizing stuff, but for now ... the computer science minor. 8. Having regrets. At the end of the day ... activities. Well, of course I felt at the time that those student jobs were

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  'd offer a bit of unsolicited advice (but puh-leeze, you know you want it ... offer a statistic for those of you obsessing over the "chance me" threads ... REAL people who, at the end of the day, are still just your [somewhat

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  , for-credit, in-the-catalog-of-classes class, at MIT. That I teach. On ... metric is, at its core, an understanding of distance. We measure distance ... learn analysis at their speed and have all of the resources at their

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  will be "Pulsars"...Please confirm acceptance of this offer by 5:00 PM ... to look at things. --- A couple of weeks ago, my dear friend Davie ... , and it felt like I was seeing it for the first time. At the end of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  at Connecticut College. "Gap year" is a bit of a loaded term, I think ... years. Adds Lee Stetson, dean of admissions at the University of ... taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  to at the beginning of IAP, but there were far smaller mini activities that went on at the same time. Here's a compilation of the ones I can ... offered financial aid for low-income students in the form of TechCash to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023