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  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  , and it was my first impression of what college life could truly look like. I didn’t visit many colleges outside of my local area in high ... impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  next wave of applicants. "Just because you haven't heard of a college ... , my interviewer was pretty surprised at the range of colleges that I was ... schools may be the smartest applicants of all" http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  I made a video-thing! During the second snow day of the semester, I ... about MIT, life, the universe, and other super specific things, like grass ... of MIT's campus for people who want to know what it's like to be at MIT

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  deep of a topic. "Just write about your favorite shows and stuff, Mel," I keep telling myself. "How hard can it be?" But some part of myself still ... interests." The logical part of me knows that's probably the dumbest thing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  of really interesting classes that were being offered. I finally chose ... * for lack of a better title, I have taken the liberty of using the title of the word file Dora sent me. thanks for this awesome blog! :) by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  University of Denmark). Investigates the significance of wet underwear and ... of the 20 Craziest Scientific Researches. Some of the Craziest ... Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student! Incredible faculty We are a research university that places a great deal of ... , currently on our faculty and all of them teach undergraduate classes. In fact
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  in your every waking moment during college. And neither of those ... There have been plenty of posts about MIT's career fairs, mostly talking about the massive quantities of free stuff (water bottles, shirts

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  we looked at were Baylor University in Waco, TX and the University of ... at least), there was a magical dorm where hundreds of grad students lived. The grad students had inhabited this dorm at the corner of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  lot of living groups have free breakfast on exam mornings, then ... and all that. I heard a lot of conversations on my way to the final ... for my 7.28 final this morning, half of me was focused on the final and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  graduate students from the local university to our house for a Thanksgiving meal. It was a way of giving the graduate students, many of whom had all of their relatives in China, a way to share the holiday with other

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  senior year of high school. I’d tell myself not to worry about college admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people who knew exactly what they want to do with life. I was terrified of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  , and the opportunity to study math for a year at the University of ... undergraduate mathematics competition in North America. Of the top 5 students ... , Civil & Environmental Engineering). Twenty of the top 75 competitors

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  took off, Boston dropped beneath me, a sea of darkness cut through by millions of nighttime lights. I pressed my face to the window, not quite sure how I felt. It was this strange mixture of disbelief and excitement. My

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  . Kornbluth, the current provost of Duke University, as MIT's 18th President ... , now you know why."]in the auditorium of the new Welcome Center ... press passes to attend the announcement, on account of the blogs.']In her

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  One of the coolest things at MIT is how easily undergrads can join ... Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in ... [annotation note="One of the most eventful days of the UROP, haha"]random day

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  opinion of it. I’ve been thinking about it throughout the day, and felt it ... quality!) The article is basically about how the Princeton University human resources department released guidelines on the type of language they are

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  interesting offerings in this year's Spalsh course catalogue. Well, a couple of ... 's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday and today, MIT hosted hundreds of middle and high school students for a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  novel and one eye on the TV, which is showing the latest episode of ... 's boring, because you've already solved both mysteries and are tired of ... that there is one puzzle in the universe you have not solved: what did

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012