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• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  Zoom University. On top of setting stuff up in my apartment (unpacking ... getting the hang of it now, and I hold firm to my belief that a good cup of ... view out of my kitchen window every day, featuring the moon, the Charles

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  % of the content of our universe? How does our brain—a complex system of ... The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently ... ; Mathematics; and Physics. Members of our community study deep philosophical
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  -dong’s film Burning, there is a concept of a “Little Hunger” and a “Great Hunger ... stop thinking about it.  In reality I think we all have a little bit of ... , which includes our literal hunger, to survive. But precisely because of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  he has left the university after 1 semester only because of poor ... enrolled at another university in a degree-seeking program, you can only ... Finally seeing the light at the end of the EA tunnel! Here are the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  proud of the class we've admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is ... it, but I never do. We'll spend the next week preparing all of the ... write a more thorough entry soon, after some sleep. Hang in there - only

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  thousands of universities across the world, and I know of only a small ... 're professionals! Victoria wrote, "Just one more question: I found a tidbit of ... the middle of early apps) where I can find more information? My book is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  strips and loops of metal through my ears? And I said that sounded kind of ... months of ick and ouch later I started putting shiny metal things through ... would look with that gold hoop, or that fake green diamond stud with that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch-long mattress in the middle of the Charles River, drifting underneath the hulls of ... illustration of my less-than-seaworthy vessel? Crafted from “heavy duty” vinyl

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  , here, and here, as proof of what I usually say on Pi Day: If you are ... latest in this series, from Nishanth, who wrote me last night with one of the most successful instances of blog-based manifesting I've ever seen

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  one side of downtown opens up to a 180 degree panorama over the ice ... while chilling in a café chock full of university students finishing their ... Canada! My friend Yida, showing off the giant ramp of the snowboarding

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  dorm life and all of that. TLDR: I did continuous open recruitment for ... forth between having joined a sorority. I get upset because of the archaic ... frats and srats, where frats have seemingly boatloads of money to spend on

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  Science) at MIT, I am able to stay on to complete a Master's Degree. The M ... courseload. This puts them in position to finish all of the requirements for the Master's degree as well as the Bachelor's in only 5 years. (If the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  “DON'T MOVE!” in an urgent tone of voice and abruptly hang up. Then I ... students would rather do calculus than succumb to the byproducts of rampant ... to talk about things that they write at the bottom of lists. In

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  major in Biological Engineering: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty yesterday approved a new course of study for undergraduates ... established at the Institute in 29 years. MIT is the first university in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  Name University with lots of money and prestige, I hope that this is ... uncertain about the process of identifying schools and how to apply to college ... process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  quick post to check in and say happy tuesday. it's 52 degrees and sunny and there's a high of 73 degrees tomorrow. i haven't shared pictures of my new room at east campus yet so here are some pictures, because

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.

  

  of a pendulum is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY independent of the mass hanging ... Happy Lunar New Year from Peggy and the Office of Admissions! Here are the results of this year's new year mini-contest! (Remember, this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  MIT was named the most visited college/university web site by 4 International Colleges & Universities, a higher education directory. I have a few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” is a name with 37 characters, 12 syllables, and a state name that I am still completely incapable of spelling. Luckily for the sake of our collective sanity, however the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  , because you get to see where all the creative energy of the student body goes when it’s not tied up doing psets. A lot of people participate in ... trade in courses in physics and math for wonky classes like "Science of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016