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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  , the emphasis is selecting the students who are most likely to enroll ... Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  "]MITHIC[/annotation], which is a platform for collaboration between the SHASS and departments in ... is one of the greatest issues of our day has led her to pioneer the Climate Project at MIT. The goal of this project is to figure out how to get

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  find most comforting through all of this is that in talking to a range of ... . I started having thoughts to the effect of “everyone else is already ... people, and the gist of what I would optimally do is to convert the

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

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  most of my belongings in too many cardboard boxes. The dust on my walls ... 'll meet up again in whichever city we happen to be in at the same time and ... each others' arms, screamed profanities in the courtyard, maxed out the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  " kinds of solutions in the village, and how the final hand-dug well is much ... closest to the clean water). But in addressing other issues, we hope access ... much larger in diameter than the shared, shallow wells people just make

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  answer, because MIT is the community you will spend most of your time in ... a few anecdotes to give you a picture of what the city is like. And, in the comments please let us know if you have other anecdotes to add

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a video game metaphor was easiest to conceptualize in comic form, so enjoy all the references... including a couple cheesy direct nods to MIT

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  understand how much the onus is on me to look out for and take care of myself ... . How to do growth accounting Learned this in 14.05, the intermediate ... able to use mathematical models to explain patterns in the world. I think

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  when it comes to losing the most important person in your life, there is ... that long ago that I was 17 and applying to college, the truth is that in ... got to hang out with Beyonce in the time since I was that age. I can

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  discovered the most optimal procrastination technique. It is so effective, in ... enjoyable. In the end, you might figure that is it too overwhelming or unnecessary to actually write the report anyway, and your problem is solved

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  to live, and is currently one of the oldest and proudest residents of ... admission to MIT in the Class of 2019, despite its impressive achievements ... from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  'm about to dive head-first into the craziness that is medical school ... spirit of MIT. People here want to change the world - in whatever way they ... applicants. To give you an idea of what these presentations are like: the most

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  most new to me in 3.096 were the power hammer, the hydraulic press, oxy ... student in the class showed, into wavy table legs). we also learned how to ... the two sides of a heart to be even is about as easy as herding cats

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  of the best things I’ve participated in since coming to MIT.    ... ="101923" /] In the fall we also went to a retreat with these students to New ... any school in Boston. We had speakers come to talk about Shalom, or the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  possessing me. The most basic level of empathy we can give to someone is to ... used the name to drive the demon out. The process is a whole story in ... name of the demon is the first step in driving it out. To have people

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  involves testing fifteen different designs to see which is the most efficient ... ="attachment_86574" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (The cat to the right is a random ... any university in the world. At the heart of it is a cleanroom with a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  to me. It is the most bitter pill to swallow, and also the most ... decided to throw it up here mostly unedited (meaning, excuse all the typos ... try to figure out where my lecture hall is. It’s in a room I’ve never

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out ... dorm is pretty uniform in culture (e.g. Maseeh). Explore as much as ... dorm). DINING: this one is a major addition to the bill and an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an ... : The Empress / 7: Biology The Empress is seated in the realm of nature ... physics department. Most students take 8.01 and 8.02 to fulfill the physics

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

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most ... is gone, in the past, and I can’t reasonably expect to return to square ... "] AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH[/caption] To some extent, this is stuff I’ve been doing for the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020