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• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  ]Granted, this class is still related to STEM, but it takes a much more social ... understanding! In fact, he was glad I chose to drop it early in the semester so I ... participate in[annotation note="Recruitment is the week-long process you go

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

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  sitting in the library, studying for a Geography exam when someone ran up to ... had qualified to the AIME. I was pretty excited, and after a while, in a ... imagining that I could study in the US. I decided to face my local exams and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  . Having summer plans 5 months in advance of most of the rest of MIT is ... was "I went to the mall and bought a pretty shirt." So, in my fifth ... attempting to see every single city in Western Europe in the space of 12

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an ... 2.5.) 2. It is possible to succeed in life even despite enormous ... to turn his in. Me: . . . That's subtle. The author hypothesizes that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  done it before we hired them. Prior experience in the medium is less ... demonstrate your capacity to communicate: forum posts, a weekly editorial in the ... commonplace. If you haven't traveled much, put yourself in the role of an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  the closest I ever got to be consistent. I also made an effort to eat healthily. I was drinking smoothies most days of the week! I switched my pasta ... ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  ’re choosing to go in no thoughts head empty. Honestly this is the move. Or maybe ... I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to ... industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global experiences is one of the reasons I chose this MIT, especially because I didn ... , circuit-build, and code—culminating in a solar-powered night light. The

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  will slap you in the face with their wing if you try to touch them ... fresh eggs is that we don't need to refrigerate them. Eggs in America are ... in the eggs?" The answer is simple: we do not have a rooster. There is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  understandable to prospective students, whether or not it does so in the most ... meeting most of the goals we set in the bullet points at the bottom of that ... bad ideas." The idea is to solicit student-made web interactives

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  competent enough to make meaningful progress in the field initially i wasn ... that much of the world yet. how am i supposed to know how much i actually ... to explain. also, this list will probably change in the future - for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  excited, sure, but the third win in four years for the Pats is nothing ... in the meantime feel free to use this post's comments section to talk ... are concerned, MIT was in the 1980s, as it is now, a school that offers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is NEET?

  NEET is a collaborative and project-based academic program from the School of Engineering. The program aims to educate young engineers to build the new machines that will address societal needs by preparing them to
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  beanbag in the sun :( we hate sun it burns[/caption] 4. banana lounge is ... . Whenever I go to do work, the lights are low, and everything is all dark and ... bathrooms in the meche department. cross-registrant themed 1. bus to Harvard

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  see how that applies. But it IS possible to balance it all, and in fact ... in all the things that don't change from week to week. Like, say, class ... some pretty awesome classes and extra-curriculars to participate in. (If

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  class in Spain through a program called IAP Madrid. It is one of my most ... channel. In order to help people find language partners, the LCE has a ... I logged in and made a profile with the intention of reaching out to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Here Comes the Sun @ MIT A Photographic Journey

  

  on the light (from mitsloan.mit.edu). E62 is also the most energy ... Sailing Pavilion is the oldest university sailing facility in the country ... ! :) Messages in the Sky over Kresge Auditorium: The Light between Building 18

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 27, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  from what I thought was my dream school. I have grown so much in the ... how it ever got to the point where I put so much emphasis on a place ... silly. The truth is, and maybe you can't see this yet, it's going to be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  If you walk down Massachusetts Avenue to the Charles River esplanade ... relative to the rest of the MIT student body. Historians believe that Kepler ... :00 . . . that's AM, in case this isn't clear, which it probably isn't to my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  (that is to say, pretty much incoherent but inexplicably awesome anyway ... day to mastering the subtle art of falling sleep randomly in public ... greatest mercy in making us look unequivocally lame to the dozens of 12-year

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009