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• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  programs! I’m super excited to have him as a thesis advisor because he’s done ... couldn’t tell, my favorite color is orange. i have loved it since i was a ... impromptu hanging out that didn’t end up on my calendar. I’m so bad at doing

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  had to do on a computer but hey! It worked! I'm excited! I can use the ... course.) I'm getting a little tired of every single person I run into at ... . Trust me, when I showed up at the Career Fair a few weeks ago, I couldn't

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  -motion animated movie. Miske is, uh, a guy we know. (Does he read the blogs? I don't ... . (It's probably incomplete, though -- I'm guessing we didn't get it ... My dorm, East Campus, is a space made to be shaped by the people

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  ideas stew in your head for a day or two. You don’t touch the project ... haven’t played it in years, but what if…? 10. You give it a go on the ... post. I just had a laptop, phone, and the microphone on some earbuds to

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  us. We haven’t seen you all week. me: I mean… okay. I am not a hard ... following conversations can literally happen nowhere else in the world. So a ... Friday night when I ran into a couple of my sisters. Them: Where are you

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  a remote semester. Looking back, I'm glad we didn't take the time ... the policy for a few days; I don't think they could have decided in a ... pretty good. I think it would have been better if I didn't already have a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  context: we don’t care as much about what a student has done as what they ... as a barrier if you can’t cross it. For that reason, we continue to ... At MIT Admissions, our mission is to recruit, select, and enroll a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  I’m looking at how I stumbled through this maze before. A Brief ... quickly realized I didn’t have time. I hung out with my pod a few times per ... again.  I started a UROP. I doubled down on working out.  I didn’t enjoy

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  Where have I been? I haven't blogged since February 3. A lot has happened since; I'm sure I could write pages of excuses about why I haven't ... until like February. I didn't have a huge problem sitting through the

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  . I don't remember what I got (it was probably scrambled eggs and a ... took the first bite and didn't transcend to a higher flavor dimension ... get you 15% off your order. The food was... okay, I guess. I'm not a fan

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  The first time I had a conversation with Archit Bhise I'm pretty sure he asked me one of those deep questions that help gage what kind of a ... . 5. Try new things Don't be afraid to break from routine once in a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university level. The transfer application is intended for students who have
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  major vehicle manufacturing company. It was a cool project, but I didn't ... to work with circuit boards! I'm making a Tamagotchi for my final ... been on this site for a while—probably because I won't ever need to use

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  a bad thing. I'm taking this week to just kind of sizzle down, so I ... only 18%. Sam's Mom has informed me that I have a then/than error in one of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  Some of you asked for pictures of a Senior House dorm room, and I decided to do you one better and give you a bit of a dorm tour! So here are a few glimpses of the Haus. (The Haus/House spelling used to be an

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  won't be able to wear it for a while... From the same booth as #5 ... cutout from a recent issue of Vogue. I don't remember what the article was ... hills. A strip of exposed film from a roll I couldn't rewind up all the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  lose heart... I shouldn't have worried. When, with a gulp, I brought up ... "IS MY LIFE RUINED?" and his answer was, in a nutshell, "no. don't let ... .05 professor's office, taking some very deep breaths. I knocked; he wasn't in. A

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  still a week of late nights. I can't comment on sorority recruitment ... This post is for incoming freshmen (with a slight bias toward freshmen guys because I'm going to talk about my rush). You've probably

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  helped me figure out a way to graduate a year early because I couldn't ... students being admitted when I didn't think those schools would give them a ... It was 8:00pm on a Thursday night when I received a text message from

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  favorite) A traditional MIT MUN event since we-don't-know-how-many CPWs ago ... have the huge, official guide to CPW events, but don't you want some ... : Come for a great night of international dinner, featuring cuisine from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010