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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Cambridge on a full academic scholarship, worth more than $52,000 a year*. M.I.T ... creations is really fun." Jeremy leaves June 28th for a summer program at M.I.T ... Mary Lou Hazal, A&M-Commerce News Jun 29, 2009 ACCEPTED TO MIT - Cory

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  . Rewind to Friday, noon. Thanks to Mystery Hunt Kickoff (a.k.a. “Zyzzylcon ... history won't let me forget it. For your viewing pleasure, here's a ... was approaching like a derailed train headed toward Charleston, West

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to avoid my fate as a hopeless goop myself. I'm not being particularly ... ), and I'm heading to a PhD program in biology. And it's all super

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  're probably feeling a lot of butterflies right now. Butterflies that might want ... a time. Because today is special. Because you'll never be in this ... ever again. So here's a little something to help you cherish every

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a crown during the walk. Some of my teammates told me I reminded them of a ... special. I owe a huge thanks to Tiffany '06 (white hat) and Accenture

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  to write code in jeans and a T-shirt on Wall Street. I am writing ... , of Simmons): "I'm working Simmons front desk for 40 hours a week, which ... now I'm also writing a game for the Assassins' Guild. Finally, I'm

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  college for the first time. I haven't seen my room in a while, I'm much more ... when semester classes aren't in session, and I agree. IAP is a much more ... ", a recommended prerequisite to 6.01. I wasn't able to take it last year

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  is a very big aspect of bioengineering programs these days, so I'm safe ... When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer before my senior year of college, I wanted to be a doctor. Are these two

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  , acting like a responsible adult… (Technically though, I’m not actually an ... I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to ... head for the past 2 weeks that I have been on campus, I still can’t

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  Christmas tree farm. Isn’t that the life? After a quick tour, we talked about ... , and now I’m filled with post-show sadness. I gloom for a bit before I ... a call with my host. We talk about the last things I’m doing before

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  unanswered for long periods. maybe it's a bit of a pride thing -- i can't let ... ." (romanticize a quiet life) "And now I’m going to tell you that I love you, and ... one of my labmates has a friend from elementary school who was on the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  Regular readers may recall that I've been teaching a bit in Comparative Media Studies/Writing. This fall, I'm teaching again, this time a ... spread more or less evenly across 2016s, 2017s, and 2018s. I'm coteaching

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  commitment than it used to. I gained a higher tolerance for low effort, and I’m ... I’m not hosed I’m no longer neck deep in school work, and I finally have a manageable workload, but I have spent the past few hours doing

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  looking back, I'm grateful for a lot of the classes that I took, or was ... committing a lot of time to my research. I'm sort of a boomer and this is the ... I mentioned this in my last post, but I'm graduating soon! At the end

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  Note: xTalks: Digital Discourses is a seminar series from the MIT ... . Last week, I attended a fascinating xTalk by Lou Guenier, Pedagogical Director at the 42 Silicon Valley engineering college. This blog post is a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  This will default to miscellaneous Finishing this blog entry was my biggest accomplishment today

  

  'cause I'm a very very serious person. ... conversations about your future, life is too easy and things become a big deal ... . Then I took a nap. After my nap I fixed a rip in my pants, hooked up some

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  how to learn I'm the kind of person that can't learn things on my own. Can't might be the wrong word--maybe won't. I struggle a lot with ... pressure of having a class in order to get things done. Online classes don't

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  year. I'm not making any of this up. It probably stems from a talk I had ... Thelonious Monk song for a recent 21M.340 assignment. Hopefully, we are not ... research papers with long-winded titles and, if I'm lucky, a sad little wiki

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  others in a way that I didn't realize I could: I'm a pretty introverted ... "]window.[/annotation] I’m fine, more or less, and this isn’t complete burnout, yet, but I am definitely feeling the exhaustion creep into my bones in a way that sleep doesn’t

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  St. George’s Day England's National Day

  

  you can't tell, the flag is white with a red cross on it. Okay, I'm ... sitting on a horse, killing a dragon. Unfortunately, I don't know any more ... , Wednesday 23 April and has a picture of a knight on a horse. I was with

  • by Cambridge
  • April 26, 2008