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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  they want to do for the rest of their lives, anyway? As I was saying ... 've planned on being Course 20* since before coming to MIT**, MIT students tend to all take the same core curriculum as freshmen. This not only

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  friend Chris '09 back to Plymouth with us -- his dad works for the ... silly for him to fly all the way back there just to turn around and fly ... Chris to good old American consumerism. I bought presents for my mom, my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to take my healthy lifestyle to the next level and train for the Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  of his presidency. Well, for future reference, I think it's best to try ... about 15 hours painting and this is what we've got to show for it. Ruth ... So I know the entire world has been waiting anxiously for the release

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  probably will be for a while. It’s easy to interpret that as lazy. And maybe ... myself - I was too old for this, too grown, too capable to be hurt over a ... opening plays memorized, but to be entirely clear, I’m not one of them. My

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  to make it look appealing. So I eventually settled for a 16 gallon ... by the shore, wash it, boil it for a while to get rid of anything it ... So last semester I had a radical idea to get a pet aquatic turtle. I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  advice for the wandering undergrads including, "apply to grad school, even ... presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving I had traveled to Maryland (where my mom now lives due to work) to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  shoot an email to be less unknown!).  You probably have a passion for ... - Now I know to keep my MIT ID in my wallet at all times and I leave for ... If you've never played two truths and a lie before, all you have to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  got to go to Washington D.C. for a week and I met the most intelligent ... , I went straight to bed and slept for a little bit and then I went to ... again as I thought back to the day I got the call from Society for Science

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  you get to MIT, you’ll have had about eighteen years (or less for ... to MIT and on a spur of the moment deal, tried out for an acapella ... for beginners. Not only do they work to put on a big show each semester

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  really look for the answer here on the site -- there's no need to ask basic ... have chosen to only have one admissions round for international students ... are for internationals, we want to give out these limited spaces at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  . Simdin Hot take – I like eating dining hall food. Shoutout to Kem for ... grateful for them anyway. Shoutout to Hope and Elizabeth for all the study ... Woot woot! Simmons is now 20 years old! To celebrate this joyous

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  Hello Everyone! Firstly, I’d like to publicly apologize for not ... queued for a later post (in an attempt to spread out my blogging and be ... -minute standardized tests and subject tests have been crammed for and taken; changes to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  do for getting into mit?i am from turkey and 15 , want to study ... First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... year like I was last year, I am looking forward to helping out with rush

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear ... roughly a month before move-in, in an effort to capture just what it was ... . I craved excitement, wanted my life to take the shape of any proper

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  communities, but this time, I didn’t know what words to reach for. I asked him ... to come live in our houses and sleep in our beds. after For most of ... Content warning for hate crimes, anti-Asian racism, gun violence

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  chill convo after. We’re excited to be collabing with Simmons for this ... Thanks Yuliya for hosting this blog! I’m not out off-campus, so I have to post this anonymously... MIT is hella gay, and lots of cool gay

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  ’t need other people to recognize your worth for it to exist. And that is ... ’ve stumbled and fallen. Of course, it can take some time for things to really ... year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  have any questions for me?" I came prepared but wasn't expecting to ... school for at least 3-5 minutes, it's hard to tell whether or not that was ... reasons for looking into a new field. Use every opportunity to show off

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  .) On top of that, moving to a big city for college ended up giving me the ... Boston, but I still get to fly to my awesome hometown for breaks ... Well hey there, blogosphere. Newbie #4 here. To the admissions

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010