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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  Media Lab research areas; documenting research progress; ethical issues in ... required. Enrollment limited with preference given to students in the Media ... also counts for CI-H? This makes it the best class in the world by itself

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP ... harder and more important than they actually are. Believe in yourself, take ... 't too long ago that I was in your spot and- Wait a second. It actually

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  itself? To leave space in a schedule, to work out and think, to walk places ... , to take up space in my life. I want it and love it for itself, not just ... off in their head. I never thought I was done growing, but I think I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even ... 's in New York City. We gotta go!" Later that night, one of our mutual ... who were interning in NYC. They didn't have a couch, I literally just

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  of them have in common though are the scale and weight of the exams ... ) Also have to orally defend your code in a short code interrogation. E ... project graded both individually and as a group. One thing to keep in mind

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your ... that there are two chem majors who live in your hall. One of them stays ... light in his room is on. You're scared of knocking, though. He's an MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  . I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at ... hacking, the near-infinite research opportunities, MIT's mission in the ... out a little bit in the application process, as well as to provide a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists ... been confused. There were small groups of people in corners, talking busily, people running around in lab coats with clip boards, and caution

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  So, about a month ago, I submitted my last exam for the year in ... called Old Rag back in VA.   [carousel image1="116082" image2 ... ://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7173.mp4"][/video] Story time: So in order to get back to the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  oddly still, like time has slowed and all that’s left in the world is you ... 'm very grateful that this is the stress that I have in my life, as opposed ... think it's especially concentrated in this first year of being an

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  more questions than it answered. “Two dozen pumpkins in just a few hours ... in some purple glass dust (called “frit”). While we’re here, let’s also ... glass and shape it in a tiny optic mold. Then— Oh no, we were slightly

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  in problemsets and the semester is in full swing. Now, here we are two ... the post] Recently (aka in the last blog posted), Fatima '25 lamented ... who ask for it (whether it be in the role as an associate advisor, or in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  few dozen extras in the background, so they made a big group chat and ... ’m graduating in a few weeks, i haven’t stopped meeting new students here and ... interested in film and theater lately i’ve been coming to terms with the fact

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  It's 6:30am. The natural lighting floods in past the courtyard ... impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... than 6 months ago, I thought I'd stay in my old room until the day I died

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  novel hobby, in certain circles, to have begun a sourdough starter during ... wrong? In the leadup to bread day, I shifted my nervousness to the bread ... game plan. I revised the game plan, again. The morning of, I paced in my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  here in the airport on Tuesday morning, it's actually dead week that ... even better! (It was also in McCormick, which is apparently hot as balls ... built, made, or in some way constructed out of materials we already own

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  brainstorming in August to constant drafting throughout September to numerous edits in October, the moment had finally come. I was done. But now was a ... time, and spend my waiting game with a bit of fun. In the time between

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  the letter contained in the tubes, which I've embedded below.   ... ; by Ryan P. '20  Over here in admissions, we are still finalizing ... . In my life, I've applied to nine graduate programs. I've been admitted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  , I had a gorgeous five-story house to live in. For three, I gained 43 new best friends for life. In this photo: Phi Kappa Sigma alumni ... included in this photo, whatever photoshop necessary.   But there was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  Sherlock Season 3 is really bad. 3) This blog post, which I re-read in order ... fanfiction about m_quinn in the comments section - m_quinn's assertion that ... subject evaluations. In the spring, Sophie forwarded the following e-mail to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013