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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  in at 15 units, the class consisted of two one-hour lectures, two four ... scrambling to do well in all of your classes while not losing your sanity. It ... came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  point. My name is Anna Ho, and I am a constituent living in Cambridge. I am a student at MIT majoring in physics. Ugh, I sound like a robot ... ’m a constituent living in Cambridge. I’m a senior at MIT majoring in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  at several schools in January and February. The process was [annotation ... ? It's the thing you do if you major in life sciences and want to get a good research job. It's ~5 years of subsidized training in a field that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  era in Albania, 18-year-old Alban Cobi moved to the United States eight ... students we admit are like. Who are they? What are they interested in? What ... some general demographic data in the freshman class profile, giving a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  Lama came together in the form of three Unread Message alerts in my inbox ... event tickets. At 10:00am and 11:28am respectively, an e-mail came in from ... posts in one month and ten days. I noticed that I had put almost all of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  ="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away ... 12-person feasts on random weekends in the middle of the semester (very ... ’ve decided to remedy that in as overzealous a fashion as possible. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  .” I was surprised how naturally I transitioned into MIT life, in my head ... . That’s why CPW (and the Admissions blogs, if you can’t visit in person ... students, IHTFP has meant both during different times in the year. Before you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  time to buy groceries so you haven't had a meal in a week and you've been ... in at MIT if..." you love being miserable! Now wait just a second ... and wake up in a bath tub full of ice, your kidneys removed, and a pile

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and although she has been a marvelous student in high school, she was really ... . Nevertheless, Big Cuz Q stepped in and has been providing some advice on the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  watching the '13 college results this year. In one of my very first blogs on ... try to identify the MATCH in the people I meet here at MIT - it ... (not for the first time) in my inbox requesting me to submit my old

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A World of Pure Curation an interview with holly h. 18'

  

  In February, I interviewed Holly H. ’18, about her art gallery in the ... work, but also have to make, to comment upon that in like one word or ... 2017. It’s in the new Weisner Gallery located in the Student Center on

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Part 1 here. *     *     * Rush Holt is in the room, but most ... most of us: the PhD physicist-turned-politician, one of two physicists in ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  past almost all the dorms in West Campus. Stop when you are greeted by ... bags of laundry behind you.) It's a good work-out. You emerge in a ... the kitchen/dining area. You are in French House: home to 6

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  opportunity to really dig in and research a topic of your choosing related to ... have a significant amount of time to dedicate to it.A key factor in these ... subject of your essay. You cannot just be “in your own head” or making broad

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  many do! And among those who do, so much variety exists, in quantity ... my hall in EC, Beast, who are my best friends that I love greatly and ... in the gear); I found that sticker in the TechX storage room, when me

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  : In the United States, however, experts say the increasing stress of ... members of the Class of 2011 are deferring to spend a year in Israel, others ... one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  example. 198 units of credit are required OUTSIDE of GIRs in order to ... address the topic in a proper way. First, some questions. Is Physics major ... to maybe 20-25% of the students in each year. But it's big enough that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  twice, but Livescribe reared it's head again in my life, so up comes ... them. I figured this out 10 minutes after buying my pen, when I showed it to a couple of people in the room. Chris M (of blogger fame) has one

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  ="http://www.youtube.com/user/MITmarchingband">YouTube Channel</a>.</p> <p>This is, in fact, the 30th anniversary ... spelling mistakes like the one they mentioned in the article.</p> < ... player on the left in this photo:</p> <p><img src="http

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  dream. And sometimes, even in spite of the photos, I’ll still wonder if it ... memories, as you normally do in the hubbub of real college life, you ... movies watched way too late at night. In the absence of doing these things

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021