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• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  i. in the business world, a unicorn is a startup with a valuation of ... as a rough estimate of a company’s expected value in the distant future people can be unicorns too. not in the business sense of the word, since

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  reading about topics in philosophy when I have downtime. I don't know if it ... -a-glitch-in-the-simulation-but ... are conferences happening in this space. There were no people in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  MIT is going through changes right now in addition to the new phase ... . Graduating Early We are within throwing distance of Commencement 2019, in which most of the people who got here in September 2015 will be graduating. The

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  .112, the next level of chemistry, which meant in order to keep the 18 ... smaller classes in which you review the lectures and ask questions about problem sets, but as long as it's not full, you can change it online. In

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  concerningly full...especially since there are more books to buy in my other ... everything which occurs, in the style of posts by Shuli and Cami before me. I mention a lot of building numbers in this post. For more information on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  buy it again in the future as I plan on taking more Spanish classes. I ... had a problem.   In my head, work is an escape. Working is how I ... , and in reality I should probably just: Which is not to say that I can

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  , both in the sense that I haven't appeared on the admissions blogs for a while, and in the sense that I haven't really been engaging in self ... sparing a thought for all the woes which continue to sit in the back of my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  ? Well, there has been a lot happening, although in some ways very, very ... post detailing how and why I went on leave from MIT, in honor of my three ... everything in in one go. But! Like the Great Pumpkin rising from the pumpkin

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  event on Sunday that people shockingly showed up to, despite me putting in almost 0 planning, and I asked them why they would willingly indulge in another virtual event when they have in-person ones to look forward to this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  , fyi"]taking 66 units[/annotation]. I had probably hoped that in a future ... 'd go over them in this blog post and see which subset of them I ... only problem is that they’re all in Japanese and take me eons to read

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  junior year. i haven't blogged in a while, so i thought i'd write up a post ... the first time in recent memory, i don't feel burned out at the end of ... loved (not reflected by my spotty attendance). in many of my course 14

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  incredible traveling to Los Angeles and dipping my toes in the Pacific Ocean ... summer in a row.  His major is Course 16, or Aerospace and Astrological ... NASA field center in Pasadena, California.  Pasadena is about an hour bus

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parents love getting to visit me in Boston. The Parent Lounge: I hope you'll take advantage of the Parent Lounge. The Parent Lounge will be in the ... Headquarters/check-in. It's a good place to relax, and to meet other parents. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  the final steps in the long journey that is the medical school ... in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... may know, asking an MIT student what they’re majoring in may result in a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home. Almost all of my grades are in and I'm also happy to report that I did much ... both valid uses of our newfound free time, in my humble opinion), is the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  freshman exams were the easiest ones." "Let's hope so!" "I could go in there ... half of me was focused on the construction going on in Killian Court ... four years of pure joy and pure exhaustion, I will be marching in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  days in [annotation note="Independent Activities Period"]IAP[/annotation], Bad Ideas Weekend takes hold in MIT like glitter: it’s everywhere, if you look hard enough, and it catches the light, even in the dark

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  People in dorms with dining halls occasionally ask me, “So in East ... , I chuck it in my calendar with the event name and room number. Some ... clubs were serving food at their first meetings in order to lure in new

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

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  hope you’ll keep loving this place in the complicated, IHTFP, way just ... positions that are due in an hour... All in one senior evening. Next week, you might be doing that after an interview in New York. Interviews: you never

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  . Yes, the website that your middle school English teacher probably rained ... “regarded as one of the greatest and most influential directors in film ... in [annotation note="do kids these days even know what shark tale is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021