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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the ... cardstock that entitle me to a non-reserved seat on what I can best describe ... across the main island. In my typical fashion I arrived at the train

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  installing some sort of video conferencing system. I can hardly believe how ... UROP advisor) look just a little nervous? In a "I better give this guy a ... , and Rocco try to figure out how to prepare their chicken tetrazzini--I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  in the Stud, I realized that there were a lot of cool things on the walls of the Infinite that I hadn't actually bothered to stop and read. In a regular semester, I was always in such a rush to get to wherever I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  cycle using your QuestBridge application, you can do so, but must let us know in advance. Learn more about this process here. If you applied for
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  . While many of them have surely let their pilots' licenses lapse, I can ... how you have those little oxygen masks that pop down from the ceiling in ... My first reaction to the ridiculously ridiculous airline adventure I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  sentence using words from a vocabulary list; that I can do. It’s quite ... suppose. I can’t speak for any of the other languages taught here at MIT, but I think the Spanish classes have taken a step in the right direction

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  I believe in quantum physics now. The past few weeks have changed ... experiments in 6.2410 (Quantum Systems Engineering Lab) – a class I’m taking ... instructors told me each experiment we do in 6.2410 (around two hours each) can

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... before 11AM. Go ahead. Start throwing things at me while I rub it in. I ... ’s 48 degrees and I can’t feel my toes.) I’m not the only one – many of my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  because, though I will always love and continue to practice photography, in ... took this class so I could learn how to adapt the photography gear I ... . During my freshman year, I overheard a tour guide talk about how services

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  friends. Being lazy can be oddly draining in an unexpected way so I always ... know, though I am majoring in biological engineering, I am also a pre ... get in contact with alumni, among other things. You can sort through

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  app (or take it to the post office for postmarking). I am pleased to see ... anything important happens after the deadline, you can always mail, email or call in any updates. Don't worry if your essay doesn't format as you

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

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  adaptation in general is dark, cynical and hopeless. I think the only way to ... ’m in love with her based on what I’ve gathered from her physical appearance. No really, I’m legit in love with her. Rosalind? Who’s Rosalind

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  in the class, as far as I can tell.. Anyway, it was nice talking to ... how you guys are doing by calling all 390 of the early admits (sometimes ... , during which Christina and I called our parents to congratulate them on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  together at the only store open in the whole place. I had some miraculous ... —writing and taking pictures—but I felt myself drifting in and out of ... on the Speaker’s race. Instead, I can tell you that the aforementioned

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  should I attend with my child?" In truth, there won't be very many of them ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... at Student Financial Services so you can stop in and get your questions

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  , then all I can remind you is that success is not always a straight line ... starting startups to revolutionize education. I got to fall deeply in love ... 't solve everything. All in all, I had a transformative experience that has

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  practicioners of pitching biomechanics in the world. Wanting to know more, I ... as a kid. After a while it became apparent that I was stronger in the classroom than on the baseball field. I went to MIT, majored in mechanical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  14/01/2025 20:00 this IAP, i am in Tenerife for 12.411 (astronomy ... at me now" me: "she would be like you still can't" Zimi: "i hate when ... asteroids, we can go backwards to hopefully discover how the asteroids were

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  question. I'll be interested to see how many people try to answer this, and ... Giant celebrations in Boston/Cambridge last night for the Red Sox' big comeback victory against the Yankees in the American League

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  . Unfortunately, I can't pull the blankets back over my head and go back to sleep ... . I lived in Baker House, often referred to in those days as the largest ... it. I've really had a good time living in the house this year. I have

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009