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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  depressed and start asking yourself "Why am I here? What am I doing with my life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom about a recently completed water-channel bridge in Germany. Isn't that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I ... summer. I hopped on the bike with the following points in mind: The last ... comfortable riding a bike, I was nine years old, and In the past decade I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you'd like to see what an MIT final exam is like, let me know, and I can post a ... I'm currently studying for what might turn out to be my last ever

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  I can't really use my phone for anything other than playing said ... I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things ... ), so I've been walking to and from campus nearly every day. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  made such comments to explain why they didn't get in. I wish it didn ... ? The answer, simply put, is no. However, I do say this in retrospect. I ... ? I think not. So here's my challenge for all of you who got in: 1

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  , and I'll post another entry so you can have any missing materials ... would instead include these updates in your Midyear Report. The MIT ... will let you know, and you will not be penalized in any way. At this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  source: http://xkcd.com/863/ Last night, I had a convincing nightmare that I was trying to double major in 18 and 6-3 and had mysteriously ... up clarifications of concepts we learned in class, I get a slew of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  . Plus I got to meet Bryan in real life, and he promised he would organize ... Well, apparently I touched a nerve with my last entry -- sounds like ... 're googling themselves -- hi professors, I really do like you!) So my big news

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  DDR Tetris Read: The silliest video I have ever made.

  

  stand partner in the MIT Symphony Orchestra had made. Then, a couple months ago, I had the opportunity to see it first-hand during an impromptu cello section social. Then, I let the footage remain in my Flip

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going home in California for the rest of the break. I know, lame, but I spend the whole summer in Germany through this awesome program called MISTI

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8 ... a draw for me in the depth of intramural sports. I had been a varsity athlete in high school (cross country and wrestling), but I had decided not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  ![/caption] Somewhere, deep inside me, I also had the desire to improve massively in art ... be an exercise in ✨consistency✨, a mythical attribute I’d been striving ... be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  how the recommender intends to submit their materials, because it will
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  presence of my former 8.022 professor, I drowningly flailed my arms in ... Tuesday morning, I excused myself from de-insectifying MATLAB scripts ... of Boston's air pollution. Soaked in a brew of life

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  . Here's an abridged version of the whole thing. I grew up in Hampton Bays ... options remaining, I cluelessly applied to colleges. Being the first in my ... school in Cambridge, spending very little time at this school which I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  participate in MISTI. When senior year rolled around, I decided that a 5-month ... -rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the ... that I’ve never studied in depth for a company that has never taken

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. I am finished with my undergraduate career.

  

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. What's left? I officially stop being a student blogger on... *checks watch* May 31. So, I think it's time we talked about things and I fill you in! But for now

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  , my interest in comparing mediums had evaporated to the point where I ... , I'm trying to tighten my culinary grasp in order to make new and ... -saturated “Introduction to Undergraduate Women in Physics” event that I hosted for the Class

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  Chapter website (ashraeboston.org). They are awarding 14 scholarships in the ... ://ashraeboston.org/scholarship-info.html You can also apply for this scholarship if you're a first or second year college student attending a school in Massachusetts, so keep it in mind!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer a pre-med program?

  prehealth major; rather, students can pursue a variety of majors and take classes in any department. However, students need to fulfill certain subject ... schools. Students interested in a career in medicine or other health