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• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  that, at the end of a shitty day or test, I can always just see one of ... percentages. But for the time being.. This Semester, I... ...participated in an ... . ...got a job for the first time. In fact, I got two. Having never worked a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  own. But every night I collapse in bed, sleep as much as I can, and wake ... pursue the sport. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, how I ... , that pursuing skating and MIT meant I would be subpar in both, not able

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  In my very first blog post, I laid out a list of the goals that I ... limited on campus semester in which I really didn't walk through the 30s at ... fall, so I found myself with a sports shaped hole in my heart. There were

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back and with a full schedule. Here is a look at how I am keeping busy for ... starters, I wasn’t in a huge lecture hall filled with hundreds of people. It

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  people have already had lab experience in high school, how on earth will I ... 're doing. 12:45pm – In which I decide to write a poem because I don’t feel ... , Right now, I think I shall sit here indefinitely. I can see the sailboats

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  This fall, I enrolled in EM.S21: Design and Make a Lamp. It's a 3 ... showed us CAD modeling. I came in to this class expecting to have a good ... base of the lamp in wood, I knew I wanted the body to be metal. My first

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... chunk of this, solely because I can. Three people from my school applied ... came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  out how to pickle herring! "In fact," McCormick continued, "I looked in ... In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and ... , in my graduation speech, with strangers I met at conferences. After I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  attending MIT, you can even get into events for free. Last weekend, I took ... no photography is allowed either. But, I can understand why photography ... ;t even mention two other floors in the museum!) but I would rather

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  how big you can make your vessels. At the end of week 1, I ended up with ... : I didn’t go in completely new–I’d attended a wheelthrowing workshop ... pull evenly, as fluctuations in wall thickness can make your pot unstable

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had ... .  I have this friend who, lately, will not stop replacing lyrics in ... find good links in huge articles. I wish I could tell you what articles

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  standard upon myself. I can no longer rely on 'your mom' jokes to distract ... doomed by a lack of substance. I can't be boring. It's started to carry ... Institvte. It's been a long three days. I don't really care how space

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  mean, I bet you live in one of the cleaner parts.” I imagine a big label ... lifestyle doesn’t take advantage of the perks of living in EC—I don’t spend a ... like that? What are your hours? Can I even trust you anymore? (Absolutely

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  so strongly of this that I had to buy it for him. (Seriously, Five ... was the last day to turn in your finished product, so I spent the entire ... Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... ). I would recommend sending us a note to this email address in mid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  home in LA, we were talking about how we wanted to one-up it. The next ... in McCormick Hall for about six months. At that point I decided I ... professional photographer, he takes more time at each photoshoot. How far in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  dialogue: “Ravinder, you can do calculations in your head that the average ... there’s a level of raw truth in that statement. A kind of truth that I ... environment, not the flower.” And while I’ve always found value in those words

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  incorrect. How should I fill in the self-reported coursework section? Should I ... given no specifics as to how. The only grades I can be positive about are ... portfolio, but I have no means to send in the pictures of my work. Can a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked ... has nothing to do with my ability to take you in a fight. The reason I ... , functions that can be roughed up and left in an alleyway. If pi and e had a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005