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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  I can tell, they only make the problem more complicated than it ever ... asked: How much time does a sport at MIT really take up? I'm sure you ... may have sent in one of those little response cards asking if I was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  , and oftentimes even while doing [annotation note="I can only do this if ... my brain. And now that I’m at MIT, I can only occasionally do this ... ever again! As a side benefit of obsessively using Libby, I can go into

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  it, and those who love it. You can find me in the former. If I ever ... hours perfecting my email’s filters, labels, and everything in between. I ... my Gmail account, and for the first time in quite a while I was so

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  getting into MIT, but I think having a little faith in yourself can ... Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  how good a post can be. i am optimistic by nature, so whenever i ... me now than they did while they were in school i have a bad habit ... description. i’ve written about this idea before in the context of meeting new

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  interested in the material and can therefore contribute and participate more ... journalism, how newsrooms function, and the science news coverage in daily ... So while I like to pretend that I don't procrastinate sometimes, up

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  today too. And I'd love to hear how you're doing :) ... what the day holds can be scary. Or exciting. Or overwhelming. You ... a time. Because today is special. Because you'll never be in this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  't belong here, or like I was just in the cosmically wrong place. I didn ... , Asymptones, NaNoWriMo—but I enjoyed the camaraderie, enjoyed learning how to ... story still sticks in my mind. I've told it over, and over, in a way such

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  student with some close friends at Harvard! In Part 1, I discussed how cross ... we met. In this post, I describe how we've stayed in contact (and even ... time zone mismatches and Zoom fatigue got in the way of calling. I took

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  their classes this semester, I thought I would show off how naked and ... nothing. In fact, I think this will be one of my busiest semesters so far. I ... expanding to fill its container. I am enrolled in 45 units, which is 3

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  experiences. Can I call / email / owl in to find out why I was deferred? No. We ... interview has passed. How can I contact the office if I must? Same ways as ... as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action (RA). I've had a number

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends ... for it! You don't have to put in as much time as I did, and you can even ... first of which is a swim class, so I can finally get the swim requirement

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  I’m ranked in the bottom 39% on profile views among my connections on ... , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of ... got locked into a narrow tunnel vision in which I only valued the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  how it looks, I found it to be very fun and interesting to drive. 10 ... before the meeting. 11:30am. I arrive in Ann Arbor a little early, so I go ... , 2008 The next couple days, I visit a few high schools in the area, and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  address, and seeing how different just 25 people in the class interpret and ... .   MISC. In addition to all those classes, I'm helping students in 2 ... all about it, but I can't just yet. Very soon though....very soon...

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  crucial to our nation's defense rejuvenated my enthusiasm in ROTC and I can ... Force life so that they will become better officers in the future. I spent ... lead and how much they contribute to our Air Force. In ROTC, during the

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  mentioned that I know "exactly how many students from South Dakota go to MIT ... my sophomore year of high school. I went to a small school back in ... interested in doing something with EECS, so for the dream college section, I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  citizenship status. In the MIT first-year admissions process, you are considered ... applications from students in the process of waiting for their green cards. If there is a change in your citizen status during the application process
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  , grayest, rainiest first two days of school I can remember. Fortunately, I ... indicator of just how hosed you're going to be. To put this in perspective ... hours in lab, and C hours doing out of class work. I'll go ahead and put

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  undergrads that you can't find in most classes. The first opportunity is an ... practical and even longer from being taught in classes. I see it as a glimpse ... blowing how far people branch off after GIRs. I swear the course 2's are

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014