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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  whether or not I want to do a varsity sport come fall (and yes, crew is one ... 're not in that range? Is it hopeless for you? MIT is my dream, but I ... I have enough of a questions backlog now that I think it's worth

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  in my Steam library that I'm working through. The trouble is that I ... not enough that I keep playing it. This is a long game. You could play ... Hades, that I haven't seen in the other roguelikes I've played, is its

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and ... on and so forth. I feel like I'm doing that with my time here at MIT too. Almost a year ago, I wrote a blogpost about how I was halfway

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  Report et al, I would suspect that your Midyear Report is in your ... ;-- not a real word] before CPW, but the best that we can do is ensure you ... in session, but MIT is not?" This is a good question. It's certainly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... . On Valentine's Day, I got a message saying that I'd been accepted, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  along too much to figure out how to do calculus, which is a real problem ... musicians in a very disconnected way, like how teenagers admire fictional ... can happen if you just feel it in your bones. I for one see shapes that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  ankles in urban New England. Slush is a test of courage and moral fiber. MIT is not a school for the daintily-shod. For that, I direct you to the ... . I'm going to share it here, with the warning that it lurks around in a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... that they provide a reminder that the vast majority of those who do this ... country and around the world. Spending time in settings like these is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  suspect that interview helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an ... as to make it one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in ... his school. That was certainly a turn-off, though really the school is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  also observe that this is supposed to be a letter from 2024 janet and it is currently 2025. i'd firstly like to say that i ACTUALLY started it in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers ... door). The closet is pretty sizeable, and I can say that because I am a ... wastes time. (Some people do their homework in the lounge too... I've never

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  amazing, and CPW was the first time that I pulled a non-academic, non ... layout process, ate pizza, and then mentioned that I hadn’t had a chance to ... ). ¬∑ Then there was that all-nighter that I mentioned: a group of us played

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  you are doing badly in the class or anything - it is just that it would ... paper covered in blue ink. It turned out that I wasn't a bad writer ... professor. As a result, I wasn’t able to present the material in a way that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good ... directly linked. Your MyMIT tracking is the one that matters. I didn ... ! You're receiving this email because we do not have a core piece — namely

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  incapable I am of doing anything at all in the morning) and confirmed that he ... that is exploring space. Does that mean I should major in aero/astro? But ... -up call at 5:30. I ordered a taxi for 6:30. I set an alarm for 5:30, just in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  real music. I checked the MIT Arts Calendar and saw that there was a Jazz ... Council for the Arts), it was 9:15pm, and I decided that, after a day of ... recitations to go to, so I decided, being the music lover that I am, to head

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  - and the best part is that I can accompany it with a story from my summer ... with a few of them and discuss majoring in physics at MIT. I realize that ... Saturday and bouncing out of bed. I love wearing headphones in a hipster

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  . Ever since I stepped foot in the station during CPW, I knew that I wanted ... —and that's precisely what I did! My show is called "Peaceful Purgatory" and ... name of my show conveys the unique combination of music I play; that is

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  250 words. I know that’s not a lot, but do your best to be concise ... that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  ' culture (again no offense, that is just not how I am). what are people ... same fears, until I finally visited the campus (more on that in a few paragraphs). I think that visiting the schools you're considering is a crucial

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005