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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  . Usually, I am fine with losing a night's sleep as long as I don’t have to do ... evolve into a running commentary on how terrible everything is, and then ... pset - I found myself lying in bed awake at 4 a.m. And then 5 a.m., 6, 7

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  I've been breaking computers from a young age. In middle school I ... a warranty on it that was close to expiring so I took it to Geek Squad ... weeks. Five weeks later, I get a phone call from them saying that one of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  may recall that I wrote a pretty long blogpost about 6.08 in the past ... were assigned a project that we have to complete in the next two weeks! I ... today also and I am quaking in my boots because I don't know how to do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  a staple for the part of China my dad is from. The food was great, but ... another helping of rice and curry. I ran into Ali, a postdoc that I’ve been ... on how good the food is.  “Oh yeah, that’s Phillip Isola!” Ali said to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  [Guest Post] How to get paid to be funny by Abby S. '26

  

  that is a story for another day."]emotional support wrench ... in you and encourages you to go do your thing! As soon as I found the positive potato, I knew what I must do next. The application was in, the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 31, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  projects that really do help people, which I think is a fantastic thing to be involved in. For lunch on Friday, I met my awesome friend Daniel and a ... left. I got to talk to Ben Jones, who is more awesome in person, if that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  the negativity in my previous post, though I do stand by it, so this is ... experiences – in the positive sense of that word. I wish all of you a happy ... year just flew by in a weird sort of emptiness. It didn’t, of course. I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  ? I don't think you are!) we do legitimately make a difference - our ... It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In ... that?? is that even REAL??). All of our student EMTs are certified in the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  I had a quick, whispered conversation in the audience: Ranjeetha ... academic question, and then - "So I'm curious...how does being such a rich ... today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  careers in a time when women just didn’t do that. I decided to attend this ... , they win in same percentages that men do. It sounds silly, but this is ... me is the fact that the granddaughter of a Japanese rice farmer can fit

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  experiences as a student at MIT. I hope you enjoy their stories as much as I do :-) ... working with MIT students in the admissions office. Now here’s where I ... really are! I don’t think I can do my students justice by just talking

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  ) is the amount of dedication they put to everything that they do, and ... music classes while at MIT, and ~500 are active in performance. Given that ... most genuinely nice people I know. The great thing is that they truly

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  I've blogged before about how, a few years ago, Jeremy Rubin '16 managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to ... the class I was teaching. Which, by the way, is not a bad final project

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  robot. That’s what I did over IAP! The podcast is from something a long ... . Story Collider is a podcast showcasing stories in science, and I basically ... somewhat similar to junior year of high school, in that I feel I’ve somewhat

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  graphic design. I will note that there is a bit of flexibility here in ... contrasting it with Course 6 in a few ways. I’ll preface this by saying that I ... that I really enjoy is that I’ve met a lot more people outside of my year

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time. You see, I've been very ... periodic lectures in room 35-225. This is a picture from our lecture on ... SpazBot, in pegboard form. I think Spazbot is trying to read green

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  am always doing that which I cannot do in order that I may learn how to ... I’d do a fun post about what’s in my bag (and on my person). The Bag ... on hand when I’m in a rush, and where everything that doesn’t fit into

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  measures, the most difficult exam I’ve taken so far at MIT… but all that is ... scale. Note that this is plotted on a log scale.[/caption] All numbers ... salt. Nevertheless, this post is a big step in the right direction, and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  that new HDTV is! I may not have the money to buy it, but, hey, I do have ... long way for that. I guess the trick is to not go nuts with a credit card ... was in a HASS last semester that only had seven students in it, and I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  . I've found that my writing is better when I'm in a mental state ... fact that I don't remember how I answered a couple of the questions ... essays? The trick is that there isn't a trick to it. I can tell you what

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016