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• Blog / Classes

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  Processes(1) 2.009 is just a really hype class but that is not why I love ... Studio: How to Design (2) I was able to explore a new field that I hadn ... question that I had always wondered but never asked out loud: how does a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  virtual, and one is a physical robot. Basically, what I was saying in that ... that took up a lot of my spring and summer, but I made it! So in this ... thing about a virtual conference is that I wasn't fully committed to it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  students how likely it is that they will be admitted to each school on their ... to create a helpful tool.* However, this tool is unhelpful. In fact ... ? Because the factors of admissions that can be readily apprehended in a forum

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  Messenger group chats to do a little analysis and see if I could get any ... , the more helpful a group chat is in getting through the semester. III. Reaccs I didn't send that many messages in most of these chats. However, I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  people but i do not remember this meeting at all. cpw is such a blur -p ... Next Forum Games, a precursor to dormspam-the-game, in 14.05. I promise this is all (mostly) relevant.  PA: Outside of my room in Next House, I

  • by Phi A. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  ? ----------------------------- Given that I take a lot of photos in China and hate to see them go to ... China is more legitimately a developing country. Shenzhen, which is itself ... . Also, as is typical in China, my hotel had a "massage parlor" complete

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

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  professor or lab doing work that looks cool, and get in touch with them. I ... , explained that I was considering a major in her department, and asked if there ... 'd "heard" that I was interested in doing research with the group, and that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  it's really hosing" or even "I'm doing a UROP in Course 7" don't mean ... - features. Keep in mind that this guide is just an introduction; I chose to ... make it work again, or do something new and useful, is a badge of honor

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  's senior class is the group that came in right as I left. How I am now that ... 's insane. Equal in insanity magnitude is I became a blogger in 2008, which ... between the amount of stuff you can do in a given year, and the amount of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  ... ^^;) A group photo from ASA Senior night Despite how involved I was in so ... things I would do if I could do MIT all over again. In my four years at ... been able to take a photo with truly everyone in it ^^; And of course, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  finished. I remember little of this now except a 12-hour rush in the ground ... CAD. In fact we finished the CAD. I left thinking that while the ... … well the rest is a blur. I was chosen as a presenter, along with Grace

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  friends asked me how I was doing a few days before finals, I struggled to ... campus? Remember that the humanity on campus is in you.” When I ask fellow ... that is good about life as a student. For the visiting senior, there is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  whiff. Do not try this at home. It smells bad in a way that I cannot even ... transfection I'm doing. He mentions that he doesn't have a particular plasmid ... body is not pleased that I'm getting up so early. 7:54 AM. I roll out of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  ; The word limit is kinda short. Now, a disclaimer: I want to stay that ... narrative -> point -> how it connects to me. In fact, this is what I use ... waits in the hospital, unable to obtain assistance. It is possible that a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  the Court rules in a way that constrains how universities may compose ... note='It is perhaps worth noting, here, that we do not have a legacy ... [annotation note='In that role, I saw how both our alumni and our applicants

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  realized that though I don’t think I’ve felt rooted to a place before, Boston ... I’m home in Pennsylvania for three weeks, for the second time this summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a ... beastly exams and self-doubt and stuff. Though I hope that bit was pretty

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  I have a personal blog that I write about my teenagers and I haven ... wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I like to mention that there is a writing requirement here at MIT. To some

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  Carnegie Endowment, a think tank that's based in D.C, studying democratization and governance in China. Given that I'm a twig, it never ceases to amuse me that the other fellow in my program is a certified body builder

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  is a couplet that i'm proud of: "We’re at a party that’s not the right ... night, working, working, working. i'm trying to challenge myself to do a ... not so good at and that i can usually get away with neglecting. this is

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018