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• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on ... 's right there in my pset, how cool is that?? I just know my friends thought I had ... I'm interested in would be unsustainable. I need to choose something

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  guy who I’d taught how to weld, a nice student, good at taking criticism ... pattern, one I still haven’t figured out a response to. In machine shops, I ... thought to myself, “That won't be me.”  I am known, on occasion, to sit in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  . In early January, I realized that even though I could return to and ... past 8 years in the Navy, I wanted to be closer to my family while I ... how to answer this came from the Yale Admissions Podcast, which is an

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition ... allowed me to take a mental break from nuclear engineering in between ... that more people have access to it? How can we ensure that it will still

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  immediately sent to NYC to conduct some school visits. I was so nervous riding the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the ... demonstrated to me just how passionate, smart, crazy, and down-to-earth they

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  standing next to you. You dove right in; there was no preamble. Everyone knew ... house to buy in my new town, go on a big adventurous trip to Asia, and then (finally) get a dog. Everything was going according to plan. I was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  examples to illustrate the benefits of getting to the solution before ... ’s talk). The question: how long does it take for all audience members to ... fear to reproduce it in this post).  Insight: The &ldquo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  to figure out how to get to the club room. Walker wasn’t the most ... never works permanently. Every once in a while, somebody tries to clear up ... wanted to print the current W1MX logo on a PCB, but the best he could get

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  Development. I've now seen more snow than I ever cared to see in my life; by ... to my former desire to earn a degree in Chemistry (HAHAHAHAHA) and ... bacterial colonies makes me want to shoot myself in the face. (Speaking of my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  you get to college. =) Also, Sam asked: "I just wanted to know how MIT handles research with freshman. Do they get to use the same facilities as ... to tell. In fact, I'm embarassed just thinking about it. The thing is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  to theorize about what you would do in certain situations or how your body works or how you respond to specific emotions, but most of your ... behavior in a given setting is to experience that setting i liked that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... . You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the ... groups, you wouldn't really get to fully experience MIT. Thus, CPW is like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... very impressive. But I have to admit - sometimes I wish we'd get ... 're really going to go far in life and have gorgeous kids and save the world

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  . Last Wednesday was a typical day: up at 5:00 am to get a workout in and eat a little something before heading out to get to Stuyvesant for an 8 ... I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  are, what you want, and how you hope to get there. Now I realize the ... the big dreams that brought you to campus in the first place. Leader ... world and consider how I'm taking steps (however small) in the right

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  school student and want to go to MIT. Tell me how to get in.” I just write it off and never think about it again. Sorry, “How do I get in” is a ... amount of work you're capable of. “What SAT score do I need to get in

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

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

  

  FOOD in bright red text. To be fair these posters are targeted to ... advice is to make a list of the classes that you're interested in finishing ... ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  unstructured decompression sequence in my 2019 IAP and loved it. (I also tried to ... loved getting to know over the course of IAP! Maya and I worked together ... restaurant. It was challenging to get onboarded, learn background information

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  the block to get in for the chance to talk, face-to-face, with these ... each celebrity, saying, "Come to us! Come meet us! We're super cool!" Get ... , hot hour just to get inside. Now, being a freshman, going to the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  then proceeded to get no credit for the whole thing because [fill in ... kind to Rosalind. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't even realize how good ... access to Rosalind's data and photographs in slightly sketchy ways- not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006