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• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  major and I have no idea how to navigate all the crazy twists and turns of ... thought hey, if I can get lost in the middle of campus after 3 years of ... probably be called 32 before long because nobody can agree on how to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  for me to get in. it's clean, nice, and has great communities, but i ... makes a huge difference. finding how to sustain myself while living in EC ... wanted to meet new people; i was deprived of doing so in a pandemic and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  “secret spy missions” with my sister (we put our ears to our parents' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I ... in bed for a good ten minutes before getting up. This was it. I looked

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  need some time to get accustomed to a new atmosphere, but over time, I ... being in such a large atmosphere. Worries about how these classes could ... intimidating as well. Not in the number of people. But because of how I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  understand the intricacies of our code, other teams in order to figure out how ... barista, en route to my desk. 9:20am, Nice Window Desk (no cubicles in ... system (error handling) didn’t know how to fight, and it was up to you to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  in the post to get derailed, CJ. The people have come here for fortune ... to do anything in MIT, you can get funding for it. Alan: So we decided ... conversation. How did we get there? CJ: We were talking about emails. You know

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  quantity. Commentary: WE GET TO MAKE YO-YOS IN THIS CLASS. And the professor ... happening lately. I get an invitation to interview at a school. I confirm. In ... How do you go from taking 5 classes a term to only taking 2? You

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  breakfast? Go for it! Don't want to go to class? You won't get in trouble ... . Tally up how much you make in a month, subtract out anything you HAVE to ... kitchen that you can use to cook food in, and if you get a few friends

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it has not been received, we will personally contact your school to get it

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  ’t feel rested at all, and I’m not ready to be trapped in the [annotation ... experiences. My pod mates are fun people to work with and just great in general ... of random things. Then I realize I have work and get back to it. It

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  watching out for me here in getting me this job. Although I really wanted to ... teaches you how to be a good leader as well as a good team player. I don ... MIT. I'm super excited to see how our project develops! 6.S898

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  was to get deferred. i was expecting to get deferred, really. i knew, in ... put all my eggs into one basket, and i truly was expecting to get ... heal, not again. as much as i want to laugh at how emotional this writing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  bottom. Here at MIT, it's rapidly coming down to the end. In a week and a ... . Aside from the few that choose to enroll in 8.012 [Physics for the Truly ... . I guess you'll have to come and see for yourself! (or get 5's on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  bike and having time to bake tons of delcious things. I do like how I ... 've adjusted to learning in the MIT system, but I do feel like there are more ways at MIT where you can get help if you want to. Office hours (an hour

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  sure how yet. I guess I should probably get to a point where I feel ... ’ll sometimes just get random flashbacks to absolutely random things that have ... , they seem to appear in flashes way more frequent than I was used to. And

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  allowed to live in a single room?" There are actually two people in the ... the room with and how well everyone gets along, because the rooms are pretty darn big. Keep in mind that in Baker, the rooms are designed to hold

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  was one of my favorite restuarants in Chinatown: Taiwan Cafe. Taiwan Cafe is the best place in town for soup dumplings (very, very yummy). Taiwan cafe in Boston's Chinatown. Soup dumplings are delicious and fun

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  . My advice to you is to get involved in the UROP program here. I forget ... before dead week is pretty stressful, as every class tries to cram in that ... opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  lonely are two different things. It's ok to spend all Saturday in your room ... 's ok to get a table for one. Make time for self-care. It goes a long way ... rat, the ring design and what happens at ring delivery, I'm going to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  , you'll get the i3 stuff in the mail. If you never had a chance to visit ... attend CPW, then you'd have to select your choices (there is a lottery in ... related. CPW just happens to be a good time to get a head start on getting a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006