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• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  summer getting all my safety training and learning how to do things like ... having a job impaired my ability to do my homework -- in fact, I've found ... hours a day. You're probably used to being in class seven or eight hours a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  can get a PhD in math and teach classes for the rest of my life to ... comes to math. To some extent, I’ve learned how to quiet this voice: I ... . Sometimes, I wish I could get rid of the voice. That it didn’t just linger in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  you should try not to get too trapped in the bubble, so that you can ... anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn ... how few hours they slept or how many hours they studied. I want to see

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  Alright, you and I both have some big decisions to make in the next ... the rest of your life. No pressure or anything. I will weigh in with how ... on how awesome MIT is. But that’s old news to me, because it seriously

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  good questions like "how did you get so fresh?" and "what is knowledge ... answer:       I have been privileged to know and befriend some of the best and brightest minds in America and around the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... blood in the sky. From the Man in the Moon, to the embittered savant ... don’t get oxygen until the troposphere… hmm. How light can I get the

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  MIT, and we'll check to see if it's been included in your application. ... You may track the progress of your application in the application ... days to be processed. Materials are not automatically loaded into a
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the campus life and culture like?

  It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  pressure to get A's in high school, although that doesn't mean I actually ... course 2, but how easy is it to take classes in neuroscience outside of one ... that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this ... ’s observations on climbing plants and the similarity of their strategies to those of climbing animals. There are also new recipes for poisons, thoughts

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  there. being in new york city for a week before school was a slap in the ... spent in seattle, and was it even real at all? mit does this to you ... was a working adult, living the 9 to 5, subconsciously looking forward

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  results - not only in terms of the groundbreaking research and new ... using their talents and abilities to actually making a difference in the ... "nerd reservation," and in my opinion that's absolutely true. To be sure

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  the comments thread in this post to leave your best wishes for Ben as he ... As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a fantastic new job (Vice President for Communications!) at Oberlin College. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  't know how it happens, but everything seems to work out in the end. MIT is ... you want to see how heat travels through the solid. Somehow, through the ... every day at MIT is a new challenge to overcome. Overcoming it elicits a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  . We are currently 6-1 in conference play and getting ready to begin the ... great chance to get outside and watch some fire athleticism on Roberts and ... playing ever since. I didn’t always know I wanted to play in college, but

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  "), "tan". Then you get to the hyperbolics and it's "sinch," "cosh" and ... ! How cool is that? However, not every single UROP in the history of MIT ... thoroughly explored chemical compound and then getting to perform any reactions

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  't have to know how to cook to live in a dorm with kitchens. I live in ... , realistically, don't eat that much food. You essentially have to eat in the dining ... worth it. Especially when you factor in trips to Boston restaurants (a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  Course 3 (Materials Science and Engineering). I grew up in New Jersey and ... class. And in between terms, we get 6 weeks off, which is pretty amazing ... (sorry, I had to rub it in). Also, that whole stereotype of British people

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall ... from last term, where by some miracle I managed to get all three. For ... .012 is and if you should take it in the fall and hey, how come MIT doesn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  Now I get to mention something cool that I do with my life here! It ... me and the two other news editors to make sure that you get your bi ... and ready to run in our latest feature. If you haven’t checked it out

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012