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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  over to the Bush Room to join several other MIT students in calling youuu ... to get all As at MIT, and I know people who have done it. Plus, there ... to CPW if you can! It played a huge role last year in my final decision

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth ... never seem to come out tasting right and my chemistry experiments in high ... engineering. 2. A shift in perspective. In my desperation to find my path

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each ... , and go to bed in the morning. At the start of the year, two friends came ... I can't sleep in. I don't have any early-morning obligations – I just

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  ... "Things I Discovered About Myself as it Relates to the Artsy Stuff I Have in ... before). I also get the chance to sing at my church (Pentecostal ... favorite times because I not only get to hear live music, but I get a chance

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  the same day as the dreaded first 8.01 exam in addition to a 3.091 quiz ... and pseting, I get an email reminding me to sign up for Career Fair and ... respond, I procrastinate on making a new resume by getting back to psetting

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in ... the tense scene. In slow motion, Tim waddles over to a table full of ... admissions blogs is to humanize MIT. I hope that this video, in turn, humanizes

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  we went to a Lebanese restaurant in downtown/Penn Court. We took the ... was the night before inauguration. In the three block walk to the restaurant, we had to walk through barricades in streets, have police officers

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  have to admit, the minibus experience takes a little getting used to. The ... we are going to be in Lusaka this weekend or Mwape, but I hope to have ... Yesterday was my team's first full day in Zambia, and what a day it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when ... thing, though, it’s more just an observation. One way to describe how I ... you tend to notice and find significant in life are partly reflective of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  example, the New York Times called Toscanini's "the best ice cream in the ... : $3), you can consume Boston's favorite treat to your heart's (stomach

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  ’t quite sure how to start up the New Year. Should I eat till I was blue in ... We begin with certain trivialities. *Resolution: A firm decision to do or not to do something; *New Year’s Resolution: On Jan 1, it means

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  , but there is one thing that I am confident in recommending to you. (And ... truly matters to you, no matter how nontraditional it may seem + take ... mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  of the times in high school when I would stay after school ranting to ... these two classes in particular tend to be shorter but with more mentally ... process after the week to just have that time to relax and indulge in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  performance in audio and retrieve to us what you learn about Germany? It's just I am very curious." Kallie: "Ok, since you seem to be rather in ... shocking... guess I'll have to wait until I get there to see. Now, I can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  strains. My role in the project is to figure out how to deliver these si ... slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... siRNAs to prevent and treat influenza virus infection in mice. If all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  this EA decision. It may not feel like it if you get in, and you're not ... pressures to comMIT. It may not feel like it if you get deferred or rejected ... career decision, or any one email. Try to be present in your current life

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science ... this stuff up. Now, just as many of you are getting to take a vacation ... , and we'll get to do a whole bunch of fun Boston things. Then, I'll head

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  available until next year, but I hope to be first in line to get some.   ... inventions in the world. Radar, modern lithium-ion batteries, canned soup, and ... incoming hazards and obstacles. The demonstrated use case is to avoid

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Crew Florida Takeover My last trip to play with the dolphins

  

  cooperate and we can get back on the water well in advance of spring break ... So usually in the beginning of January, Boston is under a solid layer ... (global warming must be playing its part), we still trekked down to Florida

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 1, 2012