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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  little funny in hindsight how crass some of them turned out to be (usually ... it out first to get the rough shape and dimensions down and also have a preliminary design to get feedback on. [carousel image1="116775" image2

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  * For me, it was really awesome getting the chance to work in a lab and to ... ’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... …I never told them but I like to pretend that they cared. But, in all

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... cause me to be instantly rejected from MIT, I calmed down slightly, went

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• 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 / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  ="48932" /] Postcards and snail mail. It feels nice to get a postcard in the mail, so I ... to ride a bike for the first time in years. Maybe I can get some of ... years, or maybe because you're "locked in" to your path and desperately

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  existing in this spot. Sometimes, I got to help others. Sometimes, I got help. Both helped me grow. I also got to hone in on some stylistic choices that ... before. Once you learn how to read it, it is so much nicer to use and saves

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large ... Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  . From the website:  In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and ... 2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• 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 / 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 / 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
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does MIT help student entrepreneurs?

  team mentoring approach with groups of three to four mentors sitting with the entrepreneur(s) in sessions that provide practical, day-to
• 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 / 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / 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