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• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How ... how I felt when my plane first landed in Boston - when I walked onto ... Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  get in to, like video games, but I doubt that I will, because even if I ... started to get shin splints, which, scientifically speaking, is when your ... didn't notice how gingerly I walked. Eventually I went to MIT Medical

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  , different types of companies come to MIT to recruit for corporate positions in ... Do You Do with a BA in English?") What do you do with a B.S. in econ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  the Stata Center for seniors in the Black Community to get recognized ... was how many programs there were to help students become accustomed to ... that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  to see how high I could get the stack. I also have sensitive hands - I ... ;I sent in my scores awhile ago, but I still don't see them on MyMIT - what's going on?!" "My teacher said she sent my eval A in

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  see them in class, to p-setting with them, to merely just getting to ... already existing on OpenCourseWare. To gauge the extent of how well you understand MIT and how much the course taught you, I need you to answer the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  it getting chaotic? How do I make sure that there is variety to the ... about to get incredibly busy again (and after three months of relative ... reading my posts? How were they responding to it? Was the post successful

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  and my friends to not say anything about it if I don't get in? That ... !" or "I'm scared I won't get in!" but things like "I am worried that when ... minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  the one purchased. Or they could. To paraphrase: "We'll arrive in time ... before they get here. Then they need to rest." Have you noticed that this ... weather EVERY year exactly when everyone wants to get home.) I'm sick of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People ... this class teaches you specifically how to write safe, well-verified, and ... "Communication Systems and Networks", or as I like to call it, "How the Internet

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get ... year struggles, I feel like I'm starting to get the hang of this whole ... groups get together at the end of the semester to schedule next semester

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  just scary, because how do you talk to people? How do you ask for help ... how to help, and there was an upperclassman who was willing to teach us ... negotiation, and making compromises in order to achieve my character’s goals

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  classrooms around MIT! I think it'll be a great way to get our steps in and ... coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... 's no warm water in the sink or any hooks to hang and dry your towels or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  spending long nights at your desk wondering how the heck we're going to get ... enough along in it now to explain what it's been like from my perspective ... -3 that will chime in in those cases! 6.0001 - Introduction to Computer

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  visualization, and in order to answer questions about how humans perceive and ... behavior in response to visual stimuli to neuroscience experiments to tease ... learn about breaking research in their fields and lets researchers get

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  class from the Admissions Office to the Academic Resource Center (ARC ... ? A cover letter from Marilee, formally transitioning you to the ARC ... doesn't really set in that they're an MIT student until they send their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  friends, put them in my life for a day, and get them to think about it, they ... 't perceived, and broken down to its component parts. in a general sense, maybe ... to see the gestalt, please look at this. in this sense gestalt and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  India,do i need to get a good scoring in SAT exams....thanks" Andani wrote ... I apply to MIT? How can I get admitted to MIT? I promise that over the ... me their applications. I really want to get a good head start in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to ... " is a common buzzword nowadays, but it's a good way to describe how I ... point in moving any further. The universe seemed to be telling me that I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  few days in contrast to how much free time I had over IAP. I feel like I ... classroom on Tuesday morning and had to run to get there. I went to an extra ... ’s hard to put in the effort to keep them. And sometimes, I think about what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020