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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  , you should go out to the library and get a copy now! It's a great read ... from the MIT Alumni Association's page that caught my eye... The Great ... . If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  pervasive in all of engineering, including: How to document and communicate ... in a large, multi-week project. How to identify and search for the ... become the best statistician in the world may try to take every statistics

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  year because he decided to live in Burton Conner and we already had 3 ... and try to work together to make everything a little better in the field ... ! Mad props to Stanford students - if I lived in a place that cool I'm not

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  didn't have a bachelor's degree, she could apply, get in, and come to ... Junior in Michigan who is considering applying to MIT next fall. Recently ... must win to get into MIT, like there is no set course of actions that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  was another huge success and an easy way to get involved in charity at ... --participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or ... enough to participate in both in very different ways... SK Late Night

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  from four to six to a zillion years, depending on how fast you get your ... lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  lounging in my work office as I finished work. When it came to a close, I ... 's almost time. Almost time to see Kenneth. I hadn't seen Kenneth in a while ... really grown up. "I feel like in high school you really used to be the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  skill points in this category, but as much as I hate to admit it, I have ... impact the ability of your character to perform in game. There are a few ... to recover. Built in game downtime happen during long breaks, summer

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  math major. I had a clear life plan to start in the first semester ... procrastination). What I’m trying to say in a haphazard way is that things will ... : something I discovered during CPW - a great time to check out something

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  are a great way to really get involved with a research project, since ... different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my ... far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  classical mechanics, and even if I somehow figured out how to get around my ... 't join twenty extra-curriculars because you think you have to in order to ... classes, I tried really hard to keep this in mind. But the pressure to take

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  how the taekwondoist could possibly contort himself in midair to hit all ... University in South Korea, where it's possible to major in taekwondo like an ... , there seemed to be a lot of air in between the kicks and "injuries." This

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal ... myself and hid alone in my room. But then my mom and sister came to visit ... adventure to adopt this little creature that emits joy and happiness in every

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  on top of the Great Dome 13. Contribute to How to Get Around MIT 14 ... Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little ... that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  and how MIT helped (or didn’t) get them to their current level of ... not easy to give up a great job, but for me the chance to be Chancellor ... ? Perhaps this sounds great to you, but perhaps you are wondering – “so what

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  ="'Boston' refers to both Boston and Cambridge in this post"]boston.[/annotation] it ... , i slowly made an active effort to make the place i lived in, mine ... did in the fall.  i went back to read a journal entry i wrote back in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  somewhat good experience talking to my counselor. i first mentioned this in a ... guy, and it’s been going okay i guess. i get that it’s meant to be ... this past week? how is your next week going to be? are you being

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  . When you get hungry, head to the Quincy Market (largest food hall in New ... to a big city. It only takes 10 minutes to get downtown from East ... the ocean. In the summer, there are even more reasons to leave the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  WRAP-UP! As a favor to everybody who worked on the puzzle remotely ... it came right down to the wire. We were frantically solving puzzles as ... . I'll post answers to the puzzles you guys worked on and some to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  how to cook).  I'm fairly sure I caused my mom a great deal of stress ... post). Until then - adieu!  2013 is getting off to a great start. ... to Python (6.S189), and it's actually a really fun class.  In the first

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013