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• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  . specifically: why I chose to major in physics and mathematics how I decided to go to grad school what I focused on during undergrad how helpful ... for the equations that I had already learned to solve in math class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  night until probably 4:30, didn't get to bed until six in the morning ... in the Infinite, as well as a friend to the janitorial staff and the ... 10, which itself acts as a memorial to those in the MIT community lost

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  The other day, when I stopped in the Admissions Office to annoy a few ... a trip to good ol’ South Florida, I checked in and printed out my ... Christmas, so it’s excusable, right? Cut to Line #2: Security. So I stood in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  our GRT told him how to talk to the counseling deans so he could get his ... , course 7, but they were excited to hear that I was doubling in course 9 ... opportunity to do a little spring cleaning. There are few things in life more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  opportunity to learn about yourself." Students sometimes get so wrapped up in ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... completely honest about yourself in your application, you are sure to be happy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  "What could possible be in that room?!" Some are pretty easy to figure ... , you get pwnd in the face by Nitrogen. Surviving an explosion can often ... useful as that button seems to be, I'm not sure how much it could actually

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  . course requirements, how to plan a career in physics, finding a UROP) I ... a stunned daze, that this would be the closest I would get to a one ... assigned, at least in the physics department. I had to send in a form and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  entirely sure how to go about tackling the last one. The motivation to write ... in Boston after school, get an MD-PhD at Harvard, be married by 25 ... ’m in 4 classes this semester, and it’s been miserable. I decided to take

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  college recently, and i realized that all of them seem less interesting to me now than they did while they were in school i have a bad habit where i’m attracted to uncertainty. blog ideas and unfinished drafts

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  . --Yan In fact, MIT doesn't allow students to declare majors until after ... freshmen enough flexibility to explore their interests, decide to major in Physics, take the first 8.012 test, decide to major in Literature, pull an

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  : From the way fat patients (like me) get denied appropriate care to how ... . In the fall of 2024, no longer able to produce thoroughly researched ... Chicagoland Gallery[/caption] Beading in particular is how I honor my Ukrainian

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  class (MAS.110) or for just getting "lost" in the many halls of the labs ... (MAS.S65). In the classs, grad students would be exposed to various ... , a beach. It could also vibrate in a pattern similar to a heartbeat to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  one of few places he was interested in, although he admits to not expecting to get in. Other places he applied to include Caltech, which turned ... Sciences) class in which he gets to create multiple design sketches, capped

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

  safety tests, they get to participate in the race portion which is ... to the public how this trip was once made in covered wagons, and now we ... in the sky - we were able to get a lot of solar energy and perform

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to ... this from students with something to report. If you're in a school

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  bear. We're right in between the United Kingdom bear, who appears to be ... I inexplicably neglected to get a picture of, featured a real mosaic ... , who was once asked to "say something in Georgian" while teaching SAT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  home. We excitedly get in line and order. I ordered medium waffle fries ... video games where you have to blend in and pretend to be an NPC because ... started to notice how strange Dedham was. Well, we kept walking and lo and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  highest score achieved in each section. We do this in order to consider all ... . Standardized tests are required for every first-year application to MIT. However ... evaluated within an applicant's context. To view test score statistics from
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of ... though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  him explaining the profundity of anaphase in mitosis. I listened to ... note: if you’re ever in an exam and you don’t know the answer to a ... frantically tried to explain it to us in the remaining minutes of class (good

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010