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• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  about environmental sustainability. In that post, I wrote:   This is ... background or training in judging people, I have been judging people for some ... Dietrich Mateschitz. And that's how, on Monday, I found myself sitting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  college was I going to land at in the US? I had a girlfriend then. We would ... never cracked a 6:30 mile in high school - I did enjoy the meets. My goal ... is setting in, I always told myself, "If I could do this 100, I can do

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  paintings." Little did I know, I would actually see these paintings in real ... how we could best apply them to the another sculpture that would be in ... yourself to explore your options. Nine months ago, I was in the middle of a

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  belt all at once. I straight-up failed a class in my fall semester that ... exam, but a few exams along the way. I would’ve failed another class, if ... . I cried a lot, often in my room or empty classrooms on campus, with

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

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... object is moving in a circle. I got a lot more confident with rotational ... showed me how angular velocity could be split into vectors one way, but I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  else. I rented out a small room in some building, I learned how to feed ... coming to MIT. I was invested in writing things that other people would ... One. In October 2017, I left home and lived on my own for several

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation ... passionate about—sustainable transportation in developing countries. I haven ... rowing. I decided to come down to DC for the conference back in October or

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  . ------------------------------------- Anon wrote, "i just wanted to ask: how would you compare the admission ... 't circle any, but in the titles put how many years I've been practicing the ... to send in a Mid-Year Report. One of MIT's application brochures says I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  shouldn't do that. Even though that's how my life has been lately, I lucked ... , would naturally be among the most creative people here at MIT. But I doubt ... -as-a-bootcamp that set in during a hellish week. So I decided to leave something

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  dropping all classes where it was clear I would get a B or lower. How did I ... in the popular “who’s more hosed” game. And then senior year came. I ... official term.  In the fall of senior year, I got my first D in a mostly

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  challenged myself in more ways than i would have expected to and i have changed in more ways than i would have expected to. i grew up with this ... strange things that i have collected in the last couple of years. now that i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  setting. There is a great deal that I enjoyed about engaging in one ... ,” and I suspect that I will share some of them in due time.  However, as I ... ’s chances of thriving.  There are settings in which I did really excellent

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2019 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  Tube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online, so I thought I would embed them below for ... (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life and culture of their residence halls. In the '90s and early '00s, these were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  for almost ten years and I've participated in national competitions and festivals. I'm having a hard time finding an adequate teacher so far in the ... in inquiring about financial aid. I have contacted my usual financial

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  organized with academic work, but I still can't gauge how much time everything ... blogger would be kind of overkill? I really love the whole concept of the ... , I was involved in student government, MURJ, Assassins' Guild, Medlinks

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  even still I was not sure it would be high enough in light of the ... experimentally, what results I got and how I interpreted them, what I would do next ... interviewing at my first school, I was convinced that I would probably get in and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... in the deep pool! But alas. Covid struck before I got to take one final ... of how fragile they are. And I usually think caterpillars are kind of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  busy... and classes haven't even started yet. In the past three days, I ... retailer of my choice. In other news, Mitra recently acquired a free i ... 'd been debating about buying an iPod Shuffle for a while just so I'd have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or ... are interested in learning while still completing your service anywhere in the world, we offer thousands of options through edX, MITx, and OpenCourseWare.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I've pasted some excerpts from the UEA email in italics.) The complimentary ... inquires, "How's your wife/husband?" The other responds, "Relative to what

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005