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• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  your essay would make the difference in a decision. I wouldn't worry ... ) and Math (Course XVIII), but ultimately I graduated with a degree in ... . even if u watch translated into english ones, i would recommend u try to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  kind of situation) is to make lots of plans, so I had ’em ready in spades: I imagined, as realistically as I could, how it would feel to be ... Shuli J. '22 (2018): I knew I would be nervous when the time came, because

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  tables and charts in excel etc. In fact, to avoid being overwhelmed I ... . Tally up how much you make in a month, subtract out anything you HAVE to ... roommates in the apartment, and I spend about $100 a week on groceries. That

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  between grad school and undergrad. I live in an apartment now. Grad housing ... immediately and almost every option disappeared. So I don’t live in a grad dorm. Instead, I live in an apartment with a roommate who works full-time at a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  comfortable making my own websites because I didn't think I knew how to make ... and how it really defined their MIT academic experience. I would love ... the semester at around 5 or 6 and in those next two weeks or so I drop

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  I would from the giant pills, so I got the giant intimidating pills. They scare me, but I take them because I can hear my mother in my head ... me of analyzing what is in the foods I am eating and determining which

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  'm excited that I'll be sharing other people's experiences in the future with ... Programming Competition, and the website that gets the most Facebook likes in ... from the Boston side of the river as the humble brownstone I call my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  "low warning" sign. I have $1.70 in my TechCash account, and the reason ... account (not that I'm out buying couture, just caffeine drinks and Thai food ... . But also, not in TechCash. Day 6: or why I've been banned from Anna

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  've taken. We learned how to create image-editing effects in C++ that would ... understand the documentation and how to make sense of Drake in general, but we ... to reflect an aspect of human cognition in some way. Unfortunately, I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to college! In less than three days! Wait, I need socks? This list, as well as Melis's, is actually pretty helpful, although I'm not planning on buying

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  in point: At 1 AM one night in November freshman year, I was studying ... problem sets were hard... and I'd never learned to manage my time wisely in ... place. I skipped class a lot more frequently than I did in my upperclass

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I've actually been involved in TMG since the spring semester, but without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  GIRs, and I would never have to take another physics class in my life ... gaps in the blinds. I rolled over, and realized - to my delight - that I was back in my "own" bed. I half expected my sister to open the door

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  ramen in one night), I’ve been spending virtually all of my IAP at home ... 's invaluable in many ways. For me, it was mostly that I had four pristine weeks ... summer, but decided that ultimately I hadn't devoted enough time and would

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  ’ve been learning a lot! I’m making a website with [annotation note="hi Dylan and Emma! oops sorry i’m writing this instead of working on the website"]two other people,[/annotation] and I’m really excited to see how it’ll turn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  because it was all I had lab experience in and would be the easier route, or ... 'm in the latter group.  I came to MIT intending to major in something Bio: Course 6-7, or 7, or maybe 20.  I had loved AP Biology in high school

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  much” to “what’s up” or “i’m good” to “how are you” knowing how to use ... span of moments in which you’re not quite ready to accept the fact that ... was in your calendar the scent of rain the act of looking for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  in Cambridge for summer 2023. I would be working on a more technical ... that I supervised about MIT in the Marvel Multiverse. Jade just published ... even wrote about a pair of Spider-Man Shoes I had painted in high school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  that there are only so many hours in the day. I just didn’t do a ... research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep ... . And I wasn’t quite sure where in my evening the hours for that work were

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  Do you ever stop to think about how incredible computers are? I don ... awarded to an MIT professor just a few days after I learned how quantum dots ... ! OLED Displays How can plastic become conductive? In materials science

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023