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• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  were up at 3 am doing [insert mundane thing here]?" I wish I knew how ... , in retrospect, and I hope that I'm able to participate in at least one ... exploration"]REX[/annotation] was a week. A week. In just that time, I forged

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  goes, like, ten feet in the air and has seat belts that I suspect are ... If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in ... in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  , I’m scrutinizing every other phrase in my SoP and wondering how my ... community back in high school, and how I hope to extend that love to the ... I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  . Like, I can't tell you how many kimchi fried rices I've eaten in my life ... so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you ... special occasion. The place I went to last week was Ganko Ittetsu in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  : [caption id="attachment_92314" align="aligncenter" width="768"] notice how I ... of my Notion because I'm not writing this post to show off how ... in the middle of Siberia. I woke up, tried to study, but ended up lying

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to ... ; put it only in the subject section like this: Java I (taken at B ... that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in

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

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  :00 am alarm seemed just way to early) I arrived in Seattle in time to go ... too. So now I find myself on an airplane in the early morning heading ... the next ten days I’ll be in Sacramento, San Francisco, Lafayette, and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  resemble the campus I fell in love with, the one I encountered in this same ... , and if they weren't so sweet I would have been way more embarrassed by ... .   I feel it when I'm hiding in a dorm room with twenty people, all

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  am taking my tests in November or December. Am I still eligible for the ... Subject Tests in Math and Science. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get ... Bridge financial aid instructions here. Q: How do I schedule an interview? A: You

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  . In college, I think it's important to take classes that are special, in ... -western-culture Medieval texts - with a Medievalist. In the original Middle English. If I ... . This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I'm learning

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in-person info sessions and tours as well as online sessions. Head over to our ... -created version of MIT in Minecraft!
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  I posted a version of this as a comment in the last thread, but decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I ... /she doesn't make it. In no way am I comparing my feelings to those of a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I ... kind of things that happen in this lobby every week. I’ve walked through ... taking pictures in front of the seal. I’ve stopped to watch the practice

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  I've blogged before about how, a few years ago, Jeremy Rubin '16 managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to distribute $100 in Bitcoin to every MIT undergraduate as his final project for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  8-B. I can't believe you do all of this?!?! How do sleep? Do you ... )? But keep in mind those classes I listed weren't like taken all during ... this is too many 8-classes. Hi Lulu.I have a small question to ask.In

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  person. Christine asked: Hey Jessie, I have a question for you. How was ... were other activities I liked more, or was interested in, and I quit ... committments. Erer asked: I noticed in the admissions stats that because of the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  see, MIT currently has a rather unorthodox dining system, and by that I ... dorm dining halls (currently only open for dinner), students who live in ... halls. And even with this in place, MIT still has had to subsidize dining

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  receive any exam booklets." Prof. Guth smiled and asked whether I was in the ... into the wrong exam hall, I said "Um, yes. 8.012 is DEFINITELY in this ... freakout when gears in my brain clicked and I realized who I'd been speaking

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  , so I don't know just how universal everything in this blogpost would be, but I hope this is helpful in some capacity. Table of Contents GIRs ... found helpful and I thought it would be even more helpful to make this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  sea in Antarctic winter after living without food for 120 days. I set my ... television in front of my treadmill. Sure, I lost a little by not hearing Alan ... !"). Unfortunately, I would have had to run like an entire marathon to do that, so I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005