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• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  his school. That was certainly a turn-off, though really the school is a ... and beyond. The best advice I can give you for the interview is to be ... that it was at his house, which was quite dark, and seemed kinda scary to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  that's what I want to study and later do in life. Is there a majore for ... , and soak up all the trivial goodness that is: Q&A Are MIT students ... careful. 3. I don't think it's fair to say that the food is awful. There

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  ?'” (DFW went on to deliver a timeless and celebrated address that is well ... in the admissions office to craft questions and prompts that elicit ... available to them.”  A corollary is that “…we may look just as favorably on

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  send students to that same conference and hope that the environment is ... the external examiner (“extern”) for a PhD Viva, and now I’m trying to ... PhD. There’s a coda to that story. Over a decade ago (!), when I was an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  behavior and the brain? 10-C is a flexible enough that you can juggle it and a second major at the same time, but I wouldn't be able to pursue ... a persona and tell the story of that "person." Even then, though, they

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  . That part really is kind of random and up to God, the universe, whomever ... walk into the lounge and say hi to whoever was in there, ask what they ... convince ourselves that not making the effort to socialize is our best bet

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  ; is the same as a “band.” I think they call it MITWE ... attention to the tiniest musical details and fixes everything so that it’ ... words the same way, with clear diction. Chamber Chorus is a really great

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  my friends and family"]myself[/annotation] that I was going to run a ... “That’s harsh, isn’t it?” But that’s the truth! Time and again, I try to ... ’s like a 5k through the woods and mud, and there’s all these obstacles

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  death. There was guilt that the last text she sent to me promised to get a ... refutes all that is ephemeral in love. There comes a time, although the ... to sink to the ground too. In that moment, I felt nothing. There was

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  recently graduated and is now working in the Cambridge area. We decided to ... the 1790s in Boston’s North End, and to this day is still an active ... bike and using the GPS on your phone at the same time is not an effective

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  to MIT staff, faculty, and registered students. Then there's the train ... -rewarding views and a considerable amount of time spent running parallel to the Mass ... composure, to make things feel a bit happier and nicer. Wanting to find that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  yet, there’s still a part of me that thrashes and whines: “Is this it ... versus their work, in a meta impersonal sort of way, and hearing the same ... grasp. There was a strange freneticism to the semester, of collapsing a

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  the same room as last term's writing class, and is held in a similar ... Studies minor, taught by Lori Breslow and Bernd Widdig. Lori is the director of MIT's Teaching & Learning Lab and Bernd is the associate

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  regretted something and realize that there wasn’t really a benefit to any of ... ghost me, and it is meaningless to regret decisions that would only change ... really just change your thoughts and reactions to the world like that?” i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  ’s fall but the weather is still nice. We go to a nice part of campus and ... ’ Discord server a lot for that.  Because without them and all the people in ... groups have really forged a community and family for the 24s, one that I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  out and find the same person you are now, a little older and wiser and sturdier but you just the same. To ask where you are and feel happy when you ... wanted this to be recognized. Instead I just felt relieved that there was

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Summary

  

  some more and got it go at a max of 750 rpm. Moral of the story is to be ... Today was the last day of 2.670. I had wanted to make a really cool ... pieces and I managed to finish at 3:31 -- and the competition started at 3

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  . Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of ... . Online Communities. There's a list with links to various online communities ... , learn about your classmates, find out who else is from your area and who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  're lucky, all the classes that you want to take might fall on the same two or ... achieve it, the result is the same: a couple of 24 hour periods each week ... shoes looked a little lonely and abandoned that morning, so I went back to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  , informatics, and biology. In each country there's a selection process to try to ... ) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only ... as a really cool thing. Being at MIT meant that I was going to school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008