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• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  understood and dealt with. My personal example. I drove myself into a nervous ... what people are afraid of. 3) For me, the best treatment was DISTANCE ... mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  ) and commuter rail trains (costs vary depending on distance). The map for ... Worcester to see a Nightwish concert. Taking the T is essential for getting ... all of the dorms and FSILGs. Saferide is free and operates seven days a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  with Beacon St. and Marlborough St., which run parallel to the water on ... ’s sailboats in the foreground. (Click for larger versions.)   And me and Cory ... .                                                        Beacon St. and Marlborough both meet the Public Garden, our Central Park

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  machine shops for meche classes, little makerspaces with laser cutters or drills in many dorms, a wonky woodshop under EC, and even bio and nuclear makerspaces, if you know where to look. The issue is, it’s difficult for any one

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  , where the Great Hunger is a deeper search for meaning and understanding in ... think now, MIT has started looking for people who have a lot of initiative ... progression, built a sturdy resume, and began to look toward the next chapter

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  works for me - I successfully merged into a band of '14s at a party and ... camps, as the internees learned to make a living for themselves and make ... come to iHouse, and these silly people are in love with a game called

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  beeline for my room and cried. But a good captain always sinks with their ... 's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for ... optimization,  and made a ballistic squirrel do a backflip for my final project

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  laugh, and formed a small group of friends, who we’d sit with at lunch ... time. One that we applied to was a combined middle and high school with a ... we acquired over years. And then, with a simple question, one person

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  earlier this summer with a new air conditioner and a trash bin full of other ... ? :) I got a couple of B+'s (2-3) and a handful of A-'s (5-6?), so my GPA ... right on the Massachusetts Bay, and I always get a little nervous on the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  's ultimately better for society that they put a picture with me in it on the ... , focusing on both the overall winners and the performances of MIT runners. Now ... Kyle '08 and YiOu '07 looking beautiful together as they finish together

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  scam for donations, before I lost 3 tries in a row and high tailed it out ... a shameless plug for *ahem* Midwest Pizzeria, and I realized that it ... I [started] writing this blog on 3/17, and it’s the warmest day that

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  qualifying exams), became a vegetarian, and started training for triathlons ... classes in 2003 (3.091, 21A.109, 18.01A, 8.01 and a seminar). I don't know ... fortunately, I remembered my password today and given the start of a new school

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  Cambridge.) SIGH. I will look like a zombie for 2 months ☹ But it’s okay ... find three programs that allowed me to travel for 1-3 months and I can ... Saba and Qing for sharing with me and MIT admissions blog readers their

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  the space of a week. I was constantly overwhelmed, and yearning for the ... a constant in my life for as long as I can remember, and added ... family for going three weeks before replying to a text. ‘School is crazy

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  ) arrive a little later. We're understanding and flexible with your teachers ... are delayed a bit for reasons beyond your control, no need to worry (and ... flexible with the deadline, and as such, we've extended the deadline to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  starting later than 3am). But, sometimes, you sit down for a bit to talk to ... a "chance for you, and five of your friends to try your cunning and ... well (blog with pictures here). A friend of mine won two years ago for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  funding for the very first i3 project, and several of my very close friends ... Many of you have already received it, but for those of you anxiously awaiting your Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) video

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  wrong with it.) I learned how to use a power drill and table saw at the ... specialty of Mechanical Engineering called Course “2A”) and I’ve only now been ... numerical response (or even a string of numbers.) For example, --Laura might

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  expanded the program for me in order to get in. And so that's why when I look ... projects I'd love to talk about and discuss with y'all, but at the same time ... and anxieties with being in computer science. A lot of it boiled down to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  opera. This course is geared for both beginners and those wishing to ... looking for a team can sign up as unattached hunters. New hunters always ... France, some stay at home ... and some go to lab. After a brief search on

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007