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• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  the first place, I decided to stay. I lived in East Campus for a year, on Fifth West, which is a wonderful hall filled with cats and friends ... because I gained valuable experience for myself and felt myself grow as a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  nice enough to write back with a very encouraging message, and we ... message. I want to share my story with you and thank you for all the amazing ... page. And I hope his story, as he told it, is both a solace and an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vlogging about Course 3 and Applying to MIT A video in which I talk to myself and I am an awkward MIT student…

  

  I did the vlog thing!   I didn't take a video of a cat, but here is a picture of Rory:

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  ! There are a ton of resources on campus for making and enjoying artwork ... "] Magazine Beach again, with a different color palette and painting style ... mini ceramics studio, outfitted with tools for sculpting clay, a wheel

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  for club members. And it's a great way to stay in shape, Team Captain ... qualified for a spot! They graciously drove me back, and we stopped by for ... as my mind and body stay with it, I have a feeling that I might just

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  alive. If we adjust for where they both began and ended, the ... speed bump and immediately look for ways to "show and prove" that you ... possible. You can imagine how disconcerting this can be for a social

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  It's been a rough and challenging December and semester overall, both ... and I'd be working for three to four hours on a single problem on each ... kid who studied for a couple hours and got it. Lesson #1: Hard work and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  were both sick, had a super long and challenging 6.00 pset (literally ... Borderline (a general one, just to refresh on how unity works, and then one for ... – Woke up 11:30am – Continued studying for 6.042 and started 6.00 pset 3

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  come across an open area, which you saw on the map and devised a plan for ... Hi, I am Cadet O'Brien. I am a Junior at MIT majoring in course 3 ... , and I want to show you how awesome that can be. Once a semester we go

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  subject, but if someone comes up with a good chemistry question I'll take a ... What is a scientific/engineering topic that you find most difficult ... 'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  like a carnival for job-seeking undergrad and grad students. Some ... to a project and then connect with others in different countries. So ... effective communication and the ability to work well with others is a big plus

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  graduate from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering and, frankly, I ... the pipeline project, with strict guidelines and expectations for ... I'm in a cool HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) class this

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  I've been struggling with the grad school vs. industry conundrum for a ... won't ever really know that for myself unless I do it myself. And on a ... . Anyways, we had two motivations for this trip, and one of them was hiking

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Misadventures of Carl I may have acquired a shopping cart...

  

  practicality we hade up for with legs, time, and an indomitable spirit. Fiona ... Benson L. ‘27 to look for potentially useful items at the Swapfest (a ... together with a bit of ribbon, and Carl now feels very bonita! [caption id

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 14, 2026
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  public a LOT of times: for MIT Monologues, where I wrote and memorized an 8-minute monologue; for a club where I teach oral storytelling; and for 2 ... mountains. The class left me with a lot of thoughts about culture and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Regular Action Decisions: Sunday 3/14 How to receive your MIT admissions decision.

  

  . There is a similar link for forgotten usernames. If you're having ... [email protected] with your full name and mailing address. Admissions ... have decisions posted a minute before 2pm. Receiving your decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  worth of rare and pirated software? Not easy to part with. A chainsaw ... for making 14 pancakes instead of 4. But it was a beautiful day and ... and behold they worked with a simple click. And the problem? Who knows

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  permission to just feel. And a green one is going to be looking for ways to let ... . UPDATE: I also wrote a post like this for 2020, 2021, and 2022. Things I ... urchins for the first time and adolescence. It’s a short, satisfying five

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  calls with their other obligations. As the months passed and my life got ... ' reassurance and my own empathy for the difficulty in finding balance didn ... . Now I feel like I've known her for much longer than just a few weeks

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a ... country and around the world. Now, as a founding member institution of the ... to raise awareness about and facilitate opportunities for discovery of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023