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• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  wrote about how I never really connected with my own culture, and as a ... you come from” essay, complete with time stamps and a large collection ... heroes and the idealists; for fantastical worlds and magic spells. “A

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  best start for a "pack every minute of the weekend with something awesome ... the ground for an hour and a half. In the afternoon, my post-finals pre ... three and a half weeks. I spend my time with new friends instead of old

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  and a sense of unity with the world. All self centered thought limits ... shortened and for a moment he stood at the edge and the world shrunk until ... high-school I resolved to play infinite games. To find and fight for the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  Applications of Genetic Engineering for Biotechnology and Neuroscience is also a ... back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for one… I chose both. It’s Week 5 now, and I've gotten used to taking the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  " and "let's make a mousetrap car with cardboard and duct tape." Still, my ... with was "let's take a hot metal stick and melt a third piece of metal ... it means working with hot things and metal (which is a big improvement

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  't enough concept questions asked, which are used both for attendance and to ... symmetry, and sketching a horse to show what saddle points look like ... behavior, often with a profound statement at the end. Why, for example, do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  interns wait for someone to pick us up and take us to a welcome and ... "]boba[/annotation]. then it's back to the office, and i have a 1-on-1 with steven and he ... . setting up a dev environment for software development can be tricky: it

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  , which I framed and padded with my winter coat. Then, in a thick black ... me), and what floor he was on (3AB, a few doors down from my room). He ... before (fast, especially for the South, speckled with laughter). He sat a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  more, but i hope you can bear with me for a bit), as are many of my ... thoughts, so he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions ... i’ve known for a while that i’m a pretty awful conversationalist. my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  MIT community. Last year, for example, it was a 3rd.3rd meter tall orange 3rd that was filled with 1000 pounds of loose sand and placed in ... back for, and that, obviously, is the most fun we have all year. Since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  , screaming for my mom. Muddy water pounced on my legs with icy strength. A few ... the books. The cashier looked at them with some fascination, and said ... beside the Alchemist and had a short conversation. We were both hungry, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  from the other day in class and add a little something to them. Just. For ... lunch with a 309 classmate, talking about how awesome summer was and ... Yo homez, I'm back! And guess what? I'm a senior. I. AM. A

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  by spoils, they mean a 3-D printed rendering of Charles Darwin looking ... again and warming up the audience with a semi-enthusiastic “MIT greater ... experience of sitting in a room filled with scientists and fellow geeky

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  at 5pm and goes for an hour or two until 7pm at the latest. For both my ... and management. The big drawbacks of playing a sport at MIT, for me ... sacrifice. For me, the tradeoff makes sense. Staying healthy and being a

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , and a strong match with MIT's mission to use science, technology, and ... decision has been made with care, and it is final. I know this can be a ... all of you to apply to MIT. It's an honor and a privilege for us to read

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  more bearable by finding people to work with and understanding what organizational method works for you. Oh, and did I mention it's also about having ... survived, and I'm pretty sure I passed" about a semester at MIT was

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  is another record high: about a 2% increase from last year, with both ... academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to use ... you click View Update.  This past year, inclusive of both Early and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  squirrels in Kentucky, and for some reason a black squirrel just looked so odd ... . If you are looking for a credible source, try using this link here. If ... office for the long trek back to Simmons Hall. I walked and talked with

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  plan for IAP. Since food is expensive, and cooking food takes a while, I ... to salty and sweet foods that, after not being exposed to it for a ... Sights Las Vegas: At CES 2017, my friends and I networked with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  semester a little less hellish, and (3) exploring Boston and Cambridge. UROP ... you can manipulate. A sensor above generates a 3D model of the sand, and ... Longfellow and stayed in the garden for a little bit before signing myself up

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