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• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  for Learning and Memory's new home, building 46. The launch was quite a fete, with more Nobel laureates than you can shake a stick at in ... relationships with your professors, and do undergraduate research. 3. Anna asked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  'd been getting a lot of questions lately. Lo and behold, while looking for ... multiple schools. For example, you can apply to both CalTech and MIT under ... can to get more comfortable with MIT. Don't go and perform a tap

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  fair and a common reason for taking an ASE. Go for it if you have a lot ... mathematically rigorous with a focus on proofs, but covers the same content and ... with your advisor when you register for classes, and I should of course

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  for burying a highway and putting a park on top of it (gross ... beyond reading an entire book per week and discussing it for 3 hours every ... quizzes every class; weekly negotiation exercises with new partner(s); and a

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  Cordova Sculpture Park - a nature talk and swimming at Walden Pond - bio movie ... going on that are pretty exciting, and for all of you '09s reading this, I encourage you to participate in all of it as Jessie and Mollie have both also

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  ’ll likely arrive on campus a more confident and prepared individual, with some ... Weekend, but to start your academic and life voyage as a freshman this fall ... friends and family, perhaps visiting your favorite childhood haunts in a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  when walking home, feeling happy and full with a sunset hot at our backs ... I was walking down Mass Ave yesterday under an umbrella with a friend, the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  effort of reaching out to different people, and I was successful for a ... dermatologist, and she helped me come up with a plan that actually worked. I ... photographer. Still, I had a lot of fun coming up with different ideas and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  's no reason for me not to begin, all i can do is stare at it and want to ... sunset, or taking the t to chinatown, or studying for the 18.03 final with ... , sometimes for worse, but so often for the better. see you in a few weeks

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  school for funding, and started a team there: Team 4550, “Something’s Bruin ... capital firms, who threatened them with funding withdrawals. And for every ... almost a year of parental leave, and both Britain and France have extensive

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  don’t respond after 2 or 3 emails, contact [email protected] and we may ... new interviewer to you for some reason, we will waive your interview and ... just notified if you were finalists. Latasha's done a great Q&A for

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  stands for "Interactive Introduction to the Institute," and it showcases ... a video camera running through the halls, someone with a video camera ... video you usually have a headache and a few disjointed snapshot images in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  that are on campus. If you love to sing and dance, there's a group for ... hunt for a UROP, and just browsing through all the project openings ... work and when we play. It makes for a really interesting environment at

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  : The inspiration for this loft started with a really, really old house ... brothers used it everywhere, and I'm in love with the way it turns a simple ... I had a plan for this blog post: I was going to build a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  constant whirring of screwdrivers and construction and fire. But looking a ... I've only been here for a few weeks, but 'here' already feels like ... fire. East Campus is building a carousel and a gigantic wooden fort

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  Skype and IRL interviews. It's a great way for us to reach more of you ... nerve-wracking for you!) 3. Be inquisitive. Secondly, and just as ... talking about her sport with a fondness and fervor that I could hardly

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  items of food for each of us. I ate some skewers and a piece of taiyaki ... after meeting for any one of a variety of activities. I am sleeping and ... 've written that week, and once a week with my (auto)biography class to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  buildings. It's a great thing for lost visitors in the summer and frozen ... buildings with helpful signs. Step four: Know the natives, and don't be a ... you enough of the basics that you don't look like a total tourist when

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  for a few hours and stumbled upon this park"]first date ... [/annotation] this park. It has a cute, secluded pond with walkways and flower gardens ... A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  year, with more excitement, a better prize, and more fame and glory ... have received a lot of entries from y'all (during the time when I visited ... . captions) affiliation with MIT (year, or year of application for potentials

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010