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• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  exactly what I love to do. In my very first post, I set sidequests for ... that I'll have in between now and starting my [annotation note="for now ... than a dozen books cover to college in an entire 3.5 years of college

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  instruments I was arranging for would sound like in real life. Twelve non ... jazzy with an alto sax. Somewhere in the middle of all this, I spent 8 ... admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end. Who do ... major Y declines, are you likely to look for another student like them ... for a class of about 1,130 students this year. Based on our estimates of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  (Aeronautics and Astronautics), you’d probably be in for a rough time. It ... -mathematical, and the idea of spending all my time in a lab or an office made me ... UROPing in Saxelab, which performs research in an area called Theory of Mind

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  answer. Expect an entry either later tonight or tomorrow about how I ... Complex Problems Intro to Numerical Simulation in Electrical Engineering ... to yourself, self, those look like classes at MIT. You would be right

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  Arts Center, and read the sign for an upcoming exhibition, and vow to one ... MA. MIT-POPlab made an appearance in a byline of part of the exhibit Uneven ... On an extra-long Wednesday a week ago, when spring break has come and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  in Brigham Young's historic house (where, for the first time, I tied ... , USACO is the best program for high school students interested in pursuing ... Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  for a full recovery. Since then, I have been pitching in where I can ... of 3.5 years of hard work in our 2.009 Product Engineering Process ... webcast. There's also an awesome accompanying liveblog by Janet G. '27 and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  really mean to exist in this world as an adult” and “what do I owe to the ... goals weren’t there and I was just facing myself in an empty room. I still ... work and to live with a goal, to plan for a job in which I can help other

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  -day music festival in Delaware. as an MIT student, this seems unthinkable ... someone in our group who was coming for the weekend. unfortunately, driving in Boston is a nightmare, so it took us over an hour to get to her

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  memo. In all seriousness though, I actually do get sleep, usually about ... neuroscientist (or your parents) will tell you, your brain does need sleep in order ... are an extra imaginative type sleep deprived person like I was last

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  , but that isn’t to say it is all accomplished alone. In fact, I had an ... What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  ) I remember sitting at a debate tournament in Colorado looking through ... to look at ways to use STEM for a more traditionally government ... time, and realized that if I were to become an actor, a major in theater

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  is a lecturer in the physics department who has been with MIT for six ... he finds in being able to make an impact in the lives of the students ... for the students in a selfless way. “He's there to help the students

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  example, when people asked me, oh, what are you looking for in an internship ... onsite for widget went much better. in both onsites i got to talk to an ... 's always conversation surrounding it, if you want to look for it. so i wasn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  our stories for an entire year and you've shared your stories with us ... that I look a lot taller in my picture than I do in real life because ... settled in enough that I don't remember what my own experience was like :-P

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  won an Annie Look-a-Like contest in Chicago when I was seven years old ... . The fireworks on Fourth of July. The colors in and around the city ... . Favorite movies: Meet Me in St. Louis with Judy Garland and Philadelphia

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  for CMS as much as I expected to. We debated for an entire ninety ... brings me, I looked him in the eyes and said "Even worse." I don't know if ... Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into ... It's 3am and I should probably be studying for my first 8.01 exam ... joke here] Term is in full swing: pset parties are everywhere, the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  Infinite Corridor karma will be damaged for weeks, resulting in parking ... Corridor. The Infinite is essentially a 4-lane road with 2 lanes going in each direction. Of these two, the one closest to the wall is the lane for

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007