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• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  still in the tunnel for five minutes. So, when it finally pulled into ... . Kirstyn and I volunteered ourselves for the 3am-6am shift (oh, boy) so after ... for the impending breakfast. I read this article for my Science Essay

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  tighter, as if enough pressure would coax the misery out, but, for all she ... ; And every goodbye since, for both of my parents, has mirrored the ... sentimental; inspired by my dad, I’ve set off to intern in Germany for the

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  for the rest of my MIT career, honestly) because I'm finally done with ... classes. Here's what my schedule looks like for this semester: [caption id ... is the year long engineering leadership program for juniors, and it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  sets the groundwork and frame for who I want to become and be.  Looking ... class looks at moral and social questions concerning the human experience ... . One of my big pulls for the class, though, were the field trips. That

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  doubled, decreasing the number of spaces remaining for international ... The Tech published an article today that contains some significant factual errors. In particular this statement: "Although MIT limits the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  .  Look, there's a reason I'm writing for MIT Admissions and not Vogue ... MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it's really not that hard.  As the saying goes, "there's no such thing as bad

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... , the hardest version of freshmen chemistry- it’s recommended for students ... , B, C, Cause for Concern, and In Trouble, and yours truly made the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  back through the window into the hallway. Oh, the things I do for ... : I now have room for a small couch, which is definitely going in the ... Sharpie along the corner, since that apparently makes up for my laziness. It

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  schedules to tell you what my scheduling looks like for the upcoming semester ... works the best for me is, "well, if I can't remember the event, then it ... I'll remember to look at (like on the wall, or in my pocket most of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  and was immediately confronted by a colossal display for the Twilight ... can get." He looks at me as if he is all about the antifeminism, so ... the world more outspoken than I am. It looks like I am turning into my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into ... /theory/proof based. I studied for the 18.02 ASE and thought I had a good shot at ... everything else I have to do for technical classes. Fortunately, the professor

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  loss for words watching the models coming down the escalator-runway. I ... your lovely, lovely schoolwork! I look forward to blogging for you again ... Scholars program for giving me the opportunity to go to this show! You can

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  any excuses, I've been looking for ways to recharge myself and face the ... that were clear around me were the oceans - and, for a moment, my mind ... (which you can enlarge by clicking on them): For much of my life, the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  thinking about doing for grad school?" ...and the emphatic answer is I DON ... for the one-semester class 10.26: Project Laboratory in Chemical ... are looking for work to get a feel for industry, then planning to return

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  go into the "respond later" or "respond much later" pile. 3) For ... imagine what it will look like to me a few years down the road. You may look ... , but it's nice to have an outline for the battle to come. Thanks, bro

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  working. Or they work and party at the same time. But at least for yours ... 't really dark, but Clannad 2 looked wayyy too sad for me... oh and a pretty ... guy... obnoxious guys usually change by the end of a series but for this

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  The Last Day at Gymnasium Untergriesbach as part of the MIT-Germany Global Teaching Labs Program

  

  like an old crow looks back on the time that has flown by. On my first ... had sold the company for a box of oranges. Three weeks later I feel that ... . I will miss the puzzled looks of the students and, even better, the

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  this point, my project may or may not be done by the time I leave for ... lab. It's nice to know I don't do it for the tangible rewards. :) MIT ... overall look of campus as a whole. People really denigrate the MIT campus

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  statistics. Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for ... program that will save 200 lives for sure. In the second version, one ... . The overall admission rate for the class of 2009 was 14.3%. (From here

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  warrant if looking to use the data for law enforcement purposes. Further ... projects, finals, senior week, graduation, traveling, and now MISTI for the ... implications of the legislation and the precedent it set for the global tech

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019