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• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  I’m rewriting my number one rule. Maybe I shouldn’t call it my number one rule, because I can’t really decide between the two, and I’m not ... FOR THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS: BE HONEST!Don’t think I’m insulting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  to come to MIT, so I'm a total authority on all of this. Plus, I'm ... me. I'm not quite done yet, but I think I'm through all the important ... 's other two novellas. Anyway, I'm headed to the beach next week, and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  times already, I'm almost an international student. I'm from Hazzard ... law defines life as beginning at conception, so technically I'm 21 ... Subway. Now, it's like I'm a stranger in town. I don't see people I know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  these blogs are just a glorified PR trick. I'm not going to waste any time ... 't respond to them directly. I'm only allowed to give general advice - written ... , I am here until 5PM M/T/W of this week (although not always at my desk

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  never gets this cold where I’m from. I distinctly remember getting excited ... actual point is that I’m unfamiliar with snow and ice. So when my ... community and hang out/support each other in a group. i'm personally not in a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I’m ... different countries. Right now, I’m staying in Bristol with Anika (READ HER

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  thoughts for planning my classes: Course Requirements: I'm planning to ... it difficult to plan since I'm also trying to fit my HASS requirement ... "]17.307[/annotation]this year. I'm leaning towards a concentration in

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  the field, and friends who have studied or lived in the countries I’m ... descriptions, requirements, and especially course lists of the program I’m ... ? Is this the area of study I’m interested in? Specifically on the MSc

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  though I wish I had more opportunities to travel with my closest friends, I'm ... for MIT students that I'm aware of are Puerto Rico, Aruba, Mexico, the ... worked out. break started on Friday the 24th, but we flew out at—no, I'm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  yeah, i'm turning twenty, it's terrifying, i talk about how i hate feeling like my life repeats the same problems, and yet i'm so worried that ... want to get things done. i have projects i'm, in theory, excited about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  of college coursework. So that's what I'm providing here: rough ... of your choice. Also, I'm kinda trying to hype myself up over the ... there are new topics I've learned, and I'm very grateful for that. I took

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  Hiii, Audrey C. ‘24 here! I’m briefly infiltrating the blogs to talk ... , I’m on the committee that runs the program (along with Cami, Alan, and ... paper inspired my proposed methods."]born.[/annotation] I’m not sure what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  key presses as I'm anxiously bent over my computer, staring at the ... finish all my work for my other classes, I'm usually too hosed to even ... routine and I'm pretty adamant about moisturizing and lotion. However, no

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  write about it, what I'm doing and the conversations I've had, but ... feel, what I can do to fix it, and how I'm going to go about this summer ... how to learn I'm the kind of person that can't learn things on my own

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  Everything's going just fine! I'm registered for classes, the grad school admission process is almost done, and I'm on track to graduate and ... out of the super popular fun classes"]major edge[/annotation] since I'm

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  I’m from the Philippines. There are big things that are different ... isn’t what makes me feel like I’m not in the Philippines anymore ... something reminds me that I’m not in the Philippines anymore. Often, it’s the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  peace, comrade. Our bus was scheduled to leave at 12:50 p.m.; we don’t roll away from South Station until 1:20 p.m. Hour 2 Rebecca Solnit has ... chose to ignore), I’m expecting something akin to this: [caption id

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  Hello Internet! I'm briefly poking my head into the blogosphere as a ... anxious? When I’m by myself, I like to listen to music or watch BBC nature ... productive   time of day? When do you do your best work? I’m definitely not an

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  the second half of this year. I’m taking five classes; I’m doing research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep ... was at 9:00 p.m. on a Wednesday. We went for it. I have pretty much the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  the chamber chorus. I'm also an Arts Scholar, which means that I get to ... a piece distinct.) 21M.235 ("Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800") is part of a 4-class series: 21M.220 Early Music (early Middle Ages until

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013