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• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  MIT before choosing a major. In order to provide some real, concrete ... my "friends" (names removed to protect the innocent). Here are a few ... .00: Introduction to Psychology (HASS, with Prof. Jeremy Wolfe) 22.A06: Nuclear

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  advise you that learning how to deal with those feelings in a healthy way ... of those failures to heart, even though I was minorly salty about a few ... 's pause for a second to unpack that. It's definitely not true that every

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  the hotel failed to serve bagels in the morning. I did a campus tour ... no bagels. I woke up on the floor of a dorm room the next morning to a ... minutes later, a wonderfully carbonated feeling began to bubble up inside me

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks ... time approaching music as a creative outlet, and to be honest, I’m not ... I don’t have the voice to ever become better than a mediocre singer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  when I need to get a solid amount of work done, even though it usually turns into a marathon Futurama-watching session. I'm using my IAP time to ... applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  to waltz is a very useful skill if you’re determined to break it out at ... -classical concert :0 Man am I a sucker for museums! MIT provides free access to ... to Macy's and tried on a bunch of expensive suits and dresses and also

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  allowed to live in a single room?" There are actually two people in the ... means people are forced to "crowd" a room by turning a double into a ... face a maintainence fine because someone else has to dedicate a few hours

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... mood lately and want to do nothing but lie on a beach reading all day for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs ... very Christian Bale manner.   Trying to Relive My Old Pistol Days (a.k.a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  referring to free space in a schedule, like a buffer period. but there's a ... wanted to do a big task XYZ. they split it into three tasks, X, Y, and Z ... . in both cases, Y has slack, with or without a buffer. to be clear: the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  you choose to go - even if it's not at MIT. I want to share with you a ... years, and he realized that it is time to pick a successor. He gathered ... stone, he attempted to secure a handhold, when suddenly a gust of wind

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  how to collect the glass from the furnace on a pipe or punty (long rod ... taught. In order to get a project off the pipe, you need to make a neckline ... decided to make a snowman. This is the end result: I know what you

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  't have a cohesive campus until 1916, much to the lamentation of some ... be Gastronomical Engineering, a Course dedicated to making and ... positions; but we refuse them all, for we wish to show the Faculty that a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  play, i noticed a pattern that i was not able to explain at the time ... have been saving up money for a major purchase you’re likely to quickly ... the time you notice a problem, it is often too late to begin acting to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  gym four times a week I started going to the gym when I came to MIT and ... much progress I can make if I consistently go to the gym for a year! I ... books that read like romcoms? Please. Suggestions. go to a coding

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  . They last about a week, and can make it painful to eat or speak. Their ... the years, I've tried a lot of remedies to ease the pain. Here is how ... mouth, not the outside, so I couldn't really hold a bags of frozen peas to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  times a day. I miss MIT dearly, but feel so lucky to've experienced even ... democratization and governance in China. Given that I'm a twig, it never ceases to ... take over and impart a fresh perspective. I'm delighted to announce that

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  ." On a final note, if you're in Cambridge and want to see a building that ... built to have a storm-water biofiltration system. ... After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  STARS (Small-Town and Rural Student) Ambassadors, to give you a quick ... have included applying to college as a rural student and what to expect if you decide to go to college far from home or in a big city. The end

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  power plant to build in a town while taking into account how the residents ... Friday: GEL, 7.03, UROP, Clarinet Lesson, find food to eat (my frat has a ... !), risk managing a party, having to take care of myself, running errands

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012