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• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  't be surprised to hear that writing an essay or studying for a midterm ... think it is a lesson that many of the people who get admitted to MIT would ... enough time to do anything else. Same lesson, I guess, but it hits a little

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  wasn't given a ticket to Commencement. So I went with my friend in the ... credits to Rosemond D. '17 Photo credits to Andres A. '17 Photo credits to Andres A. '17 Photo credits to Jake H. '17 Photo credits to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  makerspace I just got access to, IDC, where there’s an embroidery machine and a ... . We talked about a project on a whim, and planned to meet again ... is an openness here, a freedom to learn, to try new things, get trained

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  Our preference is for recommenders to use our application portal to submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... through a third-party service other than the MIT application portal
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  After a short burst of productivity in January, I proceeded to not ... out of not wanting to, but nothing manifested even if I got a few lines ... have constantly been on a mission to better myself. By that, I mean

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  allow me to tell you something exciting and maybe a little concerning. As ... writing for me, I can't force myself to write something within a given ... ? You only have room for a couple of activities, some may have to be

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  bad about asking my company to spend a lot of money on me, I decided to ... my seven a.m. flight to DCA, which is one of three airports that serves ... 't reached the ending of this book yet. I was somewhat hesitant to read a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a day giving math problems to seventh-grade girls. A friend from high school visited me. I boarded a plane to New York, spent a day interviewing

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  a harsh mistress. But I'd like to use this post to get back into the ... grade hasn't posted to WebSIS yet, but I'm pretty sure it's an A. I can ... around in his daddy's shoes pretending to be a grown up. Now I feel like I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  a little surprising - to read that Harvard recently awarded him the Q ... is a tradition in Venezuela, where Dudamel is from. According to the ... whether you like it or not) he had to entertain. As the conductor of a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  San Francisco, je t’aime nothing to do with mit :3 (...intern in cali! )

  

  ) out to the patients. Take a look! :P Common front side (click to ... weekends!) to explore the Bay Area. I made a list of all the tourist ... health internship." Little did I know that this would turn out to be an

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  subway system, translating to a rife chance to get lost. And lost I was. It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and ... .” I ran up to Tally, and a short while later, I was standing by a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  a textbook we're all forced to read for class, were in fact monumentous and grand and large. All it took for us to understand that was a ... and made a notes document of everything I wanted to accomplish in high

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part.…
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  costumes. In my freshman year, the “best costume” award was given to a guy ... , hat, and bib and used a hula hoop and plastic bags to make a giant test ... ’m sorry to say that I took a more conventional route, as I stayed in lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  It's been a long week, but next week promises to be even longer. Classes end this Wednesday, then we have one day to study (most schools get a "reading week," but apparently a "reading day" is enough for MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  like this and you’ll see: Not ‘some way to sleep with her’ - but a way to stop wanting to. Not ‘some way to get rid of him’ - but a way to stop trying. Not ‘some way to save my child’ - but a way to lose your fear.” i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had ... onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful ... experience, make sure to obey traffic laws and try not to give yourself a heart

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  to have brunch at Hillel, and afterwards I walked back to EC with a ... ! (Note: this is a long list; feel free to skim if your interest wanes.)   24.9000 is Introduction to Linguistics! To answer a question some

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  knowledge to see towns and cities with a big picture and small picture view ... ; I came to MIT because I was good at math and science. After spending a year and a half in engineering, I wanted to zoom out away from the nitty

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015