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• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  new journeys. But as I get ready to start a new journey of my own, I ... example to all and lived a beautiful, full life. These are some snippets from my last conversation with him, which I was so lucky to film about a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through ... began. I learned to conserve clothing. Laundry Day became a special ... need to lift a pen and know your name to join a 100 clubs that will send

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  The day after Valentine's Day is a good time to talk about computers ... ’ll need a Windows machine to run SolidWorks, a 3D mechanical design program ... trip over the power cord. I’m a klutz. It’s important to me that my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  In case you haven't been on the Internet recently, a music video ... , as of 8:23am today. 560,719,327 a few minutes later, because a friend came into my room who had never seen it, and I had to educate her. For

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  I want to do after grad school. I was a bit taken aback, because ... useful to society.   I think I would be happy as a controls engineer for ... want to go to grad school, but wasn’t sure, because I hadn’t yet had a

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  applications to MIT, or off at a different school just enjoying the blogs, these ... the day to day? Did she cry over a silly things that I can’t even ... adolescence. At a time where my peers were beginning to learn how to navigate

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  walk carrying/pushing your things. I have a car, so I can drive to Costco ... . They do deliver —  for free! —  to campus right now, via a partnership ... than I could grow, at a price lower than I would have to pay to grow it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a ... getting in, reducing getting into MIT to a coin flip. On the ride home, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  I've had all kinds of feelings about returning to MIT as staff a ... first got to the office, our information sessions even showcased a picture ... a large-scale construction project to throw [annotation note

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  commentary! I really wanted to give a deep dive into an MIT class and I hope ... up the stairs to get a higher seat since sitting in the front scares me ... to learn. Lab 1 The next day, I had my 2 and a half hour lab session in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  med school ready, the last outstanding class I had to take if I ever wanted to be a doctor -- which, at the time, was no longer a settled matter ... health after lots of research, a stint in therapy to maintain my self

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  the Internet. Applying to MIT has a parallel in science: not all ... . Regardless of whether or not you go to MIT, you have a long, uphill battle ... lead to a lot more than an admissions decision. If you get in on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  , my auntie wanted me to take a nap. She said, “if you don’t go to sleep ... are Habesha”. “Habesha” is a term that refers to the ethnic group of ... was a lovely phrase, and would often repeat it to myself, saying “we are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  to behave in a way that scaffolds children's creative behavior. My ... make a sandbox style game where children could place various objects to ... my grad student to include in her thesis (oops), so after a while, she

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  of the people. And this very long never-ending day is a testimony to ... ’d like to take some time to shed a different light on the situation. That ... to have such a great second-family who has spent the past week

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  for those who were just curious as to what a decent college application ... , that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don ... a good day. Most of their parents are middle to upper class, working

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... heat. Below me my bed had decided to become a rock. I honestly have no

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  a schedule now If you have absolutely no clue how to pick classes, or just want a starting point to jump from, here's infallible advice ... good chance to meet other first-years; and third, you get a requirement

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably ... while at MIT If and when you are accepted to MIT there may be a day when ... mile! (while hard to see, there's a banner that says "Go Sox" suspended

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  , how it would feel to be rejected so that the emotion wouldn't come as a ... wouldn't have to keep reading as my stomach sank. I decided on a restaurant to go to (a fancy, really good dessert place), which would be a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018