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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  -winning composer John Harbison. I remember one time, a book was recommended to me on ... would yell out a number, and MIT people would say to which course it ... call out a number from 1 to 220 or whatever, and he tells you the name of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  , I also have a tendency to “check out one episode” at 1am. These late ... clubs, extracurriculars, and other opportunities to get involved as a ‘24, I wanted to pursue them all. It was so hard to pick just a few

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  So You Want to Make a BrassRat? A very very very long year in review.

  

  designing and delivering a custom Class Ring to every class since 1930. (I ... changed to include a number of events related to the Brass Rat, such as a ... for years to come, and can be a great conversation starter when talking

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 31, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  , you'll be getting ready to take a holiday break from some really amazing ... already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round ... welcome to give our office a call if our decision isn't consistent with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your ... your particular situation. They're more than welcome to give our office a ... applications, and knowing that one year from now, you'll be getting ready to take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  'm cataloguing them all for a blog post, but it's not ready yet; I want to collect ... ="Sort of. I'm probably sticking around a little longer to get a master ... this post a lot trying to break it down. In the end, I decided it came

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  when I first returned to admissions from graduate school. It was a ... . The etymology of the word 'endure' traces to a 1382 English translation ... . one reason is so that, when i get up every morning, and get ready to go

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts from Science Bowl 🥣 a story about now-nostalgic times

  

  your thumb above the buzzer, so you’re always ready to buzz in.” “Okay ... looked to bring a piece of this competition home with us, no matter how ... gathered in a biology teacher’s classroom, attempting to excel in something

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  many as a romcom character gets to decide her life. Five days. This ... not to inundate this post with a couple thousand extra words. I could ... movies make it so easy to fold up a life and sew up a problem? Quickly and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  stable, obviously voiced a little hesitation. It took me a while to ... to do a post on my skincare routine, but unsure if there's interest. Hm ... useless repetition. Senior year, I focused on making a change to put less

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  cost-neutral meaning I got a stipend (to eat and live), flights covered ... Tbilisi, Georgia, and 1 to Tokyo, Japan. This upcoming summer, I’m doing a ... went to a rather STEM-heavy school like MIT. I think I took enough

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  send in a whole new version of my application? No. You do not need to ... enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your ... your particular situation. They're more than welcome to give our office a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  might also not be so smart, so we decided that a good place to start might ... we had more important business to attend to. A chorus of "Kuwait ... the world, but it actually looks like a really cool place to give a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  enough to know what he's doing, a rare combination. I think I'll be able to ... gather, it has a lot to do with internal forces of materials (twisting ... like the plague, so being willing to practice it is a huge first step

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i am, anything i’m not (rush, part 3) and finding out that i'm both

  

  referred to as a ‘bid dinner’ because it is the final moment of rush before ... comfortable with not needing to rush. I was happy to not get a bid, to not have to pursue being a brother of a fraternity. I felt so much more

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • July 15, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  notoriously difficult(relative to other freshman classes), 8.01 has a bonding ... .01 forces you to really get what's going on, a quick scouring of the formula ... vectors to partial derivatives to Stokes' Theorem, 18.02 is a great example

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  a time?? -Alison"] All right, story time.[/annotation] I was hired to ... to be a blogger and coming up with this piece the day before the ... hatched a plot to create what would be affectionately called, [annotation

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  -purposefully buy extra clothing for a reason to go downtown (to return it). Results ... : spelled with a “z” at the end to feel more casual. There’s a whole other set of ... to NYC for a second-round job interview. The company put us up in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  . It’s pretty hot in here, but I’m pretty used to it. There are a few ... wearing a red dress with white polka dots to match her red (pink?) hair. She ... should care about? is there a good reason I should feel obligated to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  mechanical engineering, I made a point to have a more relaxing IAP while still ... back now, so that's great! Though I have to work a little more on ... SIGGRAPH only comes once a year, so the time leading up to it is quite hectic

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014