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• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  your dreams. It’s really enlightening realizing how my perspective has ... not a second-resort trick, it’s the name of the game. Memorization is ... !). I think that before showing up to college, it’s important to think

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  Inspired by Spotify’s year in review (with which I discovered I ... ; That’s basically a whole February. I spent an entire February of this ... that I closed my eyes to go to sleep and the moment that I woke up. There’s

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  Here’s how things have been going lately: I run a lot, I eat too much ... little about leaving. Let’s say that my summer was very hedonistic and I liked it too much. Let’s say that Hong Kong is a city dipped in glossy

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  things in our school’s history is something that’s not in the motto [of ... is not just love and kindness. I mean wonder and discovery, it’s openness, it’s inclusivity, creativity, passion, obsession, service."  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  class so I could sleep in. That’s OK, Joel, you’ll survive - you can get ... format, and it’s only mandatory to the extent that attendance comprises ... to in-class concept questions. That’s OK, Joel, your grade is high

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  this soon. In the meantime, here’s a puppy. :)“ This semester, I found ... , perhaps I’ll pass in most (all?) categories, but if not, hey, it’s still A ... several people and event inspired playlists. There’s already “fun

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  cardboard eclipse glasses. “Is that it?” “No, honey, that’s a bug. It should ... it?” “No, honey, I don’t see it.” “Is that it?” “No, honey, that’s ... post. And it’s real! I’m working on a low cost, high-risk project in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  it, my mouth had stopped moving. It’s their turn now. I have to admit ... needs legs to stand up right? No s***, I thought. But how can I even think that when I know it’s my fault my project is behind on development

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  depressed me more than to crave some of Mom’s cooking and head down to the dining hall only to find that the day’s dinner choices were so lackluster ... skyscrapers and the ‘tute’s dome once the break ended. I left MIT the day after

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  accomplishments. In San Francisco, I've been hanging out with a bunch of MIT '10s ... of B+'s (which are counted the same as B's and B-'s, since we don't have +'s and -'s in the external transcript) on my internal transcript

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  of 12 schools down to 3. (Whewww!!! That’s been a journey.) We are now ... . ____________________________________________ Brrrrriinnggggng, brrrrriiinnngggggg, brrriiinngggg (That’s the sound of a telephone ... then I’ll just go to --------------- College! It’s the most prestigious

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  Latino Greek organizations. Throughout MIT”s history, Greek life has been ... for meeting students all over New England. In keeping with MIT”s Latin ... Boston”s annual Walk for Hunger to combat the hunger pervasive in many of

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  find your UROP? A: Once you find your first UROP, it’s easy to find ... Dr. Kohane’s supervision. When I was searching or my second and ... ’s third floor belongs to Langer Lab. There is constant flux of people

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  experience. It’s one of the only first come, first served things, and classes ... the club. The White Belt Experience (February - April) Yup, that’s me. I’m still wondering how I got here, despite just detailing a page’s worth of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  having these counters are if one is never able to obtain one’s boarding ... , there’s two harried customer representatives overseeing 15 self check-in machines, and one representative looks like he’s ready to murder a group of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  big decision, I asked[annotation note="Student Support Services"]S^3 ... program to the next IAP, accompanied with a sincere apology from S^3 stating ... are generally more fun when there’s someone to share the memories with

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to use ... ’t something MIT creates for you, it’s something you manifest for yourself. And

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  small town in Tennessee. There’s not much here, so the community is tight ... -in because I was curious about MIT’s environment, and what kind of students the ... a minority. I asked him how being in the city does to one’s mental

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  last year of Mathcamp. In hindsight, it’s no surprise that I applied to ... catfishing (it’s not that catfishing). It was a daily Wikipedia game that would ... spoons et al and plan the ingredients for next Saturday’s LN2. We always

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  ="Campus Preview Weekend, MIT’s admitted students’ weekend"]CPW[/annotation]. Much ... come to fruition way down the line? Worried that he’s wasting his days ... that corridor, and beyond—it’s a central part of my story as an MIT

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025