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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is ... ! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win? And IF you go in, should you turn left or right

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  at MIT is a great equalizer. If you fall under either of the categories ... too much of their time. Your problem is not less valid than someone else ... don’t feel like there is a right choice. For example, practice exams

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  get paid for a UROP? How much?" First, money is important for college ... Olympic team, and he gossips about them to me). D-Entry is having a "Bacon ... interviews intense, or is it more of a "you're in unless you do something

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  challenge is proctored to help them identify aptitude, understand how students ... fascinating challenges.   The Bebras Challenge is a fun, online event that ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to ... interact with regularly, so this is really only a snapshot of the diverse ... be more free Having a killer final project When my exam score is

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  Cubs if you are unfamiliar. The red/green Beast sticker is a symbol for ... and my friends (one of whom is in TechX) had a meeting in there for a ... stickers as a play on words. #relatablecontent "HAPPY CLUB": is from MIT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  digital identities (the actual work is a bit hard to summarize, but i guess you could say the goal is to end up in a future where people have data ... everything about you). c and i talked a bit about how he lives reasonably

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... will respect their time. So whether your application deadline is about a ... , and how you see yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  .111[/annotation] is known to have a much lower pass rate than tests like [annotation ... , what I think is more important is how they answered--instead of answering ... aware of is how different the ASE is from high school/prior content. 5

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  is to type one up entirely from a Mac at an Apple store.   ... brothers from Des Moines that went from not knowing how to cook to starting a ... Ambitious Adventures, a reality TV show following innovative cities

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... : this is in the Imperial Aeronautics department. imho choosing a ... vessels, what are you trying to do? learn how to adopt a convincing British

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  always carries that “judging a book by its cover” risk, but it is at least ... New York Magazine’s The Strategist. The Strategist is essentially a sort ... feminine items (I am definitely a lip girl btw, any other color on my face is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  ’t the official medical term, but this is pretty much what I was told ... ’s still a bit weird how he told me that I shouldn’t be going to Urgent Care ... medicine is a marvel of science and engineering At the start of the semester

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire
• Blog / How to Human

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  ’ve never felt so much joy from a season, a mere period of time defined by ... have your homework every week to be like, “write a poem! read about how ... , where everything is saturated and the world feels surreal in a wonderful

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  at me about how the world is a constrained optimization problem (oh, my ... tastes sour and another friend whose chair is comfortable to sleep on. a ... overlooks a city but is not quite part of the city a thought: my capacity to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  don't usually look at a bleeding hand and go like, "Oh my God, this is ... 're looking for a testament to how awesome rats can be, here are some rats ... 's prospective students, but I've had quite a few things unfold throughout this month, most

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  overarching politics, although the former is on a grander scale. Turns out one ... Fiorello’s, and then arrived at the opera house!    Once inside, there is a ... (for instance, at one point when Siegfried is rowing a boat, the center

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  from my class, who is a double biological engineering (20) and music (21M ... on April 23, but you know how MIT is... :) ----- Chris: Since when ... : The Emerson program is a scholarship program that can provide financial

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  wanted to try living abroad, this is a good taste test because you can live ... develops an appreciation for your teachers when you realize how hard it is ... much, although it’s definitely on my list (a list which now has more

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019