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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  The presentation team is doing much better.  We've unified on a ... good old-fashioned hard work. While a product is a very tangible thing ... ) software is ubiquitous these days in mechanical engineering courses, a huge

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  the end of a semester, condensed into a single week. So, how exactly do ... ’s just an F until you fix it. Luckily, there is a third (more reasonable) option, that just involves a [annotation note="as much planning as you can

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  .  Loneliness is a type of grief, maybe. I can’t help but imagine you as little ... this as a bit of a warning, even though you are so young. I remember how ... .  Maybe, this is a better way to explain it: I am still trying to live up to

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  MIT's history is a topic that's become increasingly interesting to me ... article is a good overview of the history of women in MIT. This catalog ... numeral for a long while. The numbers in this catalog are pretty much today

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  spelling and grammar stuff. I could totally write a much less sappy ‘how to ... ’t imagine how much it would terrify me if I read this sort of thing before ... university. There is a ridiculous amount of pressure from both adults and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  -life balance, creativity, and how different it is to work than to be a student ... , here it is in all its glory – a pen plotter, drawing machine, robot ... stroke path is, like, a whole other project in and of itself. All things

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  the very least, I learned how to be a better friend. Play fair. Five ... some people get stuck playing the game of life on a much harder level ... . It also makes you have a much more critical eye when amassing purchases

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and ... how fucking cool that is. Standing in the middle of the Killian Court ... here much, but when I did, it was mostly just to admire how aesthetic it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  a zillion clubs (it would be indecent to say just how many) and ... sinking. Actually, that’s how I felt for my first three and a half years at ... commitments leaking over from a time when you didn’t understand what it is that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  , and Fridays are a lot less crazy. This is by design -- I like smushing a ... writes all over everyone else. There is a party every year which somehow ... people don't always realize is that there are also dorms whose mascot is a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  . "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all ask ourselves). "The acceptance rate is only a 5% or 6%" I've always tried to be a supportive parent, so I answered her concerns with "It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  delete it a new one gets sent out. When asked about how much sleep you ... . You don’t know how to get back down. You finish a problem set. There ... the way you came. Boston is miles away. This is much more than halfway

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  going to! I'll start with a picture. It is 2014, and an embarrassment to ... palm pilot are equally potato. This is a picture of my third apartment ... ." The cycle of hobbies is almost a guarantee in my life. A hobby I know I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  , a l√° 30 Days) – so this is essentially a dream come true. This ... summer, I'm sharing a flat with two Canadians, two Frenchmen (is that ... ). New York is a great city, and there has long been a Battle of the Titans

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  Being able to experience new things is such a fundamental part of ... Description: If you are a visual learner (like me), this channel is absolutely perfect for developing a mental understanding of how different mathematical

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  much. Stitching custom pieces was almost impossible to turn a profit on ... ) ... ... and when I’m alone in some other city on a work trip (which is where I ... in a city where I knew nobody, I filled my time with new hobbies and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  like for you to live your everyday life, and how much your teachers and ... would be times I'd take a step back, and just reflect upon how everything ... Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  how an MIT education is a valuable investment. Despite the awkward ... . There were a lot of things that also highlighted how much has changed ... is a first-year undergraduate named Lakisha Powell ('95). I loved when

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  ’m grateful for how supportive she is; even though she criticizes a significant ... [annotation note = "spoiler alert: this is not a thing"]sibling legacy ... A little while ago, I got my first(?) mention on MIT Confessions, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... ." Professor Diaz is a fascinating guy to study under as well - during these ... am not my disease' ad? How difficult is it to maintain an autonomous

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009