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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were ... creative collaboration. It is a good balance to the 19th-century image of the ... course description doesn't exactly convey how the class is "analytically

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  that just seemed like gross misuse of the Internet.) This is about how I ... ALBUM IS SO GOOD. DO NOT CHALLENGE MY WORD.) I just ate a sandwich and a ... for a small instead of a tall? SMALL IS A RELATIVE TERM, mmmk?) Let

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part. If you did not submit
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time ... necessary; it all comes down to your reasoning, which is I'm happy to say is a ... . My application is complete, and a call to the finaid office last week

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... allowed five pages. I am convinced that there is an inverse correlation between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  barely slept, my brain is completely liquid, I haven't had a real meal in days (I pretty much made a dinner out of Sun Chips and pineapple soda the ... the most miserable two and a half days of my life. IHTFP is a timeless

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  inevitably there is at least one final post by a student in their final year at ... Eric Lander is the role model. He “played a pioneering role in all ... Project” (source). There's also Professor Robert Weinberg, who is “a pioneer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  Wednesday, the line is much shorter, more similar to what the lines were the ... really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you ... 't happen much, though. I'm not really a fan of reading fiction as much as I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  better than the former. I’m not sure if this is a problem or not, but I no ... sport I started is also no longer fun. After a few weeks of not going to ... projects is going at a snails pace, and I've barely gotten through half a

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  ." "Alright, what do you like to do in school?" "I like math. . ." "MIT is a ... more debt than is probably healthy (financial aid statements came out a ... wanted to go to MIT, it wasn't just a name anymore. How did I know? A lot

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  about how the strongest ongoing theme is coping with contradictory ... 't) want to be alone. two in a season of secondhand joy, i talked about how finals period is the time of semester when all the a capella groups give

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  . Each trip to the rink not only is a 25 min commute, but add in the cost ... skates. A career in skating is short-lived. I want to make the most of it ... training on my own is that I get to form my own schedule. I'm not tied to a 5

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  stuff. And it truly hit me how much I've grown and done in these three ... felt my heart swell with so much pride and a big stupid grin broke out ... my apartment. It was bizarre in a way because there was a part of it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , getting an A- is pretty much the best thing in the world. Well, besides ... one where Spock says "Logic is a little bird, chirping in a meadow." So ... . Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison is not a jerk though. He

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  In a conversation I was having with my good buddy, Quinton, today ... live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will NEVER have a pleasantly warm spring break? Hmm...well, there are a few

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  (and the forms do not make much sense if the recommender is not a teacher ... . ------------------------------------- Jane wrote, "what i'm wondering is, how does the essay really affect our ... 's not a research project but it is something I have a passion for. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  surprised too find how much accurate knowledge about the human body I ... hands-on, practical experience. I now know how to use a sphygmomanometer ... off for no reason. =) A sphygmomanometer is the device you use to take a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry ... . Sleeping overnight in the public areas of a House (e.g., lounges) is ... tends to confuse these groups of people is the housing system, and how it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  completely outside of my skillset -- this is how I ended up learning C ... I had a Subway sandwich for the first time in almost a year and how ... struck by how intricate of an instrument it is; I learned, while studying

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  back is taking the Boston subway on a Saturday night and noting how ... speeches throughout the campaign had been compiled into a book, and now is ... 're grabbing a quick bite from Yoshinoya or Matsuya (remember gyuudon? - this is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009