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• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  walked out. In light of this, some serious cheer is in order, and so I present to you a list of things to do if and/or when you find yourself in a similar situation. Feel free to treat it as a chronological bucket list or

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  , I want to see who is interested in demo-ing a Fitbit for the remaining ... Academic Weeks and 1 Vacation Week The number of steps taken in a day is a ... here is actually a plot of cululative minutes spent in various heart rate

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  horribly in a Mathcounts competition, so my mom and I decided that I should ... little more training than a stapler) to put two new holes in my ears. A few ... ’t decide between studs and danglies in the morning and all I could say is yes

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  would have said in his entry - please read it. I'll just add that a couple ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things keep intruding upon my blogging time. A big part of my next entry will

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  , to be clear, is a vanity metric and not indicative of much, but it ... . I switched to a math major (from a humanities major) in fall 2019 ... speak at Math Prize for Girls, a competition for top female students in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  seriously. There is a great sense of humor here. I also love the collaborative ... - Christina's, Toscanini's, JP Licks, Herrell's. How it's such a walkable city ... right answer to a question on an application. There is only the right

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  about how much i miss MIT. i spent junior fall in a very weird state of ... London. what this means is that i have been away from MIT for a little over ... reasons which i won't go into in this post but the overarching reason is

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  of mind. Away we go! A. There is a running joke in my family (and ... . It is what it is. You’ll also spot a sticker that pretty much sums me ... dorm I live in) is that every year we have a couple of residential

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  is in a very good mood.    2:15 pm - At South Station, we are ... smoothies, people working and as Zayyan shows me, there is a sandbox in one of ... Airbnb. The Airbnb is really beautiful. It is a cute 2 storey house with 4

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  personal lives. It’s hard to express in words, but there is also a certain ... This summer is the first summer I am participating in an internship ... . There is one employee who also only graduated about a year ago. Not only

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  riots, but it is a place where students believe in working for change in ... Interpretation of Computer Programs, is taught in a language called Scheme, which ... way, 6.001 is much like MIT as a whole: a problem solving, analytical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all of the cases ... awesome. It is incredibly inspirational to read about you and see just how ... promising and in good hands. Yes, it's Saturday, and I'm working. Much of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  bean and garlic sauce. It is amazing. It will last me a week, because I ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining ... live in one of these residence halls in order to eat there (which is good

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  5K with Brad, who is a marathon runner like myself. Sadly, he became a ... -friendly town in the world and a bustling, vibrant city. CPW taught me a lot ... Boston side of the river, everyone is bound together by a love, or at the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  going in and out of MIT Medical for the past three weeks for a mix of ... life, MIT, and existence in general. It was a very well needed break and ... in a cafe in Back Bay and typing this very blogpost to talk about my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  schools. MIT is a very good place... I was just in love with it. It has ... . (Admittedly, this is not a long list compared to the number of supervisors in ... work hard? Is hard work a virtue or an expletive? Is there a lot of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  to be taught how to make a snowman, which I feel is some essential life ... starts getting cold you will probably see a noticeable change in my ... this is that when it’s cold, it snows, which is pretty much the best. So

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  communities in general is how much care goes into making the first year at MIT ... 's truly care about how you do in the class. If they notice a decline in ... MIT career learning in small class sizes and with a personal connection

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  . Bryan, President Hockfield periodically has lunch with a small group of 4 - 6 graduate and undergraduate students. She very much hopes that you ... . The group will gather in Dr. Hockfield's reception area in 3-208 at noon

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The most important blog entry ever This is probably the most valuable entry ever written... not kidding. Bookmark it. Class of…

  

  conquering MIT are really great, but in my humble opinion, the most helpful thing I can do for you is to connect you with things that will give you a ... about x or y, etc. The least I can do is try to make your research a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 6, 2007