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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  tigers or stickleback fish and heck, I didn't even know what a drongo was ... working in a lab at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. It should be a ... us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  questioned about coming into MIT is absolutely not all what I should have been ... : I have extreme interest in this topic and have already taken a similar ... into biotech, not physics research--there's no reason I should be a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  had those nightmares you get before a big event, where I screw up ... I was in looked like that, all wood paneling and a bit of dark gothic ... before, of driving down a highway with the flow of traffic,[annotation note="I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  + connections on LinkedIn, but he says it's because I dress like a kid, to which I ... 's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start ... makeup, and then I had to get to school early so I could get in extra math

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  feel like I'm learning a lot. I mean, I'm sure I learned a lot in 2 ... life. But then I checked the forum on the course website (MIT has a ... ) textbook. Right before the section in stoichiometry was a section on molar

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  - for me to have no idea what I'm doing with my life, I'm having to take a ... memory. Sorry it's been a while since I've had anything substantial to say; finals hit a few weeks ago, after which I flew home immediately and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  a little more - but in the mean time, just thought I’d share these ... After two and a half years here, you’d think I’d know most or all of what there is to know about MIT. But I don’t think I even come close

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  's (a 24-hour convenience store in the Student Center). All the apps I ... my recurring payments in order. I made a spreadsheet listing any ... a full 60 days. For a full year before my first semester at MIT, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  should also check in with the professor in the second week of the semester ... year, and called the Dean at 6am in a panic. He helped me figure out what ... Nearly three years ago, I published a post provocatively titled

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  'll write a blog post about all the things I made this semester." So I got up this morning, and before I even finished a single paragraph, I went ... from classes with a [annotation note="i ate so much fruit. soooo much

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  requirement of being on an f1 visa. in theory, i should have less work to do ... to it, like a gas does. so i'm telling myself that i need to get this ... ! that's the least number of classes i've ever taken in mit, and the least

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... inspires, he's also very personable. Before the talk began, he checked out ... people on stage couldn't help but laugh and smile. Neither could I - or a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  summer before senior year hit, I was nothing more than a floating body ... friend and I were at a debate tournament in Cheyenne the day they came out ... every other school I could in order to compensate for what I felt like I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  paintings I have ever seen, complete with ancient inscriptions in a mysterious ... I haven't the foggiest idea what this all means. A dark myth of ... on the old boat. In fact she was rather demanding, although I must say

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  before. In roughly 5 degrees weather, I headed to 1st Avenue, actually a ... -up frantically, was because I thought, “hm, what if I want to write a blog about this sometime. I should unbox this almost like a YouTuber.” Well, besides

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you ... meet on MIT's campus, but hopefully I'll see you around in the real world ... tower. Nothing made that more apparent than standing in front of a

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  school, I wasn't exactly a note-taking person. In fact, a teacher once ... , CMS.100 has essays that I really loved to write. In a nutshell, our ... possible and what are torture. I'm no more decided on my major than I was in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  should have attended more office hours. I took a night or two off almost ... ! Nisha wrote in her end-of-year post: I think that I’ve commandeered a boat ... become a kinder person in 2020. I hope I take photos and videos every day

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  used extensively before arriving to MIT. Felt like I was meeting a rock ... in a house with no utilities, sweltering in the humidity, standing in line for hours for milk, to enjoy a weekend in the beautiful New England

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  from parents is, "what events should I attend with my child?" In truth ... mother’s first comments in viewing my dorm when I was a student at MIT but ... Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012