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• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the ... a whole summer! =D During the last week of my stay in Taiwan, I went ... return to MIT. I'm living in Baker this summer, in a room with really poor

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  first weekend in a while that I felt like I didn’t do anything. Friday ... like I have control over things. Yet it also sucks, in a weird, perverted ... The last post I made was kind of a lot. Even beginning to write this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I'd take a moment to tell you guys what I'm up to for the semester. This ... ) last semester I'm finally able to jump into a couple of the CS classes

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  the hotel failed to serve bagels in the morning. I did a campus tour ... stuck in a lab for most of the day. I mean, I'm sure she was voluntarily ... as I crunched on on corn pops, sitting on a crunchy mattress in one of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  another day of spring when canvas went down and i fell prey to overcommitment (again)

  

  photos of dorm row glowing in the sunset. We had dinner, I skimmed a paper ... the view and instead had to lock in on my final projects. However, in a ... on my final projects, I was hit with a NEW loading screen: I do not

  • by Janet G. '27
  • May 14, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  friends. and i only have so many hours in a weekend. and then. then there ... to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while ... field a team for puzzlehunts and work together for a weekend. i did work

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  they should live [as though we should have a semblance of what dorm ... , I was feeling angsty and wrote this blogpost about being a sophomore but not really feeling "older". I felt like I was still a first year

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second… Fifth Week?

  

  communication course. In the next couple of weeks, I'll write a five-page paper on ... on. I continue to lean toward a major in management science, with a ... went for a walk around downtown Boston. I hadn't talked to my Dad in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  middle class, and in my opinion I feel this creates a feeling of ... unending drive to do better is built in them. However, as I said before there ... getting into MIT, but I think having a little faith in yourself can

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  's entries! I've decided to add to the CPW coverage by creating a CPW tumblr ... -blog CPW from a variety of perspectives. If you're interested in being part ... pull the site. But let's give it a shot and see what happens. CPW begins

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  Meetings You might be wondering, what happens at these meetings? What should ... discussed. How do you apply for financial aid? Should you apply for it? What should I expect? Also, the local ECs will introduce themselves. They

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  why I expected the process of finding my place in a completely foreign ... academics, because for the first time in my life I wasn't a top student. I had ... redefine my values and stand up firmly for what I believe in. I had to learn

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  ="105993" /] I had a hard time the week before retreat. I was stressed and alone ... usual. The Simmons Retreat was what I needed to take a step back and revel ... 153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt ... often), a 5-10 minute walk. Now, what I know about clothing that's not a ... me (with my hair down - it's usually in a ponytail). I've decided that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  , getting swept up in the energy of a new academic year. But this fall, I am ... designer, a writer, and an art director. In my spare time I play in a rock ... Hi folks, My name is Ben Jones and I work in the MIT admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  know, but I currently have a Hulu tab open in my browser and the u's are ... like the rest of us. Gun control: the subject of a blog post I really ... invalidated all possible arguments against speciesism I heard in 24.03 (Food

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  'll be a time for some new adventure before classes start.  Boston is to be ... what in the world we're saying.  No, maybe you're sick!  Or down!  Or ... get if you call 911.  In certain medical emergencies (I hear sports

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  for them, and off I went. Because I had attended a community college in ... have played a role in some of these things, it isn't the whole story. I ... Part 1: (literal) There are no ceilings. For some reason, in a lot

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  Thomas the week before, and Ludacris is in town tonight) Last entry, I ... I'm a bit under the weather today, and I'm still working on the next ... , November 11. I saw Hot Hot Heat on a previous tour swing through Boston, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  Name the song I stole the lyrics from and win a cookie. So this week ... chemoattractants in a microfluidic device - 2 problem sets 2.005 - Thermal ... " Needless to say with all those tests and psets, I'm having a math overload

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005