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• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  , I was in a basement research lab at MIT, preparing to check whether my ... 15 dollars later, Ben '10 and I were on a last-minute, cheap-as-anything-in-Chinatown bus in (guess what) Chinatown bound for New York City. Should you

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  the life I could’ve lived it’s like one of those “what if” episodes

  

  wouldn’t be in a dorm like I am now. I’d be living off-campus in a three ... . Transparently, it was always the school I dreamt about in the background - I just didn’t think it was possible for me to actually get in. And if I couldn

  • by Hala K. '29
  • April 12, 2026
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  've brought you both here today because i need to announce a decision date for early action, and because you are the closest in age to the 2026s and I am the furtherest from them, I want your help. Sooo, what I should say to

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  off, my friends and I were squished together in the front of a U ... Boston. It was a miracle that I ever made it to the airport in time. Then ... what I should be feeling. I guess some things are easier to sort through

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  excited. I haven't gone more than 20 miles in a day in... ah... I'm counting ... little else, and perhaps this is why I jogged about a mile before realizing I should have caught up to the group by then. I paused and checked

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  2:15 we left the dorm and headed for the subway. I was dressed in a ... About two years ago at school I was sitting in the computer lab ... ." Not wanting to check at school I simply ignored them and put them out of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  (which you guys should all check out, it is a great program) sent me a pic ... a time?? -Alison"] All right, story time.[/annotation] I was hired to work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  getting through a little bit of my "Things To Do Before I Graduate" list ... I can't believe I'm a senior. Seriously, I can't believe it. I have ... Things to Do Before I Graduate finish the requirements for my two majors

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  longer need me?) i'm a high maintenance machine. (what if they see me and ... haven't talked to in a while, and he asked, "so what have you been up to ... me happy again in the future.   i think a key realization is

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular ... five minutes before. I try to slow my breathing as I find a seat. Simmons ... ships on display. I take a diversion to The Alchemist and take in the way

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  that you should read.) A week later, I received an email from the Music ... Rainforest over spring break. We got to perform in a bright pink opera house in the middle of the rainforest! But I was also a little suspicious. The

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  consistent draw? Should I trade half my health in this event for some powerful ... the importance of a program's logistics. Back in high school, I used to ... regularly in a Discord server I was in, and I thought it looked fun. Early in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  because of a mix up in phone calls (that’s what I told myself and everyone ... animation program) when I had free time back in high school. For me it was a way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  had a problem.   In my head, work is an escape. Working is how I ... , and in reality I should probably just: Which is not to say that I can ... a CI-M for both 20 and 6, so I’m knocking out two requirements in one

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  , not checking iPods and iPhones every 10 seconds, and acknowledging what ... companies I was interested in. A job interview the next day and my career fair ... their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will show what materials we have processed for you. We should have ... done, so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, we'll be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  biochemistry class which had no relation to what I want to do in the future, took ... of reasons. I...should get on that."]became a pure 21W major ... 't been in a musical since my sixth grade music class, where I played King

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  interview before I submit my Part I?" and "What happens if my teacher ... in either order. One related question is, what if I plan to take ... ? What should I write on my application under test scores? This is actually

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / CPW

  some cpw events i’ll be at

  

  ] Midway (Club Expo): I should be here for a bit with the Video Game Orchestra. If you're a musician, you should definitely stop by. We have a lot ... Table: Are you interested in cities? Urban planning? What is urban

  • by Victor D. '27
  • April 15, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  concentration in biomechanics and biomedical device"]2A-20[/annotation]before ... "]17.307[/annotation]this year. I'm leaning towards a concentration in ... difficult considering I'm not entirely set on what I'd like to concentrate in

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025