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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  of that, I am ranking my favorite three songs (I can’t pick one) in ... know? I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones In a faith ... conversation format as in exile but is a lot more murky in that I really can

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  to the airport, where I BARELY make check-in thanks to a delayed flight ... ) and where I finish up some work. Another study break ensues in the late ... expletives (that I can't post on the blogs) with my dad. I earnestly hope that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  interesting things in the world, and I’m feeling lost and confused in the best ... vaguely in order of decreasing personal importance: Physics. I’m taking ... , but I’m pretty sure that I want to major in it. Computer science

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  it. But actually, the transition can be pretty painful. I'm here to ... good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man ... classes, I tried really hard to keep this in mind. But the pressure to take

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the ... among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just another place. If it is ... worked out okay. In 2014, we denied another student, whom I'll call CT. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  malfunction in our darn WINDSHIELD WIPERS. I was stuck in an auto-repair shop in ... ?) – but I couldn’t resist?! Ice cream, in the making ... /keynote speaker and the activities and academics fair, where I learned so much about

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  am doing B.E in nepal.H can i apply for full scholasship in MIT for M ... achievements, can I send in a resume as a supplement to my application? If so ... middle school. Can I still send in a Music Supplement without a Letter of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  the ten hundred most used words. I told them they can write about ... It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  special kind of courage. I know some of y'all may be in my shoes in this ... important as well. After rush, I settled in my dorm pretty quickly and got to ... important. The curriculum is different in my country. I haven’t done AP

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  physics major, especially in favor of a major where I have somewhere between ... Last time I wrote a blog about my academic life, back in November, I ... true that is anymore. I think, in a vacuum, I love physics. But I don

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  In 4 weeks, you will leave home for an academic journey of 4 years ... things I’ve found helpful. Pack: -- a memento for your shelf or wall ... sockets appear in the oddest places. -- a Twin XL sheet set, a towel, and a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  As you hopefully already know, I am a sophomore in Course 20 here at MIT. Because we say everything here in numbers, Course 20 actually means ... -. For the mitochondrial genome notation a strain can be ρ+ or ρ- where the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  working with MIT students in the admissions office. Now here’s where I ... really are! I don’t think I can do my students justice by just talking ... I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  , asked someone in the closest office where I was supposed to go, was told ... to this place than just doing classes. Here's the blog post where I ... UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  . I hope that, by the end of this year, I can find definitive peace in ... I try and tell myself that I've overcome imposter syndrome, and, in some ways, I have. I have no doubt in my mind that I'm thriving at MIT. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  senioritis in high school, but i think i have it now. i can think of many ... enough to enjoy. now that i'm back in school i can feel how different it ... interesting book, but i'm more interested in the categorical parts of the class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  like I can live two lives in parallel, and only make the decision after ... 't think the silence between us Means that I can't care less I'm careless, in ... person who can't live in the present. I don't want to be the person who

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  particularly illuminating - and it's very true. One can say "I can do better" in ... In just the past few hours, I've realized a few things, mostly about ... now on. (Restrictions apply.) I can be pretty hard on myself

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  out with no expectation of winning, so you can imagine my shock when I got a call in early March saying that I was a finalist. It wasn’t until ... a Glamour writer ensued, where I shared my dreams, goals

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  semester has officially ended and I can happily say I've wrapped up the most ... classes I'm interested in, rather than just trying to fulfill random ... critically about the games I'm playing. I learned to view games not in a vacuum

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021