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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  needed a host to fill in for a last-minute emergency, and I happened to be ... from my laptop, but I ended up learning a lot about the equipment so in ... I spent a while thinking about how to introduce this blog post, but

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am ... for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... %. What are the realities here? I know that while we plan for the worst

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  can count towards the major, creating a useful jumping-off point for ... for course selection. I actually love choosing classes, and I've spent a ... Choosing a class schedule at MIT can be hard. There are so many

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  . BRING IT. Where did all of that energy come from? I'd say it came from ... disciplines that attracts students from a variety of majors. For the first time ... . How often is it that you can say that you were in a place where it was

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  returned from my gap year last September. I knew I’d changed a lot over my ... sharing a story that I felt was still being written. I can’t just pick up ... . I lived on a Christmas tree farm in Lawrenceville, NJ! For a few

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  less accomplished that, with a few exceptions. So, "what I did for IAP ... least 6 hours to get it together I certainly have a lot more respect for ... (title taken from The Cathedral of Our Lady of the All-Night Tool) I

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  went into them. And now for the plug… Sure, I did a lot of science ... This post comes to you from my friend Iris Xu, '14, a longtime friend ... * For me, it was really awesome getting the chance to work in a lab and to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  past month. i crocheted a red scarf for myself earlier this year, and my ... beginning of this semester when i kept getting mistaken for a frosh because i ... friendships and connections. i can tell they really mean a lot to you. more

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  . Now, machines can perform calculus operations for us, but it takes a ... and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... must pull at least a dozen others with you.” I wish I’d heard these words

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  Frank   I just returned from a 7.013 Introductory Biology ... I may be tempted to position myself in the lounge for a while, to talk ... developments or see a musical Tesla coil. Though, really, I should study for my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  of the sponsors: I wandered around the fair a bit, taking pictures for ... been planted...so I think that maybe, if I can somehow manage to get a ... Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  . This past month, I've been serving as the band director for a student ... one for Heathers. Still, the music has come together. I pull from all ... ... boom!, I've been using a lot of techniques from all the hours I spent

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  The other day, I had a little epiphany that came to me in the shape of a glassblowing metaphor. When I thought about it more, I realized that although I haven't done a lot of glassblowing, it's played a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... UROPs. Applying There’s a nifty website where you can search UROPs by ... in her lab. I’ve heard you can ask profs for UROP positions after

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  bedrooms with my brother at one point so I could paint a mural on a larger ... organizing a dorm room. Sure, it can just be a bedspread and a poster of your favorite band or sports team. But it can also be a chance to really customize

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  where the definitions came from on a deeper level. I know why we know ... ; I can’t derive it from scratch right now." ]proved[/annotation] E = mc ... different blogpost where I raved about this class (in a good way), so I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  1. Why I didn’t think I would be a good fit for engineering. I came ... for a new major. I had always been interested in physics, mostly ... grow on me. I began to imagine a world in which I graduated from MIT as a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  as not heterosexual (source). i know senior house was a home for many ... , preparing for meetings and writing proposals, somehow carving time away from a ... the admissions blogs have always been a platform for students to speak

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  for saturday which was 10/10 because i visited a family friend and i ... like I had from last week. Tuesday: Dropped 6.0002. It wasn’t a ... much as I can to make it easier for myself in future [annotation note

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  known for its hiking, I, being a native of LA, I am inevitably enchanted ... headache for most of the time. Especially since I'm from SoCal, which has ... college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018