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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

         “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the ... , January 26th, standing, from 33 feet away. First we fired into a 11 bulls ... ’s eye, in front of which I unfortunately can’t make out my sights, even

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  Ben Jones' famous "It's More Than A Job" post from March 2006. I've read ... sleep every 30 hours or so for a week. In other words, I've had my fair ... heartfelt. A few weeks ago, I had an epiphany of sorts. I finally experienced

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  MIT. I have a hunch that the smattering of MIT students from my eighty ... only thing I ever really wanted from my life was a family, kids, and ... company) for my entire life. I discovered a fear of getting boxed in, a fear

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  idea how, I am not a bed scientist. My bed had been with me for 15 years ... have worked for years to finally reach. This is just a little excerpt on ... ; however, it was all for naught the moment my efforts would matter most. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  lessons and regress and retreat from who I could be...that hurt a lot. It ... lieu of moving on from it. When I sensed the beginning of a spiral of ... . Basically, 5.60 was a hedged bet, and as I hedged, time passed, others grew

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  wall of books, a sweeping view of MIT’s main courtyard could be seen from ... says about her daily life at MIT. She loves that you can get a daily fix ... dozen people spring to mind, and I laugh and tell her, “A lot.” We share a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  recruit people to work for Facebook. I guess that'd be cool if I wasn't a n ... Engineering) have a discussion with our chancellor Eric Grimson, I packed up my ... auditorium. And just for you guys, I got some footage of his talk. Sorry in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  . Nobody will know that I shrieked and ran from a guy in a pigeon mask. On ... and skills—ranging from puzzle-making to set design—to put on a spooky ... living at Next House for 3.5 years, I still hadn’t done Next Haunt. My

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  other form of transportation. The route to MIT from where I live in the ... or get a flat, I can speed past all of them on my bike. Needless to ... , for that's when I break out my bicycle. an actual photo of me with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  lot of my activities into a few days of the week, so I can enjoy my lazy ... -party type. I, for instance, haven't been to a frat party since early ... capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  this song. But apart from listening to that song, I am a sad sad toaster ... week! And training for a marathon! What was I, Superdude? Seriously, the ... , dreaming about a time when I could have joined them for one of the greatest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  student by Alex M. '21 throughlines by Paolo A. '21 I’m Still Here (for ... staff member"]them[/annotation] all is being a blogger for MIT. I am ... their entries from most to least crufty: It’s been a long road… by

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  to get. Usually you can buy older editions of textbooks for a lot less ... if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my ... Laura asked: "where can you get inexpensive, used textbooks? one of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time ... semesters. My previous semester involved engaging in a UROP, where I honed my ... skills, and there are many others where I see room for improvement and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  questions have the same answer. When I arrived as a freshman, I signed up for ... sinking. Actually, that’s how I felt for my first three and a half years at ... This isn’t really a “last blog post,” since I’m sure that every now

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  of him. This semester, I was fortunate enough to take a class at MIT.nano where I immortalized one of those pictures as a solar cell! [caption id ... . These classes range from 3-hour-long “etch a tiny image onto silicon

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  am reminded that I am not at MIT. I am away from the buzz that defines ... international study abroad program, but that I also dove head first into a liberal ... program. While I have been throwing numbers into my classes when I can (I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  one more lap around the track, has been so that I can be a better soccer ... that we can hear them from across the country. Wow, I will miss it. I ... -year future where I would one day be done playing competitive soccer – has

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  mentally equipped for about 4.5 classes a semester so I've been sticking to ... time for a fifth class (turns out I kind of did)"]4.110: Design Across ... concentration and maybe I regret it a little"]21H.273: From Coca to Cocaine: Drug

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  less from itself by a culture that wants this to be so. I think it ... higher capacity for spatial reasoning than females. A large-scale 1995 meta ... intelligence. Example of a mental rotation test. I’m guessing that you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015