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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  . You'll usually be able to find someone who has been in a similar ... , my last few days at MIT were a blur- I had 3 exams and lots of stuff to ... . Our room was like a maze for a few days. Responses to comments

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  , sat down next to a kindly elderly British woman with a posh accent…and woke up an hour later, to find us in the air. Realized that I slept ... a cockpit. All the passengers turned to stare at each other - I had

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  into a lot of part-time jobs. I’ll need something else to occupy time ... students to help staff events and run registration—it’s only a couple of days ... happy to find out that his legacy, of sorts, lives on because students

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  experience is not a limiting factor. In particular, he tries to find students ... wonders have inspired scientists to innovate. When a group of MIT ... their attention to the gecko. Geckos can scale smooth walls at a whopping

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me, what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a ... to America to live with my parents. I'd left everything behind but a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  Donalds. I ate good food again, and went to a hot spring where I felt the ... to MIT 3 years ago, I made a choice. And then I kept making choices ... life down in the sunlight of a suburb. I chose to do this exchange

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  From Charlottesville to Cambridge photos from a gathering for solidarity

  

  We're at a strange point in the political climate where white supremacists, klansmen, and outright Nazis have become comfortable enough to ... gathered yesterday afternoon to share some better ideas. 5:30 pm, Cambridge

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  . If I had to point to a single thing that has led me to where I am now ... collaborate to complete a meaningful scientific research project, learning the ... challenges. My SSP application, then, was a plea for connection, a desire to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  me to do a Reddit-style AMA (Ask Me Anything) post.  I wasn't able to ... intellectual stimulation. I didn't want college to be just a continuation of high ... above pertains only to MIT, of course. You'll find people much smarter

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  what you would like to major in, you may also want to take a look at the ... While we can't recommend specific classes, you may want to compare the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  , taking a class surrounded by countless other students. Similar to the ... need some time to get accustomed to a new atmosphere, but over time, I ... exceptions :o"]STEM classes,[/annotation]but often find it difficult to ask

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  a very lovely soul, who I invited to write a post anytime. This is the ... . But it’s also a bit of a comfortable spot to do some reflecting and ... went to the end of a T line was when some of my podmates and I went out

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  Angeles to Boston, returning a little later from my Thanksgiving break than ... old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The ... that I've grown to dislike my time in California. Only a little bit ago I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they ... civilization you expect me to just work a chill tech/quant job and relax in my ... think i’d strongly prefer a world where more people kept an explicit goal

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  talk us through your housing concerns so we can find a host to support ... A few weeks ago, I took some much needed vacation time to attend ... community. This reminded me of a conference I had recently attended, where

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  , GEL students are challenged to make their internships a more meaningful ... . About a week later, I wrote an initial report to describe not only how my ... company had a project ready for me to start work on the second I stepped in

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  Over the past couple years at MIT, I've had to write a lot of papers ... opportunity to really dig in and research a topic of your choosing related to ... original research (for example, using a case study approach where you focus

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  to publish after a few more experiments. Amazingly, I've been working ... , you definitely don't need a 4.0 to be admitted, even to the very tip ... involved in a project, at which point they need to start applying to graduate

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can ... , there is a wide variety of places around campus where you can get your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  semester so you know where to find free food and friends! The LCE has been a ... channel. In order to help people find language partners, the LCE has a ... Africa. This semester, I'm making the journey to Harvard to take a class on

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018