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• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The drummers for the bands Queen and Duran Duran are ... , called... Don't let it control you! about the work/play balance at MIT. I ... for two hours. I misread my major in haste and accidentally went to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  question." Actually I love fast food, but eating it for every meal over a two-week period is a bad idea for both mind and body. :-) Have you seen ... , this is likely to be the case for you as well

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... in my bed for a solid thirteen hours. I've spent my time back home with ... ,[/annotation]I want to reflect on 2023, but first, I want to set some goals for 2024

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Undecided HS Senior once again persuades herself that MIT is the best place ... welcomes the prefrosh? The students and staff are not doing it for tangible ... try out for an a capella group. I looked forward to living in East

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  sure you have something fun planned for afterwards! I actually had an ... that day though, I had a surprise waiting for me that cheered me up ... would have studied for the MCAT differently. I thought I'd share some of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  calendar for the past three years. light blue are things that are ... action items for myself, or retroactive descriptions for what i did for a block of time (more on retroaction in a bit). red are physical things

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  barely enough room to walk in the hallways, let alone room for much ... of skeleton code for me to fill in, all while I went to lots of office hours and pestered people for help.” I felt so proud of my (veritably not

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  Crosswalk, and the Student Center). For those familiar with the area, it ... creation of plays about science in addition to discussing the cultural impact of such plays. As I took my seat in the large black box theater, I read

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  the admissions blogs have always been a platform for students to speak ... their best. * * * a year ago, the chancellor's office released ... ): Jenkins says that for years MIT administrators told him it was a problem

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  certain technical GPA (like a 4.25 out of 5.0). It's an attractive option ... 's not just for engineers. Undergraduates in the Dept. of Urban Studies and ... to complete the requirements for both degrees at the end of five years

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  about 40-50 students, so I figured 60 students would be a safe guess for ... . Wow! Thank you all for coming! As you can see, the restaurant was ... to be a relatively quiet time for admissions officers now?? Thank you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  gained from reading these, but it was fun for me to read them again last ... leaves me yearning for a do-over, a second chance at the past four years ... 's the next [annotation note="by some definition of best"]best

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this ... -M (a communications intensive class for my major in major), and for ... -- diligently professing my case for why I am taking these classes, I'm left

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  to be part shameless plug for my website CourseRoad, and part ... strolling through the Infinite when I came across a poster for something ... major possibilities (word play!), you have to figure out what each major

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  include pain for being rejected, joy for being accepted, anxiousness for ... for all I knew or cared. College? Yeah, it was something that I was ... I am proud of all of you applicants for simply applying. Whether or

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  -valedictorians set for MIT Originally posted on: Friday, May 29, 2009 by Adam Freeman ... Burfield play the same sports and share the same friends. But unlike most ... minute older than Chandler. As for competition between the two? It was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which is best known for its ... parodies, and we also played a long, very hot, and relatively uncoordinated ... Evidence for Belief," was released less than two weeks ago but has already

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  televsion. The best present I got for my birthday was a mellophone. Well ... college card, which, as you've been told many times before, is given FOR ... at Harvard and only came to the BSO to get off campus for a few hours

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  for the blog." If you know Ellen, you know the best thing to do is to do ... . Academics come first for MIT-bound scholar Jeremy McGee began to show signs ... rocket scientist. I can remember playing with this airplane that I had when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  features in the Minecraft server would be a lot of fun for curious students ... played it before in my life or even held the slightest bit of interest in ... own computer is quite the feat, and I'm so proud of my peers for what

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020