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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  (except for you... you know who you are...) For those of you who don’t know ... . First, a quick background just so you guys know where I am coming from. I ... I have almost always wanted to work on. For those of you that have

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  during their free time. I saw a lot of familiar faces preparing for classes ... Haley’s experience teaching Splash, a weekend for high school students to ... . Splash weekend starts rather early for me. I wake up at an absurd time in

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

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  planning out these elaborate blog entries for you guys involving photos ... with more than just one person? Thanks for that, it was really helpful ... together :p) they'll choose one for you should you get something other than a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  friends for each trip. I also ended up getting a ton of photos ... Riverway and the Back Bay Fens, near the Fenway[annotation note="T stands for ... contemplated whether or not we could get a plot for the bloggers. Further along

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post ... to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... ). After you submit your application, you may be contacted for an interview

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  if you never took the class. This is a really good system, for several ... for an 8.01x (physics) test which was to occur the next morning. My ... was pretty difficult for me academically, since I didn't take AP Physics

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  ) some advice for how to quickly finish his art notebook cover project ... make a quick collage? You can use existing images from magazines and your ... see what happens. “Just see what happens, Mom? I have a plan for this

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  free for all, so i prepared myself to book it to the final fantasy vii ... los angeles, and i too am in los angeles, and i am working for a game ... registration for industry passes - tickets for those in the game industry - was

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  , which means I happen to be free for a couple hours. I’m now at clover to ... Habits for AY 2017 (Academic Year 2017) I’m trying something a little ... blog posts, but today, I thought I’d just do what I normally save for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  for and got an internship working at Boston City Hall. This semester I ... way of weighing which one would be better for me. On one hand, I had the job opportunity that I had always been looking for (a job in an

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  have taken a while for the mess to present itself (perspective and all ... about how crazy everyone was studying for finals? They're over! Let's talk ... both valid uses of our newfound free time, in my humble opinion), is the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  i'll omit for now."]trusty Spotify playlist.[/annotation] The walks ... ="61573" image4="61574" /] I always have a destination or objective in mind for my ... blends with the sounds of the city around me, and I can look around and say

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  was just in love with it. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that ... prompted me, hungry for more text. The slightly chilly breeze is blowing in ... completely different to what I studied for. In fact, I seriously felt like I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first time I ever went to New York City it was to ... hours, 4 major cities, and over 4,000 miles of amazingly exhausting travel ... years at MIT, I was always able to make time for the American Idol

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  applications ask for your unweighted GPA, so the fact that your GPA is 26.2 on a ... Award two years in a row, and get profiled in the city newspaper. It was also an all-time record for my school. Now comes the funny part

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  *everything* else to make up for it, that this is my one chance to take a lot of ... applied for many classes which historically had low acceptance rates: a ... world felt right for the first time since covid ripped me away from Europe

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  meal plan? (Free for your first quarter! Unbelievably, impossibly cheap ... literature classes and insists that spring is a time for regeneration and renewal and other synonyms for “change” that I don't have time to look up in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Texas and Arizona. Details ... opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors (that is, rising juniors and ... , visiting 70+ cities across the country. So if we're not in your area now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bloggers invade LA What should Sam and I do in Los Angeles? Suggestions welcome

  

  and I are flying out to Los Angeles today for a one-week stay in the city of angeles. Man, I love it when vacations line up with food ... fun running up and down hills and looking for grammatical mistakes on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  absolutely essential skill for a scientist.   ... can't see radio waves! Nowadays, astronomers apply for "observing time ... one of these telescopes is competitive. There's only one ALMA, for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013