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  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  My mind has been struggling to internalize the scary fact that it's been ~1.5 years since I came to MIT. Fall finals season helped me shove those feelings to the side, but now that spring classes have started, it

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ring and bright black and pink hair. i'm applying EA to MIT and i was ... ! Here are some of my thoughts. We want you to be yourself throughout this process, and want to learn about the important things that make you you. As

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  Last semester was pretty rough, and I vowed to make this semester different. I tried to get into a fifth class and didn't (it was too oversubscribed), so instead I'm taking four classes, of which only one is likely to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  or people who resembled blobs because I forgot to wear my glasses. Foresight can be 20/20, too! All myopia jokes aside, here's what I'd like to ... graduating this year. I can't wait to see them do amazing things out in the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  statement to go unchallenged. It's not that it's untrue, there are certainly upperclassmen who say that to freshmen. But to me, there's really nothing more ... . More than not there's some aspect of selfishness and self-validation to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  [by Kathy '09] Hi guys! I'm here to talk about "life as a biochemist, at MIT and Cambridge." I think the best way to illustrate the difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  trip to get fruit snacks from the vending machine. Bryan runs into friend ... , but I'm glad to be back. Bryan: Cool. Friend: Weren't you supposed to ... to you later. Bryan: ... </end awkward situation> zomg ben

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  which the hero goes it alone to kill the bad guys, and avenge those who ... surprisingly is the number of students applying to MIT that cling to that ... to have gotten into Yale law school solely based on his own efforts

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  I sold several old textbooks back to the Coop, sold a few more on Amazon Marketplace, and got stopped next to the Stata Center to take a ... ! how exciting). Adam and I went out to dinner, shopped on Newbury Street

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  to determine the structure of organic compounds. This is about as significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... to get a UROP and do research as an undergraduate. Margaret Mac

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  "institutional memory" a lot. it refers to the knowledge that's shared between the ... contrast to esp itself, which has been around for sixty years. how does any ... pandemic. the president takes sick leave and no one knows what to do. an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  , but if I had to guess, it seemed to be about an affair but not the usual ... the betrayed party would find out. Here, the affair seemed to be the ... then you can say all this. But to be honest, I've finished that book now

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  curious if I still had access to things from my old job. Because you ... building to since I was 19-years-old and decided I wanted to work in communications. The problem is, I’m starting to think that getting to this point

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  that's supposed to teach you how to be happier and more productive. i was ... happy, but a key component of it includes exercises for you to put certain ... social connection, aka reaching out to people and trying to foster new

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to Atlanta to attempt to fly back to Boston since essentially all of the ... -necessary, non-lecture classes to get to on Tuesday. This was my first year not

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... :  The homepage we replace has given good service to the Institute. Since ... aesthetic: a single “Spotlight” image surrounded by links to sites

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  If you’re wanting to apply Early Action (EA) to MIT this year but ... disasters, know that our hearts go out to you from MIT Admissions. It ... want is for college applications to add to that stress. We know that some

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

   police for getting too close to the front while both my friends met Tim Cook ... 's worth $400 now... ---- Looks like I decided to write something at a ... less than an hour, my bus leaves in less than an hour, I need to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  received this email from mit administration sometime yesterday: To ... affected. We are working closely with them to offer every support we can. We ... best options to help and respond. If you have specific questions, please

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017