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• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  much can change in just one week. It took just a minute or two for me to ... Happy Holidays everyone! I can't believe another semester's done and ... semester. Early in the school year, I kept getting emails about spending IAP

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  Now that it's too late to turn back you've decided to matriculate to MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get yourself into. As an expert in what he is and is not currently in, I'd be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  ). So just in case you don't want to watch the entire video here are a few ... (Hopefully I can write a blog about it sometime soon). Either way, in joining ... is something you want some more of I can definitely try to add it, and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  college and in high school, you get occasional weeks where things just don ... a long weekend in which to get away from MIT! (Something that all you ... you've got yourself a wonderful vacation in the making. Sunday morning

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  books, from a tiny copy of The Rubaiyat bound in leather, to a weathered e e cummings collection, to W. S. Merwin’s Shadows of Sirius found in a little free library while I was living in my van. I wrote a poem here and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  some fun before chaos resumes again. In case you missed it, thousands of ... rain. Can you imagine? This Vine from my fellow archi grad Justin proves ... you're doing. In a matter of months, I’d gone from preparing to apply to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  Hi. I'm in Reno, Nevada, right now with my grandparents visiting my ... Kullman made clear that the most vital ones were the ones you made in ... up when you have to consistently give a speech at every Commencement

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  better data, fix errors, in some cases redo the whole thing). As you can ... got to be in California. Classes prepare you for all the research (that you will eventually conduct) in a tangential but crucial way. A good

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  begin a first-year application in our application portal until you have ... Status page (located in the MIT application portal after you have submitted ... your QB application, you can request an official transcript from your
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an ... If you were selected as a QuestBridge Finalist but did not rank any colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  CI-H credit, you should definitely consider taking 24.03 in the spring ... on human development and interactions. In WGS.229, you will learn how ... , gender, and politics in general. You will learn to interpret your own

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  by noon. In case you missed it, here are some photos, courtesy of ... in the hacking of this hack     but I can't say the ... On Friday, September 4th, I arrived in my office shortly after 7AM

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  My rest & relaxation days ended in the beginning of July. After ... of the day is seeing all the people in western business attire standing beside the lonesome bus stops in the middle of nowhere, waiting for the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  have a friend who can solve it in about twenty seconds. He keeps telling me to learn how to do it. Apparently, it comes in handy when you ... . Said illusion is currently failing to function. Case in point: Where did

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  in the Infinite Corridor they glow. Seriously. You can practically see ... . And if you make it in here, you did too. And, if you are ready to work ... traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  -fourths, which is one two three, one two three. you have to fit four steps in three ... , if you are planning any in-person MIT event with more than 150 ... follow. my partner is lead, but so far, i can hold my own; he doesn’t need

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not admitted

  

  fewer than 13% of applicants means we had to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open post for you to talk. And, if you haven't already, check out Ben

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  't an expression that can be safely applied when you sleep on the top bunk ... piece of furniture in your room, and you will never forget the most ... few hours. You guys can probably tell that I'm making this up, Sherlock

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  As they said in the old, more hardkore days of MIT, you all might ... -reg? Simply choose a class in the vast and expansive Harvard course catalog ... you what those dorms mean, which one is the equivalent of Baker or East

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  in at MIT if..." you love being miserable! Now wait just a second ... one thing in a day, like get groceries, I can almost guarantee that I ... so many I can't possibly do them all, in a day or a week or even this

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010