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• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  with Prajna and Jyotsna and since I can't talk about that in moderation ... activities. before sophomore fall, I chose classes I was interested in and I ... I was happy with how fall turned out in the end, I was miserable for

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  -subsidized [annotation note="a service where you can rent bikes for short periods of time ... months and reflect on what it meant to me. Living in Boston I spent most of the summer living in a tiny apartment in Boston on the fourth floor

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  coursework can leave students feeling hosed. So it's only fair that students must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  weekend in late April is helpfully situated before hell week(s), i.e. the ... part of trip planning was then figuring out places to visit. In my mind ... ditched it eventually and decided to improvise once in the town. Salem

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spring Break! Spring Break Broke.

  

  So I'm sitting in the airport in Toronto on my way to London where I will be next week for Spring Break as well as Paris. I'll be sure to post photos and entries all this week. If you happen to be in London or

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Citius, Altius, Mens et Manus In the words of a great woman, "Yay, a hack!"

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The United States won 9 gold medals in the most recent Winter Olympics in Torino. ..and many thanks to Joe '06 for showing up with this photograph at 6:30 in the AM. Bigger? Even bigger

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  )_/¯" maybe you can be the judge of that. i'm taking 5.12 (organic chemistry i ... professor a couple weeks in advance to be like, "hey dude, i don't think i can ... 's a lot going on, you know? and also, overall, i'm a lot happier these

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  can be found on our website. But so that you are aware, we do share some ... At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application process and want you to be able to express yourself authentically. We
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  'm surprised that's all I could recall. What you're seeing here is probably ... are white leather, or some synthetic material whose feel and look can ... of people like you and me. Of course, MIT's CMS department, for whom

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education. You can read it: Some New Help for the Extremely Gifted (registration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  requirements Because of these unique facts, which have not been present in any of my other 7 semesters, this semester is one that I can do whatever I want with.  So, here are some thoughts swirling in my brain that I want

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  event where you drink tea with cream, it's actually eating scones with cream and jam, and drinking tea, of course. For those of you who don ... anyone who has any connection with MIT and want to stay in touch with other

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  introspection, navigating the process can be quite worthwhile. So, if you see an MIT student in a suit today, you know what's going on. Wish them well ... As I write this, droves of MIT students, sharply dressed in suits

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  docking  after a whole afternoon of canoeing :) If you look closely you can ... “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super ... students affiliated with it) also offers free classes in water sports like

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  , you can imagine how much running up and down this involved. :) That ... social life and (dare I say it on the MITblogs) party scene. If you're done with your problem sets for the week (or even if you aren't...) and are

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  all-you-can-eat sushi and stuffed myself appropriately. Earlier today I ... fun (yellow). 🗓[/caption]   "You seem much more calm now — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  let you guys know I'm not dead, Haha. Will have a more in depth check in with you guys soon. ... In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  , and really opened up. I played music in front of people for the first time in my life (it was a modular synth techno set, if you were curious ... be likable in her posts. She’s not quite as funny as I am. I’ve still

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  totally mind-boggling. This whole "weather in which you can actually stand ... have you. On the last day, I found an excuse to squeeze in some radio ... February, Chelsea V. '15 and I received an e-mail saying "You've been

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied for admission to MIT in the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute ... love to have on campus. For those of you whom were not admitted, know

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012