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• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  comprehensive list, but there should be at least one useful tip. Think of this ... get a sense of what classes are offered in each major. What sounds cool ... resources MIT offers didn't just come out of thin air; they're there for a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  version of a powerpoint literary presentation I gave at Alpha Delta Phi a ... strongly depend on the moral measure of intuition to arrive at a solution ... greatest number of lives, a utilitarian approach at heart, but we will show

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  you enjoy being a part of the Praise Dance Team and Gospel Choir at your ... people at your school. At college you will meet lots of students and ... they say. D: Okay Q, I’ll give the Office of Admission at the schools a

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  !?), it brings back memories of what I was feeling at the time. I was ... feel a little more at home. One of my favorite bits is the fact that I ... definitely my favorite. Juice was kind of a staple at home, too, but now I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  think a big part of it is boredom. At MIT I would roam campus and ... . At home things just sort of blend into each other as time inches past ... on some turns while Jen maxed out at 4. We both had a median of 2

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  any class like this offered at MIT (of couse, Harvard doesn't really ... off the bus at the end of the day and stepping back onto MIT ground ... glory of Tuesdays, in which I get up at 7 to bus over to Harvard for a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  subconsciously conscious. I managed to carry myself out of bed at around 8:30 am ... checked off only about half of my to-do list. At some point, I escaped to ... of Lobby 7. Looking around at the long pillars and intricate ceiling

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  orientation at MIT in my freshman year, who ended up pursuing a degree in STEM ... would record all of the voiceovers at the same time, then all the scenes ... all of the videos at one time, then upload them all at the same time and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  of college, I searched for opportunities at nonprofit organizations ... mine. A week before graduation, I got a job offer at a college access ... . MIT Admissions was at the top of my list of places where I wanted to

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  entry is mainly aimed at the prospective Class of 2013 - yes, the ... . I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at once. I still haven't even read all of them. Which is my loss, really

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here.    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  . * Speaking of wonderful lectures, Noam Chomsky also came to talk at MIT, about ... the Beaver (as seen on the collaborative blackboards of Stata Center): For me, the second month of college has ended, and what a wonderful time

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  Criminal,” appeared on the windows of my usual second-floor study spot at the ... , aimed at interweaving disciplines offered at the Institute with computing ... , was held to address the ethical implications of research done at MIT

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  is great! If a course isn't offered at your school, MIT will not ... chemical engineering at MIT and have no intention of choosing any other ... admissions office looks at your 'list' of achievements and capabilities and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  , he adds"]football.[/annotation] There are a lot of these and at the ... at our disposal too. When I walked in, some of the people were going ... , the capital of Pakistan. After someone pointed this out, we were at

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  resume at some of the smaller companies that ask for one. My friend and I ... , and an 18.02 exam on Friday. In the midst of spending the day studying ... upperclassmen. "OF COURSE IT IS! GO FOR THE FREE SWAG," they all encourage me. So

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  's response and the new reality of being an MIT student during COVID-19. At ... at home – sometimes the dead of night was the only time I could truly ... previous posts why I decided to take a Leave of Absence this year. The event

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  , with work from the minds of Gaudi and Dali offering up an escape from the ... thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop staring at the sidewalk and instead look at the faces that are right there with you. Sometimes

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  . To be a creative writer at MIT, there’s a certain amount of going ... My friend Eric recently wrote a blog post about isolation at Harvard ... at their own universities—student populations filled with clout

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  (See #2 Boston Adventure at the Institute of Contemporary Art here) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the ... vessel of content (text and/or illustrations).” This definition encompasses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015