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• Blog / About Decisions

  the life I could’ve lived it’s like one of those “what if” episodes

  

  For most of high school, I knew exactly which college I wanted to go to. I planned out my major, looked through course offerings, and ... University of Michigan (Umich). It’s not that I didn’t know about MIT

  • by Hala K. '29
  • April 12, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a freshman lecture size of 400? One of the quintessential features of American ... imagined college in high school, I imagined being in one of these huge halls

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to have some sort of structure, but it's become a bit of a brain dump of ... horizon, but the past few days have been when a lot of project classes begin

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  !). It was literally lifechanging. It was my first time out of the country ... rest of my IAPs at MIT. There are actually quite a few options in terms of IAP abroad programs. I thought it might be useful to write a quick

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a ... to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... pretty tough. I went through a rough breakup. I felt like my circle of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  at the forces affecting the development of cities around the world. If accepted, I will be travelling with a group of about 30 students to Detroit ... gain a better understanding of the social, political and economic systems

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  I have enough of a questions backlog now that I think it's worth ... little groups of freshmen led by an upperclassman (all incoming frosh are ... midway and the athletics midway, where you can visit booths of different

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  Recently on @mitadmissions I asked what kind of blogs people wanted to see and one of them suggested that I talk about how I personally ... little bit of high school, I was an avid YouTube and Twitch enthusiast. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  After a short burst of productivity in January, I proceeded to not ... ’ drought look good out here. The lack of writing was complicated… it was not out of not wanting to, but nothing manifested even if I got a few lines

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... with all of my family members and spend time with them, as this summer

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  It's nice to meet you. I'm a new freshman at MIT, a member of the Class of 2009. I was admitted early action and received the news around ... schools and committed my near future to the progressive locale of Cambridge

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  [annotation note="courtesy of the valiant desk guardian Ekanem O."]the front ... stacks of packages are reaching NBA-player height, so if you've received an email from BC Desk (that isn't this one) notifying you of a package

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  lot more time there, working, or not, and made a lot of fond memories ... reasons"]consonant,[/annotation] [annotation note="P and NP are classes of ... letters of the [annotation note="in case you are wondering, the best letter

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

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  I originally registered for 60 units of classes this semester: 18.701: Algebra I 18.404: Theory of Computation 18.905: Algebraic Topology I ... of the four technical classes I had picked out or put one of them on

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  advantage of the free resources that the GECD offers beyond résumés, like mock ... It totally hit me today when I stumbled upon a copy of the Tech and ... schedule, and you never really are able to stay on top of everything. The

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  unexplored intersection of science research and public outreach. Before the ... aren't the most important part of your application. Letters of ... doing research. Gradually, the blurry outlines of A Competitive Applicant

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  my dorm's i3 video, and then I lost an hour because of daylight savings ... 's pretty much the same then at this time of the year. Although I can't promise you an amusing survey, I can provide you an account of WHY we are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  do it! As you may have noticed, I’ve been kind of into the whole tour ... -campus grocery store, it’s been fun to show off a little piece of what makes MIT so ... MIT has sports?? Of course, no tour is fun without some tour guides, so

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  going to the end of this block." MAN: "It's actually free!" ME: "No ... with strangers. But as the man sped off in search of another victim, I noticed that the taxi was actually offering free rides to anybody who joined

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  mildly. I’m overwhelmingly obsessed with the internet. I think a lot of it ... internet. Things changed when I got to MIT. Instead of being plugged into the ... . The Internet became my playground, providing me with an endless array of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008