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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  75% of the pset left to do. I chug along and get through most of the ... along until I get some form of an answer, and call it a day. I definitely ... make it to the restaurant, grab some food from what’s left of the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

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

  

  my dorm in a rented Penske truck. We piled all of my boxes and bags ... , some kitchen equipment, and a new pack of paper towel rolls from Costco – all of which I'll probably [annotation note="because I'm taking a Leave

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

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  become a mosaic of all that life gives you. Your high points lay the ... every step forward with humility. And while all of those moments and ... full of finals studying to do. I’ve been one of those 1800 kids for the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

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

  

  outside Kresge that was the venue of the College of Computing celebrations ... Criminal,” appeared on the windows of my usual second-floor study spot at the ... announced the founding of the new Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing

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

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that was towards the beginning of the project. I could work at my own speed ... practice writing essays. My internship in the latter half of the summer also

  • by Paolo A. '21 G
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  what people are afraid of. 3) For me, the best treatment was DISTANCE ... refreshing obsessively was masochistic and irrelevant to the outcome of the ... make the psychologically unhealthy decision of sitting unblinking in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  seemed to be a consensus among a bunch of people I talked to that this was a bummer week, and my days were punctuated with a lot of downs. But ... A: the sweet flyer that lured me into taking one of my current classes

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  spanning the month of January called the Independent Activities Period, or ... travel abroad (with your expenses paid through various MISTI programs, of ... ") at a variety of companies with MIT alumni. I chose to do an externship

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  of the piece, I offer extra thoughts. I’ve awakened a deep fascination ... We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , 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 I register online and the second step of the registration tells me to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  highs and lows of being an MIT student and everything that comes with that ... spring break together and we kept filming. When I got back, I had a ton of ... of quarantine (March 2020). A lot of activities, such as badminton

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... variety of diets. They all offer cheaper options and discounts for first ... on the presence or absence of dining (unless cost is an important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  batch of them here, and I think that the time has come to do so again. A ... , citing a lack of interviewers in my region. Will this adversely affect my chances of getting admission? Is there a way I can still have the interview

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn ... those are all awesome. This concerns saving money and taking advantage of the perks of tuition, because there's actually a lot covered by that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• 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 ... being Harv '08, and I've gotten to know some of her similarly cool friends - like Sam, who does a beautiful Flight of the Conchords impression, or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  details). If you are a member of the Class of 2011 and would like to request ... can send a letter outlining your plans to our office: Office of Admissions Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  York, occasionally rewatching my favorite episodes of Parks and ... could start a new season of my life. I packed up about half of my worldly ... dear friend on a Christmas tree farm. The other half of my possessions

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  chance to blog a preview and talk about some of the design decisions we ... you can get a sense of the basic design direction.   Student ... of assessing and providing financial aid with billing and collecting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  President Obama has proclaimed today National Day of Making, an opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share their talents and hone their skills. As part of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  New.com that offered $20,000 worth of design, engineering, marketing, and ... As of exactly one year ago, toys have completely taken over my life ... future. As a part of the class we took a trip to the Hasbro world

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009