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• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parent event offerings based on feedback, requests, and questions. Some of ... Services Session for Parents: Friday afternoon at 1pm, Director of Student ... , whys and whens of financial aid at MIT -- how we determined your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  college acceptance, a job offer, moving into a new apartment. but a lot of ... parallel universe is living out each of a hundred different lives, and each ... a college campus (and at my alma mater no less) exposes me to random

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  -censored the fanfic so that it would be at least a semblance of appropriate, and ... 'm writing this after finishing my third and final CP* event, which was some of ... these chances to meet the Class of '24—they're wonderful and hilarious and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  drove up from New York with (way too many) of my remaining bags and boxes ... Hi, I’m Kathleen. I’m a first-year student and a new blogger here at ... much longer. Time doesn’t flow at its normal rate when everything around

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  of the links at the bottom of this entry, and rest assured that almost ... E. Chemical Engineering, or Course 10, is sort of at the intersection, and you ... have been traveling around for MD-PhD program interviews, which is one of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  ankles in urban New England. Slush is a test of courage and moral fiber ... playground of optical physics and offers to give you plenty of brain candy if ... to Wikipedia, and two of them offer interesting solutions to Aviv

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  -year undergraduate student at MIT, a math major and one of only five current MIT ... located at the front of the head—produces visual images. Individuals without ... . Perrachione’s advisor John Gabrieli at MIT and Fumiko Hoeft of the Stanford

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  matter, I don't even think the biology department at MIT offers a masters ... description of life as a doctor -- it just got a little graphic at times, and ... Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  MIT students participate in the UROP program at MIT. Many of them will ... The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of the most exciting things about being a student at MIT. The flagship MIT
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  . The idea is quite new at MIT, but I got to talk to the head of the ... , I spent the last year of my life in Shanghai studying Chinese at Fudan University. I am currently working on a number of blog posts that will be

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  stuff (by switching to CMS). At the end of that post, we concluded that the only thing we can do is to take things one semester at a time. And ... and don’t have time to (since it’s kind of long), the gist is we were

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  Swift’s new album, and start digging myself out of my inbox. 11:11 am: I ... my new 6.005 groups for phase III of the project (a pretty user ... , Student Center behind us):   And here are pictures of my new fuzzy socks and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  's just say, at the bottom of everything was a turd. That would be me and ... -themed restaurants in cities around the world, including New York and Tokyo. We were ... This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... New York Times crossword puzzle, the chemistry teacher who is your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  Boston to New York, New York to Dubai (where I met up with my mom), and ... MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of a classroom project, a cool new toy, an internship with MISTI

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  friends in Heidelberg find this idea of "campus life" weird. "University" is ... , our residential life culture is a rich component of being a student at ... cantos at a time. Inspired by a close friend of mine (who has an ENTIRE

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  There are more than 30 different club sports at MIT. Each club is either instructional or competition focused by nature. Many of the competition focused clubs have excelled at both regional and national level
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  most unique, liminal pockets of time at MIT, showing that a month can ... more about the culture and customs at other universities. i spent all my money! (1/17 - 1/19) I decided to make a stop in New York City after

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of ... variety show: The New York Times 2019 playlist, or a great podcast about

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I ... at MIT, I wish you the best of luck. It's a fabulous place, and I hope ... life, the universe, and everything -- my email's still mollieb at mit dot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006