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• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  " /] Firehose is one of the most popular schedule planning tools at MIT. You can ... at MIT, and it lets you plan out your classes over a longer period of ... trajectories of my life at MIT. My CourseRoad shows at least 25 saved roads

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  , really. But at the same time, it goes straight to the heart of what it ... I grew up in a house composed almost entirely of girls. Genetic odds to the contrary, I'm the only guy out of four children. That's right: I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  portion of New Jersey is actually very nice and pretty. Number two, and this ... team this fall. I love baseball and am a huge New York Mets fan. I ... summer job and at the end of every day I have amusing stories to tell my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  parenthesis correspond to notes at the end of the post) : Saturday 10:30am ... grandparents were visiting from New York. They knew we had a bad week so they ... ’t work because of weird lighting from the sun at that time. (5) 5:00pm

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  Disney Channel paints a perfect image of exactly what it's supposed to look like. Instagram feeds filled with beating rays of sunshine. Swimming pools and ice cream sundaes.  Long road trips to new places

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  morning of Sunday, March 18th, I was sitting at the computer in our living ... offer you admission to the MIT Class of 2012." Which, don't get me wrong ... MIT's offer of admission, which is full of goodies about everything from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  already taken courses at Cornell University and at the Massachusetts ... of Phillip and Gina Smith. His father is an electrical engineer at BAE ... . Smith was one of two-dozen New Hampshire students nominated by their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  semester in order to present you an honest picture of life at MIT. There is ... joy. I had a lot of new feelings and experiences during my spring ... continue with the math part of my degree. At the very least, I knew 18

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it means ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... aiming for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  for different categories at the end of the night. Hacking officially ... allotted. At MIT, there is a proud culture of making things (i.e. robotics ... still hard at work cutting the final pieces of cardboard. 5:23 PM

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  most we take on here at MIT, it's a easy one to solve. As many of you ... update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the office when I suddenly realized that I hadn't actually blogged about my new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  ). If you just want to see the fruits of our labor/insomnia, show up at ... was able to buy one of the last tickets at 3 AM. Thanks to Dave, the ... train was suddenly filled. Apparently Stamfordians like to go to New York

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  courses would allow me to explore new ways of bringing visibility to this ... and relevant. Perhaps similar courses are offered at other schools; I ... sadly still 5'2". That's 157 cm, for the 95.7% of humans who don't reside

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  weird. That's a function of the pandemic, though, and of opening a new dorm, and of opening a new dorm during a pandemic. I predict it'll be at ... , we arrive at my floor. Each floor of Vassar is split into three

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  the Cold War or the ending of The Matrix trilogy, academic life at MIT ... disheartening than others. A friend of mine offers this: once the cycle of tests ... potentials inside charged cubes. Erons is the type of person who carries all

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  'll see that this is a place of heartbreaking defeats -- but at the same ... leave Boston in New York, and trust me, there will be days when you miss ... , write all the notes, finish your work at the end of the day and go home

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new ... new light on the history of the French capital. We also discussed what ... FLC has done a great job with offering freshmen new cultural experiences

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  't comparing how foriegn it felt from my hometown in long island, new york, but ... of non-americans would balk at the fact that it took me 5 hours on a ... replaced the definition of 'home' in my subconcious. i'm in a completely

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  Meeting Of The Year. I woke up at 8:30 to my alarm, turned it off, and *actually* woke up at 9:30, this time to the aroma of cinnamon rolls. One of ... of finishing all my requirements at the last minute like that has been

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  the driving test, this is not a strong indicator of my actual chances at ... boyfriend for a week and see some friends in New York City. In August, I ... and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021