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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  , I expected to get lost at some point. Everything is so new! Psets ... ’t believe it! MIT is like this entirely new planet in which I am yet to ... there were only a couple of hallways and none of them had any forks

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  '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 ... my dorm's i3 video, and then I lost an hour because of daylight savings

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  On Valentine's Day, (boy/girl)friends of MIT students have a unique ... - offered these options: 1. Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder 2. Can ... Green The Muses - a female a cappella group - offered these options: 1. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  flights of stairs from the subway, then looked at my map and declared, "I ... retired and stayed at home taking care of their mother-in-law, who was in ... Japanese friend!" My new Japanese friend dropped me off at my apartment

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bloggers Wrapped 2019 aka i harvest everybodys data, my favorite pastime

  

  of moods on this playlist is very large New artists listened to: 643 ... Comments from me: to bring up the point i made at the top of this post, isn ... ), "Straight to Hell" (The Clash), "Laid" (James), "New York City Cops" (The

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  sit down with Richard Rusczyk and Dave Patrick PhD '97, two of the folks behind The Art of Problem Solving (AoPS). The fantastic AoPS offerings ... math books, and a great math teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy in New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  college apps. A lot of universities have January 1st deadlines, and that ... , chug coffee, drop out of school and go live in the mountains as a goat ... of getting in based on your test scores

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  State Department travel warning was at level 3, the prospect of travel ... would calm down by mid-May. at the end of April, I had my training weekend ... pushed back to June 9th. at this point, I lost all hope of travel, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  , my buyers withdrew their offer.  All of a sudden I had a house to sell ... drove up to Portland the next morning to pick up my new car. 5 months of ... driving a Tesla Model S 85.  I drooled at it.  I stole glances at it.  I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  up filing a patent at the end of his internship for a new radar ... University of Texas at Arlington, Pelkins transferred to MIT his sophomore year ... Milton, however, stayed in Cameroon, and attended university there at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  , there were a lot of new people, most of them men, and he wasn’t returning again and again to offer help to them. I was one of few women in the shop ... square clamps, which was probably the biggest new skill. I worked mostly at

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  track of my finances In order to save money while at MIT, I pulled ... cheaper prices, at Shaw's (a supermarket off of Mass Ave), or at La Verde ... doing better at my job or for learning new things. As a college student I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  of supplies to send to the rescuers at Ground Zero: socks, contact ... prospective new hometown in the middle of March. Well. You can guess how that ... quite a few of those back in early April. At one point I crawled into bed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  decided that it was time to conquer her fear of bikes, mountains, and New ... University of Georgia t-shirt. Unfortunately, it only takes a moment to crash ... carts of food careening through the aisles and pointing at the nicest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  (which I don't), it's mandatory to have at least some sort of meal plan ... excited to sign up for this class. Turns out, of course, that learning a new ... IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  the skirt is made from the front pages of the New York Times. Both the ... reflective properties, which creates the ghost of a rainbow if looked at ... Two weeks ago, after a long day of committee was complete, I headed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  , President Reif joined hundreds of other university Presidents in signing an ... many of their friends and classmates, also dream to study at MIT. ... As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  ). You can review the list of meetings at http ... enter MIT "undeclared," and, at the conclusion of the freshman year ... . 18th, Mira Loma, Sacramento session." Aha, oops. You can RSVP at http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  categories you see at the top of the site. I decided this afternoon that I ... read all of those applications at the same time and compare them side by ... tonight! After you get your tube a bunch of new stuff appears on your my

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  i would finally seize these couple of months to explore new interests ... dejection at the thought of leaving my bed. each day, when i roll out of my ... dancing way less than i was at the beginning of quarantine because damn, i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020