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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  walk around taking 48 units. This doesn't cover everyone, though, and ... ? But So-and-so is taking five! And that kid down the hall is taking six ... all. Above, below, or exactly four per term is your own choice, and you

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  roommate (from freshman year, mind you) and I lived in the same room freshman and sophomore year, will be moving back in next fall, and plan to keep ... oatmeal+banana+yogurt and peanut butter+toast+honey+banana for breakfast

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  and a half classes that fell under MIT's broad category of [annotation ... , and Social Sciences classes, including one from each of those categories; thus, HASS-H, HASS-A, and HASS-S"]HASS-A, or arts classes

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  As April ends, and admitted students everywhere decide where to ... Admissions. But what we mean by match - and what match means to you - isn ... to me: When I was searching for and applying to schools six years ago

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  a particularly good entry, they happen to deviate from their work and ... more refined word choice, subtle humor, and poignant advice. For it was ... for a quick bite) and reassembled it here, only to discover that one of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  to be somewhat controversial: Jones believes that creativity and ... , and we in college admissions officers reinforce that, they don't get ... lot of kids to be able to do that and not force everybody to have all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  you a dollar for each body pillow purchase. Hypotheticals and economics ... semester. Here’s how that happened. 1. Mangos and Oranges Last summer, three of my friends and I rented an apartment in Central Square, Cambridge

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... Chicago, you see, and I was still wearing my uniform--polo shirt and plaid ... was accepted to The Institute. I do often like to speak in analogies

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  sets and no commitments other than my UROP - which gives me quite a bit of free time to socialize, relax, and simply enjoy everything that ... crazy, fun, and/or ridiculous things I've been up to this past week. To

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  universe, aced both classes, and decided to major in Course 18." This story ... thekeri said: And to Laura: update? Please? I'm suffering over Spring ... 18.02 (Multivariable Calculus) and 18.03 (Differential Equations

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  -school and was asking to be improved. [caption id="attachment_106486" align ... Blender for everyone because it's 100% free and can really help you create and visualize pretty much whatever you want in 3D regardless of what you

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  glasses cleaner and wax for my braces. While other kids did their fifth ... Talent Development Institute, or TDI. TDI was supposed to be a camp for "talented and gifted children." Other than being REAL GOOD at reading, I didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  ’) internal state of mind warrants a whole song and dance number. It elevates ... minutes and immediately enter the state of high emotional tension that your ... Despite being a brief and shallow fan of Hamilton in middle school, I

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  choose two between school, a social life, and sleep. I tend to think that there’s a way to balance the three as long as you're organized and realize ... research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  Whether you blog for a job and get paid by the hour, or you ... writing good ones! Follow these top tips and you'll be writing formulaic ... trouble following these tips, I recommend reading CMU / Parallel Universe

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  .   * * *   Raphael and I left Charlottesville after work on Friday. We rolled down the windows, rolled back the sunroof, and cruised along I-81S past a flurry of state forests. We made a quick stop in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  that quantum phenomena, as absurd as they seem, are real. And for once, I ... quantum particles and using those properties to engineer sensors that exceed ... quantum optics – think lasers, mirrors, and whatnot. Except instead of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  State program), tech companies, and the UN, all of which is pretty neat ... seventeen and a half years.[/caption] Hello, blog readers! This is Jessie (they/them or she/her), class of 2007 and one of the earliest MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  to trial and error. we can turn in our psets barefoot and then binge Netflix for eight hours and it's completely acceptable because, hey, at least we actually did the pset!!!! and when we're living in this strange

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  visit all 50 states and 37 countries, with nights spent in too many hotel ... afterwards. After returning to the States, we exchanged phone numbers, and soon ... I fly a lot. Fact: aside from April and July, I’ve flown every month

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009