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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  together to finish my degree. In fact I can proceed at a comfortable pace. I ... school apps now, and am back from blogging hiatus! I've spent so much time worrying for my future... will I get into a good school? Can I get a job? Can

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  I came to MIT with an ambitious goal: to sit everywhere on campus. Oh yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither ... -senior" status) to finish up a degree. I'm excited to be taking advantage of this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  middle school; indeed, the last time I actually "performed" anything on ... high school, some six years ago. I play very occasionally, mostly to blow ... the techniques I've seen in high school orchestra rehearsals about how

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  regarding course offerings and suggested paths to degree completion. Most at ... year. MIT Degree Charts [image_grid images="56243,56244" /] The MIT Degree Charts show all the requirements for each major. This is very useful

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  three days. And, if you're sly (or legitimately busy, but nobody can tell ... semester. The class meets jointly with a similar one offered by the course 20 ... longer surprised me. Past professors or TAs of mine have also offered to do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  with the school calendar. I have to be as ruthless and efficient as I can ... , resources, or support from the school or sponsors unlike other varsity or ... school. Training is hardly enjoyable physically or mentally. School is hard

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  I stopped. Partly I got busy with books that were age-appropriate or ... 't really have much to offer. I was looking around me and realizing that the ... offering quick or permanent solutions to problems I thought were probably

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  ? NELLIE: Ooh, Pi Day! I completely forgot about that. I’ve been too busy ... to the Fest right now. GUSTAV: I’ve been busy figuring out my joint physics-philosophy degree. Allow me to demonstrate with this participatory

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  .011) are classes offered to students who failed or especially struggled with ... to go, since I took three years of it in high school, every year in middle school, and every year in elementary school. You'd think I'd be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  this week and next, though we're quite busy with meetings to prepare for ... % Abroad 10% States represented 49 Countries represented 58 Schooling Public school 69% Private school 14% Religious school 9% Foreign school 6% Home

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  set on pursuing a degree in course 16 (aero/astro engineering). After a ... offers. Thus, this semester marks a brand new start for me at MIT. Moral ... completing your degree in exactly 4 years (which is not always a bad thing

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  colleges, so I thought I'd offer you a little advice of my own. More ... . Also, I've gotten comments from high school juniors and sophomores, so I ... luck would have it, my high school made us submit a "district writing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  know that different high schools have different course offerings, and ... schools have different offerings. Different regions have different ... I like? Can the size of the smaller school offer a more supportive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  first to graduate — I graduated with degrees in biology and brain and ... . After I graduated from MIT, I went to graduate school at Harvard. I did my ... got a job offer last year from Google[x] that was too good to turn down

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  side, I was often choosing between schools/programs that offer “Mech ... school” anymore — I want to try for a master's. I’d been playing with the ... engineer in my company had a master’s degree or was studying for one. This

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  your high school self would’ve expected! After five semesters at MIT ... single most impactful academic experience in high school, so it informed a ... research has to offer. By the April of my freshman year, I declared 6-9 as my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  for High School students. I won't describe the program itself in too ... School. It was a huge part of my life. I initially joined FIRST because my ... and delivered them to companies and my school's Board of Trustees. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  , and more than 1000 high schools; together, they constitute an incredible ... -deserved diploma. https://youtu.be/AdwPeNsMmGM I helped select the Class of 2018 when I first returned to admissions from graduate school. It was a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  is, well, after high school I went to college, and I applied to MIT, you know, looking at different schools. I figured, OK, Massachusetts Institute of Tech, Technology, is a good technical school. Math and science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  [/annotation] and because they can help offer an unfiltered view of what I’ve been doing for ... dance with when i was in high school, so having a dance community is ... with the Sloan Business Club & became social chair for said club

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019