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• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  . Yikes! I’m sure you guys are equally busy with school, activities and ... . (Hosed= MIT slang for “really busy.”) Some other things are going on too ... are taking a trip to the high school we work with to recruit new

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  used them. (Hair, Take 1) I’m imagining my high school self, again. I ... hands.  I’m imagining my high school self, and thinking about how ... about my high school, how little labels meant to me, and how I was

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  : Course 6-7, or 7, or maybe 20.  I had loved AP Biology in high school ... seemed mapped out for me: follow the degree requirements for whatever bio major I ended up declaring, go to grad school, get a job at a biotech

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  12 years of public school education could do for me. I started applying ... school in Texas because I wanted out. I really wanted to be in an area where there was a lot to do outside of just being at school. Sample

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  's degree but still lives nearby, so she bakes you fresh cookies every once in ... becomes quite popular at school. Being a deskworker is the single greatest ... myself was in my high school production of Les Miserables my senior year. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  earn money for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation ... year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just ... more confident and self-aware. [...] Generally, schools make students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  school...” “You have to buy books from street vendors. And then they ... people leave the country and never return, are afraid of doing business ... to China (“guys, I’m telling you, I have a relative in this business

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

  Why no blogs!? I'm busy, ok?

  

  Why no entries lately? Because MIT's Freshman Orientation is in full swing and everybody on campus is crazy busy. With what? Stuff like the East vs. West Water War from yesterday. Photos courtesy of our ever

  • by Snively '11
  • August 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  degrees is "freezing cold" and we break out our winter coats. Unfortunately ... design consultations, MIT business cards, and advertising in the infinite

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  car trapped on the road in 8 degree weather because there's 4 inches of ... came out and explained to us that the company ran a business for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or ... 's office is 80 degrees Fahrenheit even with the AC turned all the way up

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  , but, but these are all my classmates, and it says 'degree awarded' on ... last minute, so I was too busy frantically putting my room in twenty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  undergrad and grad school), and she offered to drive me back to the dorm, an offer which I gladly accepted (taxis from Logan to campus often cost ... that it was odd that extracurriculars don't matter to grad schools, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts. After some short training on the ground, we climb a tall ladder and stand on a tiny platform, where we get

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  and wedding announcements have appeared. Several of my middle school ... .  People are conquering professional milestones, too. Another middle school classmate who graduated early from college recently finished law school. One

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

   chases it. I am driving the solar car. It’s 90 degrees outside, which means I ... officers, they certainly kept themselves busy by pulling over every other ... but silent. The shrill call of cicadas offered a sense of solidarity

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  ? As Purple Team explained, a 3.5 degrees celsius rise in temperature of ... the United States receive a high influx of super-busy customers. Having ... . Wrestling teams dominate thousands of high schools and colleges in the US

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  doing well in school. It's a lot of free time for me to be a tryhard. For ... realized that, though; they stopped offering 5.60 which is the full semester course and they're only offering the half semester ones now, which I guess

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  of Intuition   The deadline to accept college admissions offers ... ’ve learned about making decisions in life. Some of you probably received offers ... Francisco) and inspire high school students with hands-on technology projects

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  the summer after my junior year of high school. That summer, I found ... school research program. This time, there were no sheep brains to dissect ... schools within the university and then restricted what majors

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020