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• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  the lab at 2 am, busy as ever. Anyway, here’s our robot doing it’s thing ... students were always happy to offer solutions and advice.  As it goes in most

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  of the piece, I offer extra thoughts. I’ve awakened a deep fascination ... Chemical Science. It was risky business, a class for people with a Chemistry

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it's only for those who have a school counselor. A principal, headmaster, or
• Blog / Residential Life

  whimsically signed, yfnhmc (your friendly neighborhood house meeting chair)

  

  like I scarcely had time to get to know the area as more than just...school ... study Busy, busy, busy, is what we Bokononists whisper whenever we think ... cocaine (which Charlie is slang for). I think about the little middle school

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 19, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  school, and dreaming about MIT since elementary school, and holy crap I ... thought it would be, with my elementary-school self now a faded old memory ... every flavour of Oreo offered in the northeast US, as there are many more

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  this up. Oh, yeah: I also started school at the Massachusetts Institute ... school of my dreams was honestly one of the least exciting things I’ve done so far. Summer, high school, and Minnesota seem so distant that MIT has

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  passed. In the beginning, it was like a full-blown middle-school crush. I ... high school days--not because I wanted to be in high school again, but ... school, a mile from the old city plaza. In the days leading up to Christmas

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  Institute, or RSI, a summer program for rising high school seniors around the ... research project in six weeks. I attended RSI myself in high school, and this ... dealing with RSI issues and volunteer for other high school summer programs

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  that's probably only offered at MIT.) Hey all, No school is perfect. At college and in high school, you get occasional weeks where things just don ... for the weekend before diving back into the school routine. Fortunately

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  freshmen and sophomores in high school, you probably entertained a broad ... , conveniently being offered the very week you're struggling. You really thought ... prep school kids who got AP credit for the entire first semester would

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  to med school. There wasn't any particular reason for this...I had ... a medical career that well. Now I want to go to grad school and become ... school, I would have been less likely to figure this out - I would have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  return as a JC a few months later. And when my offer popped up in my inbox ... everything I loved about high school quiz bowl, minus the people. Naturally, I ... offer a view of Mt. Hood. I was excited to go to Portland for a totally

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  'm going to do the best that I've ever done at this school, and I'm super ... internship into a full time return offer"]*the year*[/annotation] to get an ... offer lined up while all my other friends did. IAP rolled around and I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  to look at the solutions for help on all problems to varying degrees ... equations to memorize. C's get degrees - It's really not that serious. Yes

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  quick post to check in and say happy tuesday. it's 52 degrees and sunny and there's a high of 73 degrees tomorrow. i haven't shared pictures of my new room at east campus yet so here are some pictures, because

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  establish credibility for a character by giving them an MIT degree. Here are ... Degrees of Separation (Anthony Michael Hall's character in the film) Sam

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  that aims to facilitate social interaction while we're away from campus"]Busy ... initiative and offered a server to host everything, as well as some individuals ... offers are wonderful, but it's important to acknowledge that these can

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  invest in some business-casual clothing. And so, before the summer had even ... /EECS realm3 that also offer such programs or hire freshmen. 5) Ask your ... for something related to your education, MIT offers a lot of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  'm busy wondering how many people can say that they've talked to a ... letter. Still in shock, I offer my contact information as usual. Dan says ... to take me up on the offer of an MIT tour. A week later, Josh Shiode e

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  when I had said my piece. I have no line. I will take the job I'm offered ... offer me the pats of condolences and, instead, I'll be pierced by their ... school has taught me, it's to not rely on a singular friend group on the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020