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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  Ben offers a reflection on AP classes. Meet the Admissions Office Stu ... . Jess: College Shopping List A slightly unconventional but totally awesome

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  studying the field in college. At a recent admitted student event (*shout out ... (not Nate…or his friend…) who was concerned that MIT did not offer any

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  (i.e. how many admitted students will accept our offer of admission) is ... scratching the surface). I guarantee that you will learn more in college from

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  noticed that the taxi was actually offering free rides to anybody who joined ... remembered: I have a friend at another college who has a boyfriend whose campus

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  of my friends from home are graduating college with about a zillion ... said, MITFCU offers a Visa with a $500 limit to any 18+ MIT freshman who

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 🦃 Yara has a peath sign on her head!

  

  food, but also 2) intentionally offer dishes from a variety of cultures ... several other colleges, and I’d genuinely argue that ours is actually really ... , college dining halls seem fine. You’ll even catch yourself saying “Honestly

  • by Hala K. '29
  • November 27, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  , with a work ethic I admire greatly. Offering me free academic tools and ... mildly dehydrated during the first few weeks of college simply because I ... Macbook for me to use during college. Edward became a nervous machine after

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  mattering, since i was going to apply during my gap year. college senior me is different. i'm grateful to have a return offer lined up, and i ... -is-greener situation. i'm in college and i'm thinking that i'll have more free time after

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  we mellowed a lot over the course of college. "I like this Cami," my ... describe how much happier I've been since I've come to college. I learned so ... offer me right now. I don't know how to explain this without making a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  are in college time seems to slip away. It’s been weeks since we’ve had ... '[/annotation]. Someone offers to bring me the ladder so I can get off rope, but I refuse to ... you go to college. I’ve changed a ton since I left for MIT. I should

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  Barcelona, IAP 2017   College study abroad programs are really ... ’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a ... different cities within the month! There are typically three classes offered

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  . Luckily, I did have a résumé handy from the college application process. (I ... advantage of the free resources that the GECD offers beyond résumés, like mock ... college freshmen resume can look like! It's definitely not as daunting as it

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  , this is the first time comics class has been offered; up until this ... .   For those of you who think your college major locks you into a set ... looming college applications, I’d have no time to actually see it through

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  – it’s a difficult adjustment to the college lifestyle, with the food ... me. College, man! Expectation: MIT doesn’t get hard until classes ... will offer advice on how to succeed, unless you’re me, in which case they

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  . There were a few teachers who were very invested in my college ... imagine what it would be like to have people around me offering sympathy ... opinion, MIT - and any college - is first and foremost a resource. People

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  5.0 G.P.A. Rhodes Scholar One of Glamour Magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2007 Member of the 2008 All-USA College Academic First Team ... , electricity workshops offered through the 4-H, and a problem solving competition

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  being and took the hint, offering us lodging for the night on his couch at Ursinus College in scenic Collegeville, PA, located just 20 minutes outside ... realizing that the college would bear his name for all eternity. Also, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  college. A secondhand Lenovo ThinkPad T420. 4.78 pounds, supposedly ... offer. It was with me the first time I went abroad and has been to as many ... to bring with them to college. But honestly, reflecting on my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  awards that FIRST offers its teams. I worked my butt off, and the first ... always wanted to go to Hogwarts (college name pseudonym, for privacy ... her wherever she ended up going to college (she's now doing some crazy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  to CPW - I really had very little idea of what college life is like ... tell you something: when you get to college, change is neither slow nor ... classical mechanics called 8.01. Basically, 8.01 takes your typical college

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007