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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  of relief. I kept thinking Thank God it's over and I've waited forever ... really wishes I were still a freshman and not a sophomore. It feels strange ... '14s, and to hear about prospective '15s, not to mention a few ambitious

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  I like standing at the edge, stopping there and looking down at the ... world – it's been ethereal and intense and beautiful. And now I just ... months to settle back and see what it's like being here and meeting other

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  : When I visited Borders last week for their liquidation sale and saw Prof ... so well after working with her on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a ... compared the fervent discussions and debates that occurred in taverns and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  facilities and programs with small cards to denote an LGBQT student's first ... , noted in her own post on LGBQT life (and more specifically, The Rainbow ... of LGBT Services and a strong advocate of the campaign, talked to me

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  The other day I was watching a video about typography and the speaker ... bright objects, awkward s pa ci ng between words and letters is visually displeasing. The whiteness screams out, “Look at me, I exist!” And we reply, “Go

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  Currently listening to Currently with: Raymond, Lucy, and Shannia Currently drinking: Odwalla Superfood Currently feeling: warm and cozy in the ... to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  , and RA interviews in January and February. If we are not able to offer ... about interviews, especially as an admissions officer on the EC team and someone who has experienced the EC interview both as an applicant and an EC

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  tier-listing all the classes i’ve taken at mit and some other things

  

  , and I wrote an art and design thesis. These credits congealed to form a major in 6-2 (electrical engineering and computer science), a major in 4-B (art and design), and a minor in CMS (comparative media studies). Some

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  my life (fun)^-1. The only thing worse than being sick and wanting to ... compares to wanting to just curl up and die while also knowing you need to spend hours working on 8.02, 2.001, and 18.03. But, as any MIT student

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  -tech stoves. The instructor kept offering trainings, and to supply new materials ... I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and ... what MIT is offering, or if the experience here is worth all the work

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  being offered for MIT students (with the snazzy bonus of summer housing ... Learning Materials for Biology aka. THANK YOU MIT FOR OFFERING A CLASS (even though it's a summer course) THAT COMBINES BIOLOGY AND MULTIMEDIA AND LETS

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  which have not seen that in a year and a half. The torch of institutional ... buildings and more trees, rebranded restaurants and abandoned stores. The ... school? With that sari-sari store selling overpriced school supplies and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  where people can post requests and offers for various types of aid, such ... ’s understandable that there’s a lot on your mind right now, and the last thing we ... of you are still dealing with damage to your homes and schools and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  offered during IAP and that we should take one together. We looked up the classes and were so excited to see that there was a mugs class - MUGS!! I ... there and then at the small hispter-esqe coffee shop, took a journey to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  current and alumni bloggers in celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the MIT blogs and also to offer an update on my life post-MIT. I graduated ... -bye to life at MIT and in particular, to the MIT blogs (direct quote

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I ... .01 and 6.042 (both intro classes to course 6-3 that I absolutely despised ... that interest me. The report is in after 4 weeks and I absolutely love

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren't offered admission, you're just as amazing. I regret that we won't be able to ... . And now, with the congratulations out of the way, it's time to get to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  alone love, and Jhumpa Lahiri is one of them. The Pulitzer Prize winning author of the books Interpreter of Maladies (1999) and The Namesake (2003) spent this evening at MIT. Though she was born in London and raised in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  I was reading Evan's most recent entry and I noticed that he ... awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat ... and plan their meals. I know, right? I mean, who has time for that? Ever

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  . :-) What can you tell me about next fall's Orientation and Pre ... Center (ARC) and not by Admissions, so I'm not really an expert on those ... .mit.edu/orientation. You'll find various dates and ARC contact information there. What is

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006