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• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  allows undergraduates to work with professors and in research labs to ... really valuable and people find the best ways for them to spend their time ... these ways! Andrew L. ’24: pokemon quiz. nike. just do it.  and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  This Monday and Tuesday, undergrad volunteers banded together in a roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each ... longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  him when he gets deferred. i want to tell him, hey! i struggle, and have ... existential crisis and it seems i have been blogging about these more and more frequently. all in a week's work, right? to wail and complain about how

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  somewhat froshy despite their years at this institute, curious and willing to ... differential equations and op amp PSETs, I’ve learned how to take care of myself, interact with others, how to be independent, and how to lean on others or ask

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

    I counted today, and since freshman year orientation I have ... only one of us truly overcome with sadness. She’d squeeze tighter and ... fifteen, but after his fortieth retelling or so my sister and I gathered

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  “school bus” for the working class. And it’s odd to realize that I am part ... MIT for work, wait for a packed train, then bus, and arrive home with ... ’t quite compare to a remote and private location that you have to clean and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  and every one of them. But we offer these things up for them - the only ... director. Quoting Leonard Bernstein, Adam began the impromptu and somewhat ... 've seen in friends and mentors here in response to the tragedy, reflective

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  . This past weekend, I attended the Founder's Reception and Kickoff Event on behalf of MIT Admissions. I'll explain how FIRST and KC are ... for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  “right” for the field. And I would have overlooked the Institute that was ... unknown. And not getting into the “right” college meant that the future was ... field to love, Political Science, and thinking of my thesis experiment now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  Street from Stata, the new Broad Institute building has broken ground and ... Building 100000 for you binary fans) and read, among other things, about how ... , and has heated the surrounding sidewalks up to a temperature of 138 deg

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  . During my confrontation with Level 10 Opponent “Electricity and Magnetism ... card. Equipped with foresight and past experience, I pulled out the ... page 2 of my test booklet, and continued to the next round of combat

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... our households that may not be the best for studying and working. We

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  who is course 20 like me and has aspirations of owning two Australian ... class that both fit into my schedule and piqued my interest. I enlisted ... . I ultimately settled on SCRB 192: Principles of Drug Design and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  "I've always been a knowledge junkie; facts are my hit, and Wikipedia is my dealer." (I was looking through my old computer files and found ... , I still overuse semicolons, and I still browse Wikipedia far too often

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  explored a jungle (my living room) with a cape (a fitted sheet), and ran ... ' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I ... playground every day, and convinced them that if we kept digging, we would find

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  subject. Begged. We're talking knees, clasped hands, tears, and offers of ... hot topic among applying students. I think back and I realize that I've gotten asked about bathrooms before and during most of my dorm tours I end

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  offers a solution to my conundrum -- "Just ask how she spells her name. And ... .302: Transport Processes homework. I have a busload to do this weekend and I ... Sutherland and write a real-time blog entry. 10:04 -- Okay, Michael '08 just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  (or EECS). His website - ThePlaz.com - also has a wiki, and on this wiki ... the Class of 2015 Facebook Group and liked very much is called Learning ... environment, which, as Chris M '12 has posted before, is tough. And while the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  free pizza, and I’ve spent three of the past seven evenings at Harvard. My friend taught me how to lift weights, and my extracurricular commitments are taking shape. My new room has thin yellow curtains and at least

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  this semester, and she seemed to be pretty embarrassed about this. BUT luckily I’d had my own disaster-semester in the spring, and we compared notes, laughed about it, and felt a lot better after mutually admitting

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021