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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  ? This summer I was looking over my degree requirements and realized I was ... Yo homez, I'm back! And guess what? I'm a senior. I. AM. A. SENIOR. I walk down the halls of Simmons and see freshman frantically p

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  public policy class (in my major), an accounting class (in Sloan), and a language class (French III). I’m also getting an Institute requirement out of ... ) has a couple of excellent professors, Judy Layzer and Gary Mc

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  , and across rivers with the MIT Outing Club (MITOC) (4) Eat BLT. The ... degrees), after a week or so I found myself missing the little things about ... -of-the-night conversations about quantum dots and social media strategies. The soggy burritos

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  moved and where I spent the first week of the new year. As we drove over a set of railroad tracks on the way to his house, he said, "And this on ... the tracks a couple of days later; sure enough, there was this: And

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  university to offer this topic (in case you were wondering). Anyways, I’ve got ... Demotivators for Christmas from someone who knows me far too well, and just ... pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  Institute. And, quite notably, I was able to outcreep the ever ... a great degree of compassion and commitment, and I greatly look ... into these past few weeks - and that's not even including classes, which

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  ."]Midwest:[/annotation] gentle clouds over a rising sun, and trees as far as the eye can see ... [annotation note="I spent a lot of time in high school on buses and I got very ... was woken up only twice: once at 2 AM, partially by the cold and by the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is study help available?

  MIT offers a variety of academic resources to provide support for any student facing a particularly tough academic challenge, from tutoring and study groups to time management tips and testing strategies. Here's a
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on ... ... but it's snowing here, and it is beautiful. I'm overlooking this winter wonderland as I'm reading applications today, and it makes me feel calm, very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  homes, scattered across different states and countries. I sang “Hallelujah ... -school students interested in pursuing singing in the future, and the choir director ... music and some vocal technique, and then go home, with no real additional

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  (Title above and song below inspired by lyrics from Avenue Q's "What ... ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of knowledge Have earned me this useless degree I can't pay the bills yet 'Cause

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  . One semester of chemistry is a general institute requirement at MIT, and ... orbitals, and learn more about the degrees of freedom than you could ever ... overnight program. Be sure to sign up early and sign up often, to increase

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  Arlington Gateway hotel in Virginia - and feeling overwhelming vertigo. I had ... of New House + McCormick. I grew up in Singapore and London, which have populations of 5.3 and 8.2 million people respectively, so Hot Springs seemed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  weird gene expression with varying degrees of histone packing and ... on genetic silencing. And yes, in case you were wondering, I thought ... post is that Prof. Reddien allowed me to interview him the other day, and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  in the universe, death, taxes, and MIT students complaining about how ... MIT's campus complete with video clips and 360-degree panoramas of ... psets, 3 labs, and 2 papers that are all due tomorrow by 5pm. There's just

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  universe much like ours - but its inhabitants are built from pixels and lines ... college essays, and maybe you’re right, but I really like writing! College ... it and b. It timestamps every single edit you’ve ever made on the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  and July). Now, for the meat-n-bread of what I’m doing, check out this ... the University of Hawaii - Hilo to develop the marketing plan for this ... brochures? tips and things? website? information fairs? making a

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  Architecture and Islamic Cultures Statistical Methods in Economics Can you match up the class with the number? (Hint: there are two 14s and two econ ... Weinberg format: 3 one-hour lectures and 2 one-hour recitations fun facts

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  shielded as we are by this great institution. This blog is my platform, and I ... Every day, I realize more and more that I live in a privileged bubble, being physically, mentally and financially protected from the realities of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  . How many people are on the waitlist? We offered 454 applicants ... students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... from the waitlist, and the year before that we admitted 40 students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009