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• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  that you take advantage of what we have to offer. And if you end up at a ... I really like learning languages. And MIT has been a really good ... treasured memories from my time at MIT and it reminded me why I love speaking

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever-growing and never-shrinking universe that is Organic Chemistry. Time and time ... living in a universe of Organic Chemistry. To the point where Orgo and real

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me ... together to finish my degree. In fact I can proceed at a comfortable pace. I ... school apps now, and am back from blogging hiatus! I've spent so much time

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  The blogs are back in town

  

  week with a three-digit (in degrees Fahrenheit) fever, but still he ... (aka "Moneyman") has also been updating his Money @ MIT blog and ... taking advantage of IAP being, well, independent, and is elsewhere for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  seventeen-year-old. “I’ll just take classes I like and major in whatever I ... majors here, and it’s hard to choose. # “What course are you?” a tour guide ... ?” “Engineering and humanities.” It’s a sort of joint major where you can do more of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  , kids. I had an exam yesterday, just got out of another exam, and have yet ... 've been doing with my life and which flights of stairs I've fallen down this ... cold and snow.) Here's a guest post from Sondy G on MIT's six independent

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  is universal, and many Ethiopians themselves do not understand rural ... is and just live in this state of not being fine, knowing that it will ... Content Note: This post contains mentions of death, depression, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  I spent this summer in a relatively “chill” state. My UROP that I did for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that ... and on my own hours, which was very useful when I was in Pacific Time

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  tours, recitals, and contests. Here are some offerings from over the years ... If you think MIT is all work and no play, let us take you for a spin ... spring and fall semesters, the Independent Activities Period is a special
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your ... first day of the term where all the first year students to the university ... , Gonville and Caius, just had its matriculation dinner a couple of days ago

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  are full of broken links. What up, guys. I got a degree from MIT and it ... ever: Delete your Public folder. Even if you try and fix it two minutes later and create a new Public folder and put everything back in your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  history of the universe, and what can cosmology tell us about the ... Universe, will be teaching 8.07 (Electromagnetism II) this fall - and has ... About How The Universe Works", and working out pros and cons using

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  letters, our MIT IDs, and state IDs. We push everything up towards the lady ... , a job offer, and some free toys before deciding to take off and get ... that in less than 24 hours you'll be in New York and playing with toys

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2015 This week, the new freshmen arrive on campus!

  

  class includes students from Kansas and from Kenya. The class includes students from Alexandria, Virgina and Alexandria, Egypt. The class includes students who have served in the armed forces and students who have spent the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  United States (read Ben's post and Vincent's post). I read both of them ... , special because it was short and seasonal things only lasted so long. Life ... --especially when, in this day and age, bad news is always a mouse-click away. Rather

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  , go home, go abroad, train, work, come to campus and chill, come to campus and NOT chill… for every friend i have whose IAP itinerary somewhat ... ="attachment_111599" align="alignnone" width="300"] sarah and i on our way to a wallows

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  home countries, domestic public universities and military academies; four year universities and two year junior/community colleges. There were a ... We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  friend and neighbor (the one with green hair) is a pet mom to two bearded dragons, named Mushu and Crickey. I made another embroidered thing for a ... -shirts with our faces on them. The First East and beyond seniors on our Last

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  program. Sponsored by the good folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent ... permanent resident, live in the US, and not have your 18th birthday before ... , including $50,000 scholarship winners Jamie Rubin '07 and Daniel Kane '07

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer housing for transfer students?

  Yes—transfer students are guaranteed on-campus housing for their entire undergraduate education! Learn more on the MIT Housing & Residential Services site.