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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  to Spain for giving me: the warm weather I missed so much in Boston ... means?"), I am really and truly fluent. One check mark for the "things to ... sad enough for me. So I leave this one to your imagination. So, that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  My ML model finished training right after I finished this post technically i *am* doing work right now

  

  Junior year was a milestone for me because it was the first time where I actually got to work with machine learning models. I just got some code to run on my computer for my UROP project this summer, which is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  few years ago, for example, we challenged students to hack their tubes ... for the pictures)  I strongly suspect the Class of 2020 is trying to ... As you probably know, we've taken to sending our acceptance letters

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going ... only 8 weeks long and amazingly short compared to MIT's semesters. Many of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What is the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  Our MIT QuestBridge Supplement is a way for us to gather some additional information on our QuestBridge applicants. For QuestBridge Finalists ... Bridge application to apply for our Regular Action cycle, but you must let us know in
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  made time for things that made me happy. Everything seemed to be going ... allowed to have for the exam, falling even farther behind. I felt like I was ... online readings for whatever I needed to finish my paper by Tuesday 2pm

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Saturday, 12/17/22, 12:17 PM ET

  

  blogs for you to process your decision with other people who are going ... This year, the illustrious EA decision blog has been passed to me! My ... gathered from the title of this post. To check your decision on the 17th

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 12, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team ... absolutely inferior, and is harder to read for lack of icons, and boasts ... , but for now i'm going to go ahead and say this one's better for now

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  just finished sophomore year, confused about What We Want To Do With Our Lives, and eager to figure things out. For those that haven’t read it yet ... really embody the word maximum, made it difficult for us to go through with

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before ... to achieve a genuinely positive result for the community, so I felt it ... person. Keep an eye out for pictures!) Finally, according to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  any lecture to prepare for quizzes; and the printed version provides a ... of the course as an adjunct to the live lectures, but for several terms ... section instructor to refine his or her material for recitation, based on a

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  to hike Mt. Everest, but when the high temperature for the day has a ... we have to be back earlier than most (official IAP doesn’t start for ... tldr; If you like snow and want to come to MIT, read this post. If

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  little closer, it wasn't hard to see that East Campus had a niche for ... to feel for a very long time.   my 18.022 professor has a ... I've only been here for a few weeks, but 'here' already feels like

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  summer before I came to MIT, my last summer home, and the one thing I remember most is how my friends and I used to play volleyball every week. A ... happy and wistful to watch my fellow students bump and set and spike, as I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... question! First up is Fangfei, who went to the Long Island Party: MIT has been my first choice for most of high school, but for a brief period of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  opportunities for you to learn about the different departments. At CPW (on Friday ... careers they would like to pursue or have one or two subjects that they extremely excel in. For me, I'm not an extraordinaire in any one subject, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  Socrates. So much for philosophy. books/making time to read/coping with life ... 's much easier for me to justify skipping a workout when all that's at stake ... friends and family to help me when I struggled. I'm thankful for them. I am

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015