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• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  community on a regular (enough) basis. but i have to leave early for an event ... nicer to myself for needing to take things at a slower pace sometimes. i ... existential crisis about whether my plans for next year are going to work out or

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  workshops where it felt difficult to address flaws directly, for fear of ... cities, and is the best way for many to commute to work or school. My peers ... nothing to do with academics. MIT’s libraries let you borrow books for 60

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  Around this time of the year, we're always told to write something ... period comes around, I don't really write anything at all, leaving it to ... . I will try my best to keep this short, as I'm sure this is a sensitive

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  blog post to concentrate conversation in the open threads for admitted ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2022 are now ... you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  blog post to concentrate conversation in the open threads for admitted ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2021 are now ... you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  't finish our toy 10 minutes before we had to be there for presentations ... Llama to make what we like to call: The Equalizer. -Cue awesome sound ... blasters connected to a backpack which served as a massive ammo hopper

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton ... embellished with a QR code. Now theoretically, if one were able to scan the code (unfortunately, the rippling surface of the fabric made the code hard to scan), one

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  This afternoon, as I was walking past the Center for Ultracold Atoms on my way to biology recitation, I was stabbed by a deep, instinctive urge to blog about my shoes. Understand, reader, that I had journeyed by

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  a Navy scholarship to help pay for college. From there, I got a degree ... the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity, rowed for the Varsity Women ... is, well, after high school I went to college, and I applied to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  textbook, so he didn't even have to pay for a book!   Warren ... precious. The upperclassmen started a pool about when they'd start to put off ... holiday in October. To celebrate the year's start (and because I'm lazy), I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Up To Snow Good PSA: IT'S SNOWING

  

  a storm is coming, are you listening in killian, the snow is glistening a wonderful fight our snowman’s a sight walking in a winter wonderland

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part. If you did not submit
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  public to Nepali for the first time, not reporting my findings to my ... grade shot up to the bar I set for myself, way back at the beginning of ... thought that by going to ask for help, I would in a way be "cheating": it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  with no regard for other people’s expectations. So success in writing, to ... to spare for, like the fine control over facial expression, gesture ... whether to audition for MTG again. But on the Tuesday after closing night

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  to convince an admissions committee that you are a good fit for their ... they need to write a poignant story about a lifelong passion for their ... to write an unconventional essay solely for the sake of standing out

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  wishing for it to slow down.  Or… Or it could be one more year to grow as ... Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ever wanted to see just how hot your PC can get before it starts messing

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  interested in, but are not sure if you want to pursue. Or, it’s also great for ... We spent our IAPs in two different states, for the second time. We ... opportunity that connects current MIT students to do work at companies that MIT

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  to use a CNC lathe and a CNC mill. For those of you who are ... /plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric ... my schedule, but now it's time to show just what I've been busy with

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  suspicious. The email was an invitation to the White House for celebrating the ... one big thing, which was the impetus for this leg of the trip, was to ... , we settled into our new home for a few days, and drifted off to bed

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  the 2nd floor and then again to the mezzanine. I sat for hours with my ... returning to Macgregor, I walked back to the boathouse for afternoon practice ... , I would trudge back to campus afterwards for a night exam or office

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021