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• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  , along the Charles River in a place called Cambridge, a bright-eyed, eighteen-year-old baby boy was born. In his future lies a childhood, with all its requisite promises and challenges; in his past lies a strong

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  care if recommendations come from the subject you wish to major in or not. Emilia wrote, "I live in Ecuador, am about to enter senior year and am very interested in applying to MIT. I have one question about the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  undergraduate students at MIT actually major in subjects other than math and ... primary major in science or engineering. I (like today's birthday girl) was one of these students, majoring in Management, and I had many friends in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  the opportunities, resources, and culture on campus. In particular ... headed back to campus in an Uber while discussing different food places in ... ="113489" /] From there, we set up base camp in the admissions office where we were

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  taste of death lodged in the back of my hot, sticky throat, I was ... , Challengers, Euphoria). At any point in my life if you asked who my celebrity ... .[/annotation]What's my favorite movie? Zendaya. Well, Zendaya is in Boston on and off

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... it. if i already know what i want, and believe in it hard enough, is there any point to thinking? putting too much importance in what other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... March 27th, i got to experience spreak in all its glory! it was absolutely incredible. this year, there were a few locations in consideration for my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  mainly in the Green Building, the tallest building on campus, and our ... and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I ... lot of words, but more generally I’m interested in the chemical traces

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your ... assessments, or something else. In some cases, you may have the ability to ... help us get a better understanding of your mastery in a subject. We
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog ... I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I ... happier! I have a lot more time in the day, now. I can use the time to go to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  It's finally spring in Boston! And unlike the occasional t-shirt weather spurts in February and March, it seems like this streak of sunshine and relative warmth is here to stay. In this final quarter of my time

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  best of the blogs. As they used to tell us in grad school, done is better ... theoretical devices! As Ian Bogost writes in Alien Phenomenology, Faced with ... of the comma. Ontography is an aesthetic set theory, in which a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  to know the other freshmen in your program. Most (all?) departments ... ...   So there I was, messaging a few friends about things and in one ... that invest money in startups in the hopes of greater returns. I mention

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  festival in Davis Square with an array of arts and crafts vendors. I’ve been ... remarked on my bright red hair. It’s noticeable. Not in Davis Square though ... in the eyes of the vendors and I become invisible. They talk to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  , that she would make for me and serve hot. She soaked the dried beans in water for a whole night, and then she would prepare the soymilk machine in ... liked to put sugar in it, and my mother drank it like soup, with layou and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  musicians in a very disconnected way, like how teenagers admire fictional ... ’re strumming a guitar wistfully pretending to be in a 90s kids coming-of-age film ... jamming out loudly in our Haus courtyard, it’s the easiest (and usually most

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  . I graduated in June 2014. Now I do astronomy research at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany.) Some news from me ... public transportation and in bed, and one on what I do at work. on where I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  (Click to zoom) Panoramic look at my room in Random Hall, let ... cardboard boxes that hold individual comics and various CCG cards. In the back ... ) and a frisbee signed by the great Woodie Flowers! In front are a couple

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  or so. Inside Johnson, I was struck by how many people in the Class of ... anything in particular) it was 8:45am and I decided to make one last break for the bathroom. I was in the last group allowed to use the facilities

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014