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• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  Nadya is a rising senior at Harvard primarily known for founding the non ... ’s article titled "A Call for Accountability: Anti Blackness in The Menstrual ... epitome of her deceit lies in her campaign for a seat on the Cambridge City

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  up acrylic paints to wads of felt to, for some reason, a bag of 20+ oil ... traded in my iPad carcass for a smaller, more lightweight version (12 ... ']cone[/annotation]of clay I used for it – evidently, a lower one than 6, because when we tried

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  [annotation note="Google Can Children Learn Creativity from a Social Robot? for ... the angle I was working on for quite a while. I still have an entire ... you were using a robot[/caption] So now I had a cool angle for my paper

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  teachers teaching 504 classes. And two thousand is a lot of people. For ... giving a class called “How to make a timer for Firestorm”, in which he ... waiting. I also helped review a poster design for Splash. The theme was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  always been a family affair for me, and I longed to eat with other people ... ’t have psets due until the second month so I scraped by for a while. One ... and told me about a support group for people with perfectionist thinking

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  higher capacity for spatial reasoning than females. A large-scale 1995 meta ... females are more verbally proficient. A man being tested for spatial ability ... cause has actually been identified as a suitable explanation for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  's all too easy for MIT to become a bubble: your entire college existence ... studied harder for a test than you ever have in your life, maybe, and ... : "How was your first year at MIT?" After a billion failed attempts (most

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  Simmons dorm--also a first-time treat--seeing white nothingness for a moment ... , usually trying to complete a challenging problem set, or studying for an ... writing software and assembling hardware for a lego robot capable of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  you are timelike separated from a reasonable hour for phone calls ... euphemism for a depressing lack of something. Ex. 1: I had the null set for ... reserved for situations in which you are completely lost in a hallway that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  process for me. In addition, as a slightly extroverted person, reading ... in need of a second opinion. When I’m really desperate for human ... with the same people. Moving at a [annotation note='For those of you who

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago ... reactor in his garage. Think about that for a second. Now, most students ... you pursue your passion, you will have developed a love for and skill at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  friends destress through acting or dancing or running 10 miles, but for a ... multiple times and i promised i would write up a longer answer. the question ... ? what if there is too much work? what if i want to just be a crazy college

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  E capstone class in which six teams each create a new product. It's known for ... that demonstrated possible mechanisms for Concert Lift. We used a linear ... for a group photo and moved short people to the front. "We need Concert

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a ... . I told myself whatever happens I would be there for her with a smile ... Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of lots of other people! For me, this sounds like: My Worst Nightmare! A ... judge you for doing it. Dance. Try out for a sport. Audition for an a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  have had a die-hard adoration for spaceflight or aircraft since before ... or spacecraft for at least a decade. As Lulu L. '09 describes: "You ... AeroAstro department was propelled less by a love for propellers and more

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  recipes typically call for a hickory-smoked variety of bacon, so I've been adding a dry seasoning mix at this stage to make up for the missing flavor ... the bacon is mostly cooked, add the onion. Let simmer for a couple

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... simply typing up words whenever an idea for a story comes to mind, but ... than moving my fingers across a keyboard for a long, long time. After

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  ’s like to start studying for a Friday 8AM exam (for a class you’ve attended ... ’m around people for long periods of time and need to spend a sizable amount ... above) for the first time—super fun and tiring! There are a number of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  Discord instead of the office. When the time came for us, a few weeks after ... 't really stand for anything now, so the directors come up with a backronym for what they want it to stand for. It gives a nice theme for the art

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020