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• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  actually 9:47, but I stayed in bed for a bit longer so that it was about ten ... to music for a bit, think about how much work I had to do, think about ... study for a 14.02 (Macroeconomics) test on Thursday, learn the material

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  Institute, or RSI, a summer program for rising high school seniors around the ... a menu option for “this isn’t an emergency” and will then solve all ... ? Let them join in? Oh, I know, I’ll stammer awkwardly for a bit until one

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  , and if you don’t understand how to use a tool, for instance, you can be ... *written by Sharon L. '21 as a part of the 8,726,500 Seconds of ... out, it’s a pretty involved process that involves passing components

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  school” anymore — I want to try for a master's. I’d been playing with the ... engineer in my company had a master’s degree or was studying for one. This ... saying. I personally use forums as a litmus for how the school is perceived

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  House's Prefrosh Lounge for snacks, where we saw a junk food feast laid ... it). Amused by the human boba targets, we asked for a picture. I didn ... that it has been a week since I first arrived at MIT. I won't dwell on

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  you who took Calc AB can opt for 18.01A/18.02A, which covers the whole ... Last week, I dropped 9.15 from my preregistration schedule for the ... on this illusion that I am working towards a dual degree at MIT, doing

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  one priority over all else: living on a coast. I'm sorry all states from ... while MIT fit the criteria of being a) on a coast and [annotation note = "I write this while looking at the Charles River"]b) VERY close to a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  information about them. So, even though you've been away from high school for ... that non-traditional applicants take some college courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying to brush up on their
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  . i don’t have much to show for my time in college other than a ...   v. i’ve known for a long time that i perceive other people very ... been procrastinating for a while now, and would much rather take the time

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  developed for itself a spirit, so that every member of the whole place thinks ... way.") MIT is not really a great place for grade-grubbers or the easily ... 't work for me. I do consider myself to be a "self-starter" (you almost have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

  

  before me, had a shiny cube on the table at the front of class. i looked at ... that i am biased because i have just been hearing about the cube a lot ... . a couple moments later, Jett hands me the cube and asks if i know what

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  't have a license for getting into 21+ spaces, only your passport, which you ... IDEA. So you apply for a Massachusetts resident ID card instead. Even if ... a road trip. It's time to lock in. Register for another appointment

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  friends, put them in my life for a day, and get them to think about it, they ... from the german word for "shape" or "form". the famous example is kanizsa ... . but in a group of three, it gives the impression of a triangle overlaid

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  your core values. For example, picking a restaurant is probably not the ... from a tour bus, locked myself in a bus bathroom for 10 minutes…The list ... should, carry your valuables with you, and bring a phone to bathrooms for

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  hours scripting and rehearsing a dry run presentation for 6.UAT (i ... for a graduate natural language processing class, plus some kind of inspirational/motivational message, into a 10-minute presentation for high

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  learned that a spot had been reserved for me in both classes. Writing ... show us that even within narrow parameters—for example, my randomly-drawn-from-a ... me, was having to complete and revise a short story for the class

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  Washington, D.C., in June for a presentation that might include meeting the ... critical code for ranking pages," he said, a bit wistfully. "There are trade ... for our Web site; directs chorus and a capella singing, teaches music

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bonn, Games, Bonn Wherein we teach the world the true meaning of democracy.

  

  -year life cycle I bought a JuniorTicket for 13.40 from the Leverkusen ... DID YOU KNOW? The 17-year life cycle of the cicada is a natural defense against predators -- since it is a large prime number, no potential

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  is a test-run for the workflow of a “full” experiment. For the intro ... ’t have the “right personality” to be a physicist.  Enter JLab. For the ... for a grade. Since I defined the endpoint, I could justify my workaholic

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  next September, get ready for a wild ride; it's not easy but when you ... So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have ... to study. MIT had always kind of been that school for me but since I

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008