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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  ask me questions any time; you don't just have to wait for a blog entry ... I have a "me-them" mentality... If MIT was a nice match for me, wouldn ... Academy. I have a few questions for you: -Will MIT consider applicants who

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] A Day in the Life of a Clown College Student by Joy X. Clown College ‘29

  

  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0CyOAO8y0 It’s a special day for me, because on the same day last ... ="1600"] A crude map of our travelling schedule for the next decade. We ... not too hard), so I had a bit of time to warm up my voice for my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  . MIT is not a school for the daintily-shod. For that, I direct you to the ... a metaphor for perseverance, academic ambition, or high SAT scores ... , grading for the class that convinced me to major in Physics a year ago, not

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  Donald's. This week sucks. Well, for everybody else it sucks, because they had finals. Ruth '07, Mitra '07 and I '07 tried to make that a little more tolerable for our floor by preparing one of Conner 2's patented senior finals

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  original research (for example, using a case study approach where you focus ... ). Make sure you have a thesis that you provide evidence for. Make sure ... ://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/citation-formats/ for guidance) and include a complete bibliography at the end of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how i spend my days where my (melodramatic!) summer thoughts have been

  

  myself up for. Yet the thought of these days being them all bubbles up a ... become a doctor, or lawyer, or CEO for daddy’s company. Deluded that I ... , and like I could potentially solve one little issue. Working for a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2026
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  enough that I didn't notice for months. The car he drove was a hand ... me visiting the beach house never resurfaced. For him, I did a lot ... . But after a few rounds, he got bored. "You're not good enough for this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  . I was extremely excited for all of these papers, albeit a little ... , whether that was for entertainment value, social value, a self ... rebellion against the dictatorship in the Philippines and a metaphor for the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  stuff in the back, and we drove home. I was home for a week, during which ... she struck a deal with me that we'd share payment for groceries, she ... for genetic changes linked to different types of addiction. After a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  committing to MIT or any college for the matter. I had a strong desire to ... fill up in [annotation note="signed up for a class in 20-30 seconds, it ... is basically a term for loading up the move. I improved with work and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... a question, look for the answer in a post like this rather than within ... recommended and which appears to be important for admissions. Would I, as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  something that was meant for all of you to read. I've been getting a lot of ... friendships for a degree, but I think you have to understand there's much more ... built a whole fucking carnival from scratch for Resident Exploration Week

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  for getting lunch, catching up on email, or working on a p-set. I mostly ... great, but still - six hours is a long time for a college student! I mean ... professors stick around for at least a few minutes to answer any one

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I will graduate tomorrow how I feel about the past five years, and the years ahead of me

  

  itself can get. For the time that I've been a blogger, I got to be ... . College life MIT was a good fit for me. College life in general was not. I ... what job I end up in. For me, it was a worthwhile use of the last few

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 27, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  should go home, even if you’ll feel like a failure for doing so… it could ... decision in life comes a tradeoff: you get to go to MIT in exchange for, well ... startups in order to be a course 6. I like my soul for maybe the first time

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  being lazy speakers. It's a slang contraction for "going to." But if you ... 'm going to buy that book" is a perfect candidate for the use of the word ... , faster creates a cycle of linguistic changes. For example, any Latin

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

  

  get a stronger and stronger feeling that this isn't it for me, that ... daydream–for what is sleeping if not a reason to leave where you are ... I'm not typically one for year-end reflections or goals, mostly

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  , technically, is a tropical fruiting plant, even though it's mostly grown for ... 's the culmination of a lot of work for us, and even more for you. I hope ... housemate Kevin brought home a Meyer lemon and put it in our sunny living room

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  back and delete the bad ones. I got a disposable camera for Christmas ... the Bathroom, a book I've been trying to finish for like a year and just ... to ride a bike for the first time in years. Maybe I can get some of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  willing to work with you. If you need to work out a flexible solution for ... . Performers and guests will converge on campus in late October for a series of ... Student Street. Follow the parade to a New Orleans Jam session for the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005