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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The design ... MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  - and, for that matter, on me as well: tests, problem sets, untimely ... , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab ... finish or post any of them :( (Interruption: Ahmed '12 is sitting next to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  Sharp, the one who won the Nobel for discovering introns and exons??" Yes ... : 1. You get to watch Spongebob and not even feel bad about it ("I was babysitting!") 2. You get to play with light-sabers and Nerf guns and not even

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  class of 2010), packed (with Adam) somewhere between 40 and 60 percent of ... couple things each year, pay in full, and stick it in the junk drawer for ... them with the problem to look for free places in other classes and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  what major issues are really pressing down on me and requiring my ... 's go through the past week or so: Monday, 7/11/05: 4 Tuesday, 7/12/05: 4 Wednesday, 7/13/05: 2 Thursday, 7/14/05: 12 Friday, 7/15/05: 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  brought nothing else to the table. And that's not who we're looking for at ... passionate and likes challenge. Read Anthony's story for an example. When faced ... have them. And, I might add, for the right reasons. This brings me to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  for my early flight and didn't get to sleep until after 2AM, so that was ... , and registered for the conference. The first big event was Freeman ... generated quite a buzz over the next few days between college and HS

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  home, and what falls in between. And yet, while I stress about what I ... difficult for students to make plans). But even so, MIT is home to us, and I ... don't mean to speak for every single student and I'm sure that, as

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  point. Dorms. For my FPOP and most of REX, I was living in East Campus ... ordinary tire swing). Anyways, CPW came to an end, and when the time came for ... Senior House would be right for me, and when results were posted, I got my

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  ”. The Little Hunger is the desire for the material, basic needs and beyond, where the Great Hunger is a deeper search for meaning and understanding in ... you unsettled when you finish it, and yet (for me at least) unable to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  free swag and begging for your email address. You can get a sense of what ... training and have started working on the MIT-EMS ambulance. On your end: CPW! Hopefully you'll be able to join us for Campus Preview Weekend. When I was a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  , because by then it’s late and we’re all a little hosed, longing for more ... .001 and jointly scrolling through MIT Confessions. 2.001, a core class on ... note-taking. Midweek finds us gathering in a lounge and trudging through

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  working for Lockheed Martin as an engineer and project planner when i get ... the left. And it's super-sexy. Alas, I had to crop it out. As for ... doing research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (she's course 12 and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  for job placement, and high retention rate among tutors between summers ... And now for something completely different. Sam is allowing me (Ruth ... my harrowing adventures tutoring writing for the Media And Technology

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  of genomic research and development.” For more info, read this article ... crazy; for three hours a week, I sit at a conference table with her and ... moment: We were talking about the contrast between traditional and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that made the world truly mine. However, despite my love for writing and 3D ... I am here the more I have become aware that for many visual arts and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  intersection between architecture and urban planning that improves the look, feel ... of things I planned to accomplish this IAP. And now, I’m going to practice saying goodbye to Pass-No Record and start embracing real grades

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  to decisions.mit.edu. Between Early and Regular Action, 21 ... a job, but a privilege and an honor. Thank you for sharing your ... for admitted, waitlisted, and not admitted students. Answers to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... science in K-12, but for a number of reasons (including the architecture department’s minimalist but colorful website), I decided to apply. And for a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  one hour of musings we're so back

  

  subsided, at least for a wee bit, and I'm excited to be back. — Is this ... I worked throughout the spring semester on a demo for homeowners and ... and Storage: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications 12.385: Science

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 10, 2025