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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  letters are the in between little pieces, between the flowers, and will ... So, it's the middle of January and although it was an unseasonably ... anytime I need just a few minutes of peace and quiet or when I need to clear

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  , waiting for my next class, and then an info session, and my tutoring job ... . Because I’ll be asleep. Because I’m living somewhere between Boston time and ... -up instinct, and then I jaunt around for the morning, and crash for a nap in the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  schoolwork between 9am-5pm on tuesdays and thursdays, and how that’s the most ... -rehearsal, a week before your concert 12am: rehearsal ends, and you walk back to ... research and learning about niche startups and recruiting for tech roles when

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  time and space for schoolwork and extracurriculars. I told myself that I ... effort of reaching out to different people, and I was successful for a ... fears, identity, existential dread, and so forth. I did this for 6 out of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  for a trash can, and then walked into the room. I am so smart. And I ... except for Green, the Student Center, Walker, and Stata, which will ... between 18, 2, and 50. But building 68 (Bio) is right next to 66 (Chemical

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  subjects. This means it's finals period for the first half subjects, and registration period for second half subjects. PE classes end and begin at the ... 'll admit the line is a bit fuzzy in some cases. Consider, for example, 12

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  time, materials, and requirement specifications, and did not go for the ... boundaries sometimes, and so we forget what the customer asked for in the first ... situated between a levitation station and the robots throwing tennis balls so

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  yourself in a nice room and do nothing but work. That's my plan for the day ... them (though that didn't really count because it was P/NR and I got an average final grade of 17%) and am about to be thrown into another. Finals

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  emerged victorious, 23-19 bowls, for a total of 42 (and since this was half ... 's, Coldstone, and Ben and Jerry's while raising money for cancer research at the ... cause. Eventually we made it to our limit - around 9-12 scoops between

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  between my Monday and Wednesday lineup. [caption id="attachment_117498 ... 'd for 8.02 and was notably fond of 2.005 office hours[/caption] monthly ... for the next set. This is also color coded by class, and I add the due

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like ... He looked the devil in the eye, and said "You're looking well" The devil looked right back at him, and said "Why visit me - You've been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  still am - I just got out of my 8.02 final, and I have 5.12 tomorrow.), I ... for over 40 years!) These quotes have peppered my notebook all term, so ... board, waves chalk in the air.) "See? Blue." "And now I'm reminded of an

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  attend 12 or so courses for the year, and only supervise and review 10 for the exam. Although some may review anywhere between 6 and 10 for the ... , and then picks a subset of those to review for the final examination. As

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  from composing for 21m.301 and from arranging for ohms, is that i’m a ... depressions in the ground and sinking slightly, and the same is true for ... cool and somewhat counterintuitive framework for thinking about how the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  ). So basically I averaged about six and a half hours of sleep. And for ... ) and 20.110 (Thermodynamics for Bimolecular Systems) were big blurs. My ... Hi there. Today was an incredibly long day. Like running back and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  calling to settle a bet between me and my stepdaughter. We wanted to know if ... 're an MIT student, and that there are people outside of MIT who automatically assume that you're some crazy child genius and an expert in anything

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  ) and 20.310 Biomechanics (the other three pages). For each exam in 20 ... between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that ... all of the lecture notes for a unit and copy down virtually everything

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  program or not (and was supposed to find out before i left for Christmas ... , Politics, Culture, and Identity   the culture course for MISTI Israel ... . i have 20 hours of dance this week and i’m only doing seven of the 12

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  home between classes and write an entry about the Brain and Cognitive ... ", and "cognitive science", and you must pick from at least two lists. (For ... 're interested in course 9, it's a good choice for medical school! And luckily for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  nestled between the trees and beside the lake and glued, cut, and drew for ... go out to the suburbs for that) and wandering on sidewalks for hours ... Hawkins, Diana Gallagher, and Shaye Storm for their generous donations that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007