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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  would definitely do my PhD in, if I were to come to MIT for grad school ... work ends Yes! Can still sleep for X hours (+ extra 10 minutes if I skip ... research in Cambridge feels a lot more relaxed, and also because I

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  otherworldly...I can't imagine reading at this point in time; I managed to get ... 's a weird experience. I can compartmentalize the last 14-ish months of ... , in retrospect, and I hope that I'm able to participate in at least one

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  it. All I want to do is lie in the sun and read a book, but... finals ... being on campus, and my freshman year in general. I don't really have any coherent thoughts, yet. But in this moment, I feel a lot of resentment for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  i haven't written about what's been happening in my life at all in the past month, not here nor in my personal notes. i want to say that i ... , because i'm graduating, and i can't support this forever. i'm kinda worried

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  MIT, that I can wander to the Charles river at the three in the morning ... ; I blame it on being an only child and growing up in NYC. This is all to say that at some point in last night's studying, around 3 AM, I went

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  I have a real-ish job I can spend more time out in the mountains that ... my disappointment when I'm eagerly waiting for a huge storm to blow in ... -ish snowstorm. Of course now school is in full swing and I'm running full-tilt to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  in a few hours than I have in a few months (I'll blame writer's block ... whatsoever about your love life. However, I do hope someone out there can ... -lighted many times, I was still definitely in love with him because I could still

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  accordingly, I do have an MIT alert. About a month ago, I was chilling in my ... @mit.edu or post a comment, and I'll respond. Any questions about UROPs in ... (Pictures coming soon) One of the Google features I use the most is

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  I can begin to even explain where I've been. At the risk of sounding ... living it and participating in it. I was recently asked by my friend "Are you okay?" and in response, I described a bunch of things going on in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  believe in hope I believe I can touch the sky if I try. With you beside me ... (which was very exciting, by the way - I have never been in a country with ... 's pretty much the same then at this time of the year. Although I can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

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

  while we consider them all in their context, we need to know some common ... would assist us in getting to know you. Obviously, the greater the ... in submitting evaluations and supportive documentation. We recommend
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  gathering in Allston. I’m at Life Alive in Cambridge now, writing this, while ... . The runners were going about the pace I’d shoot for in a three-mile race ... ’t fit in entirely, but I liked their gatherings, in a different backyard

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  In last week's blog entry Diversity or Merit? I included the ... air-quoting so hard I might sprain a knuckle) in their admissions ... - broadly defined - for college to matter.   I hope that this quote is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

  

  it is. i stand there with the cube in my hand, my brain going, is it ... telling it because i find it funny. how a silly little review can make a ... , just because i found myself thinking more in dialogue/monologue style in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  , knowing that we can only take fewer than 400 people during Early Action. I ... for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz: selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  . "Kith, I disagree. If you get in, you can handle staying in, for the most ... I do here. I love my UROP. I can't imagine how my college life would ... -bagger - I've dabbled in computational, systems, cognitive, cellular, and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  There've been several times when I felt like I didn't really fit in ... and can still multiply and divide just fine in her almost-senile 90 year ... siblings), and I find that I can't really relate to that at all, and perhaps

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  slow down. But, in truth, I can’t help but feel like I’d do it all again ... summer nights. Between the “I can’t make it through this semester” to the “I can count the number of assignments I have left on my fingers.” The

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  frolic in the joys of psetting while I can, eh? p^3.s. don't worry, despite ... concept. You've twisted my mind in ways I didn't know it could twist before ... equations and formulas that I learned in high school, but by making me apply

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  they have a system that helps keep everything in balance, and if I can ... burned. I’m hoping that now, finally, I can teach myself to schedule in ... math major at a tech school in the ‘80’s. When was the hardest that I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022