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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  me assure you that I graduated with a MechE/BME degree in 2008. I have ... changed, as I am still (sort of, I’ll explain) in school at MIT, doing ... students that I profiled continued in the fields that they performed their

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  about a test that I ended up not being in the right state of mind (let ... I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal with MIT. I was stressed, I was upset, and I made a completely rational

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  up is that I finally left MIT and started a new gig leading science ... in MIT Open Learning for a few years (working with Ceri!) while doing ... my PhD in Course 20. Just the other week I had a lovely lunch with Ceri

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  in an AP class is better than an A in a normal class.” It shows that ... , because the point of the interview is to get a sense of your side that doesn ... , though, but I guess it wasn't all that big a deal. Wrapping it up, I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  of doing it logically by introducing a definition as it comes up in the ... class is review and we do practice problems at whiteboards, I feel like I ... make a little section that is adding nothing to the aesthetic (major

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  of my other 7 semesters, this semester is one that I can do whatever I want with.  So, here are some thoughts swirling in my brain that I want ... the school year is over! Blog once a week. This is a crazy goal, but I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  I've always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college ... class ended, I took a mini-break – only to return just in time for the ... opportunity came on March 7. At 4 AM (yes, that is A.M.)– 2 busses pulled up at

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  who asks me why I chose CS, that it forms a good foundation for me in ... fact is that a hot cup of masala tea laced with as much honey as I deem ... what I need. It’s the first time in the last two years that I’ve stopped

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... lately is that MIT is a competitive and cutthroat place, and that ... boys do suck at dancing. In this case, however, I don't see the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  you again get a choice: where do you want to go? Remember that no matter ... confidence that you will be admitted to several great colleges, and a letter ... skills you'll receive in college. I am confident in your abilities, and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  doing research. Ever since I was a sophomore in high school, I walked ... career in research, I needed a very specific plan. I had no plan, but that’s ... This is a summer of new things for Maggie Lloyd. I rented a car for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  you have an interest in global development and iHouse, this is a ... year (after all, iHouse is still a really young dorm!) BTW, shameless ... are eligible to come to a number of open events that iHouse conducts

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  represented in our phrases. Because of this, I've been thinking a lot about ... , you do it anyway because a part of you just likes it and it helps you in ... and remember that nothing is ever that deep that you need to major in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  that facial hair is my punishment for some terrible transgression in a ... some awesome karma that I gathered in a different past life. Maybe as a ... them. So, someday in August, just remind me that I owe you two entries

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  . The problem set is due at 7:30 A.M. I turn it in at 7:27 A.M. March 1 ... to do with the meme--at least not in any clear way--I realize that I ... .M. (school isn’t in session yet, not that this is even slightly correlated to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened ... Class of 2017 has arrived and is doing Orientation.  Classes will ... in Orlando; we'll finish in a month in Chicagoland.  Finally

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  ’t that bad, but I’ve never been in a severe snowstorm in such a big city ... cheesy goofball that I am and walk to class.   *(fantabulous is not a ... credits to Ayesha B. ‘18 (my fantastic roommate). I do not actually own a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  prove it to you? Aww, here goes. Today I ate a grape lollipop that Save ... , a undergraduate organization that shows second-run movies in stereo ... was no TKD, though. Nightmarket is fantastic. For two dollars, I got a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  . Why would you do that? Well, the not-practical reason is that a lot of ... I am back in Boston, sitting on my comfy couch after a lovely weekend ... is the runway, and you start to think to yourself, "In the event of a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  something i cannot do. practice was held in the dorm McCormick, which is only ... changed...now, i'd do anything to be able to dance at a frat. i don't know if i'll be trampled and shoved in a giant sweaty mass of college

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020