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• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  ’re forced to dip your spoon in and search for the right letter (or combination ... for every day that I have neglected my blog. The short story is that I have been traveling around for MD-PhD program interviews, which is one of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  three weeks for us to process all of these application materials ... beyond the call of duty to process the 40,000+ application pieces as ... Johns Hopkins:"For all the regular decision applicants out there, we ask

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  Trader Joe's every one to two weeks, both of which have tons of options for ... . These dorms also all have one kitchen open to all residents (for example ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  personal apology to the BC front desk (and also mother nature) for being ... to school for lunch most days, and I figured I’d try doing that in ... now I use one in bed, one for out-and-about, and gave one to a friend

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  make a website or add-on to make life at MIT easier, like Courseroad or ... talking with adults, to see if there is support for her hypothesis about ... break, I applied to a UROP (an undergraduate research opportunity, aka a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  gives, i guess. which i don't blame the other person for—it's hard to give ... 's always conversation surrounding it, if you want to look for it. so i wasn ... , it is instead extracting myself to a list of personal details, becoming

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  person, whether they're student, faculty, or staff, can make the choice to ... 's easier for us to notice this in other people + people are more open in some ... to strive for the best, but at the same time, the spirit goes that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  freshmen are taught to memorize phylum names and label parts of a plant for ... On Monday, I got to see a pacemaker insertion surgery, eat lunch in ... , Course VII '76, who went to MIT when West Campus went only as far as Mac

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  to the student center for breakfast. Surprisingly, my only gaffe of the ... , we waited for another twenty minutes or so before being summoned to the ... get to comment on the subject at hand, EXCEPT for the Dalai Lama. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Millennium Scholar Culture shock gives way to passion for learning By Jason Hidalgo June 6, 2009 Just moving to a new apartment can be tough for some ... December that he had been accepted to the school and qualified for a full

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  friend, Mohamad, flew in to quarantine and stay here with us for break to ... again! I am also fortunate enough to have gotten positions for cool ... undergraduates work in teams of up to 3 and create dynamic websites according to a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  legit =). (Thanks to Kim Shive for the extra info on Team Blatieshoe ... Have any of you read “The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT”? If ... long bike rides to clear your mind and “ah-ha” moments while chatting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check ... , send them along to me and I'll post them online. Enjoy, and I look

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  crowdsourcing to give real-time bus tracking, but it was also useful for paying ... time to cook, so it's usually reserved for special occasions. I wouldn ... minute early. We waited a bit for the exams to come in. We were first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  members in the area to fill in for vocal parts that are underrepresented ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is ... for vaccinated students, and there’s [annotation note='to be specific

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  So, I manage the blogs. Interestingly, the best way to manage the blogs I found, is to do it by NOT managing the bloggers. Might take a second for that to make sense. But we have an agreement. I don't tell them

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  see people again, if i wanted to even though for some of the people i ... https://soundcloud.com/user-192959956/memorial-for-a-dorm i felt the need to have some sort of memorial service to commemorate the death of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  , there was no possible way for me to pass 6.009 unless I did extremely well on the quiz -- for reference, I got a 0 on last quiz. I began to ... for the class). I am planning to complete my Spanish project over the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  I’m anxious to finish it on time so I can get started on my work for ... probability distributions. I’m helping to run a social event for pika later today that needs snacks, so I head to HMart to buy them with house budget

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025