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• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  -grade teacher told us all to “divide your page in half.” The other students made ... GPA in high school to be admitted into MIT (as well as some other ... pursue paths where my best qualities don’t get a chance to shine. I can

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  entails being able to tread water for ten minutes (hey - you also get to ... intensely disliked in high school, would follow me to college. However ... , sometimes even looking forward to another afternoon on the Charles River. In

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... /Treasurers/Important People in student groups on campus, where they will discuss how to apply ... account. I should probably get around to getting rid of that account someday

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  very good". Certainly you don't have to be an IMO medalist to get in ... UROPs. How hard is it to get a UROP in physics? Since it's more ... the ground, but I still got to see some crazy ducks in the Public

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by ... drew some blood to do a blood test, put me in a bed, and set me up on an ... to do in my busy schedule of having a fever and sleeping it off. S^3

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I ... those of you interested in keeping a running tally, we're up to 15 ... dinner. After some debate, we decided to find somewhere in Harvard Square

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... taking as much time as needed to get the job done right.   Of those 33 ... admit them to the Class of 2026. Getting to "meet" so many capable

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  in the lounge, or working on a pset, or walking to Hayden to get ... one of these events. Or I’m going to one of my discovery classes in the ... : I went shopping, participated in a hall meeting, walked to Next House

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  getting ready to go outside and play in the snow with Sarah when the 223 ... decided to go skiing. It had snowed earlier in the week, but most of the ... an 18.01 pset to do. Since Becky and Sam are both not only in 18

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  Airport. Fly to Houston, TX for a day long interview. Now keep in mind, I ... "The author has filed this entry in the 'Life After MIT (Careers ... ." ...wow. Get ready folks, this is not an either or entry. You get both

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  next few days. But I just want to say something. In a word, you guys are ... , MI, SC, GA, TX, MO, WA (just to name a few) and getting to know your ... , you don't sound like a college professor in real life!" I'm sure now

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  to your living community"]GRA[/annotation], a PhD student in Course 4 ... chemistry and the recitations they had to attend or TA. pika gets much louder ... excuse to come over and get to know pika. We ate Trader Joe’s ice cream

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  than a few Greek guys who choose to live in the dorms - like Alan '09 ... stop trying to make jokes about 18.03.) Basically, everything in the ... case I want to bring anything back from South Bend. Everything in the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  to a remote Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas. In a place without ... his passion in technology to design a new educational system that gives ... deemed to be cheating. All of these aspects date back to Italy in the 11th

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  to get tickets but also find an opera buddy steadily dwindled, until I ... ’t even remotely want to sleep – although a number of people in my row dozed ... in love with a beautiful girl, Rosina. However, he wants her to love

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  so much that i will never get the chance to do, and that hurts in an ... (x/2) of them are getting done; a semester of scraping by in everything ... 1.30 am) just to turn in floor(x/2) of my assignments. some days are

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  in the nature reserve and walked around a bit before the ride back to ... it. I haven’t been to Alewife in a while now, because I’ve been too ... is starting to set in, we’re actually planning on going this weekend

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess

  

  've changed! As for my UROP, my schedule is making it hard to get some hours in ... up my pride and start going to office hours/getting help :^) Isn't that ... dropped 9.00. It was interesting, but I wasn't in the mood to write an essay

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  Gospel Choir Performing. ABOVE: Mocha Moves (It was really hard to get a ... to see a variety of performances in one evening. Attending Pulse allowed me to see that the Arts at MIT and psetting are one in the same. It

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid-to ... be able to enjoy in good conscience those tender, flaky, tangy ... much for the rainbow smelt population in the river, but it did make for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005