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• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  , it is better to get there late than not at all If I burn myself out in ... opportunities to pursue the things I was interested in, I feel very grateful to be ... everyone else. This, in itself, is an odd thing to say given that there is

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first ... , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining ... . Emad was born in South Africa but emigrated at an early age to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  me incredibly giddy knowing that I get to live in the house with ... being able to sit in a lecture hall again and walk from class to class ... people moved into the house and I've gotten to know a lot of people in it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  'm starting to get a taste of it, as I spent over 30 hours in lab my very first ... =_____=)) But anywhoo, back to the actual subject. In many ways, I still have a ... problems attempting to visualize things like U, q, w, H, and S. Meh, I get by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  KNOW IF I GOT IN TO MIT!! MAYBE THEY SPONTANEOUSLY DECIDED TO POST THEIR ... in a sustainable fashion anytime soon. So, until we get a big ... sitting in my room listening to Ween, meanwhile Joe '08 won $25,000 to save

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  , or FR) This is the seat you'll probably get if you check in late and it ... . Have to store all of your luggage in the overhead bins, annoying if you ... serenade you with the song of flight. Have to wait a bit to get off of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this ... week of orientation, I had to get out my cell phone all the time to give ... might want to look into getting a new area code or a different carrier

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  . I switched to a math major (from a humanities major) in fall 2019 ... confidence in the area. Some cool opportunities came my way: I was invited to ... (out of sixty students) in my research program. If they were trying to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  , sorry, but I have one quick question..How do you get to be a blogger on ... bloggers, which you'll have to get to go through next year as well if you ... posted here.) I'm not exactly sure how you get to become a guest blogger

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  want to do. We were in this boat as prefrosh, and then in our freshman ... to us, and maybe something we’d even want to major in. Fast forward to getting accepted to MIT. We were beyond shocked and ecstatic. We Felt All

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  /meters, approximately (or, exactly sizes, if known)? Is it possible to find in Internet ... wireless access in all rooms? According to the mit wireless access map, it ... lot of the experiments I do involve getting cells to take up foreign DNA

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... , it is your choice to decide what to include in your application

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  Spanish, I want to write a novel, I want to get a PhD in media studies, I ... 've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid ... feelings on what I want the future to look like. Had you asked me in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  many new abilities our hero Link gains in his quest to defeat Ganondorf ... failed me! But why? Linear algebra to the… rescue? TL;DR, rotations in 3D ... way to describe a rotation in 3D is with a matrix – a 3x3 grid of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  . Admissions officers should get involved in these communities if they want to ... inform decisions, either in regard to admission or in regard to the ... applicants are in danger of getting rejected because of an internet profile

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... Fenway Park, home to the Red Sox. In front of me is more of the Back Bay ... get a cannoli And if you get a cannoli, you must find a nearby park to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  . According to CMS/W: The curriculum in science writing is designed to enable ... designed to work as a complementary major for students majoring in science ... is it like to major in science writing at MIT? In addition to Anna

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So ... wanted to through that in there to prove that MIT students do in fact date ... that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  each get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay! Schedules ... is where I continue to work on ElectroPlushies and get them up and running. We're meeting with a manufacturer in a couple of weeks to discuss

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  in the US[/annotation] and to get to know each other before all of the ... amazing to get to know that we had so much in common despite us all coming ... ’d get to know each other outside of the academic setting. In spring, we

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020