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• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  that all my psets got done, and I learned that it’s okay to get an ... of realizing somewhere in the middle that I had FOUR finals to prepare ... extension during a week in which I was almost too stressed out to move, but it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  ended up getting drenched in an unexpected deluge of rain. Yes, you read ... picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for ... room, not to mention three (count 'em) umbrellas. In case you're curious

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  , and I was lucky enough to get in!! I officially committed the spring ... play soccer) to get recruited, so I definitely have advice for other ... .  I went to another camp in Florida in February of 2020 (literally one

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... me they’d like to help with an entry, I decided to go all-out and get some video up in this blog. Joe ‘12, Kevin ‘11, and I met up to talk

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  and Y and Z and then sleeping and then immediately getting back to it in ... joy in getting to see her again. it didn't take long for the rust to ... . but i think in the last year, things have started to take a bit more of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  program or grant to get you there. And it’s not just study abroad: there ... tricks to getting yourself around the world on MIT's dime. Start: 0 mi ... get work experience, AND you get to travel at the same time. If you ever

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  universities will offer lab courses in addition to your introductory Physics ... , which is certainly more than enough to get you acquainted with the world ... get ready because now you have: ~23 minor introductory assignments to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  . Last Wednesday was a typical day: up at 5:00 am to get a workout in and eat a little something before heading out to get to Stuyvesant for an 8 ... I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  perfect opportunity to get off my butt, ride my bike, and save $3.40 in T ... Prize for Girls. Founded two years ago in NYC, the Math Prize moved to MIT ... to Boston, and we were meeting for dinner at the delicious Fire+Ice in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  events in each section, bullet points even to the paragraph and sentence ... to study somewhere else, but this isn't it. in a stroke of ... harder, with no benefits in exchange; the intent is that you just get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  give me the ability to run up walls. But the whole get up did greatly ... confident I could pull off. But thanks to the wonders of google and my credit card, I ordered some of the necessary components and had them shipped to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  factoring polynomials and calculating the area of circles? I'm trying to get ... Just thought I'd reiterate, for anyone who's applying to MIT this year (or next year, or in five years... whatever, I don't discriminate

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  In an Uber ride during my freshman year, one of my friends turned to ... extracurriculars or the people who sat next to me in class. I was the proud introvert ... , naturally, I thought that I ~had~ to be an extrovert in order to be successful

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully prepared to entrust my productivity to a flaky Wi-Fi connection. Once I got ... app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  then proceeded to get no credit for the whole thing because [fill in ... access to Rosalind's data and photographs in slightly sketchy ways- not ... dying to publish their findings quickly to get the credit for the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  Admissions staff with new and exciting things in your life. How to send us ... , some context in which to understand them. This year was our biggest ... (Early + Regular) to exceed 17,800! Let's put these numbers in some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  get day by day with the pressures of class and work by really trying to have a schedule that I stick to. I'm not one to sleep in really, so I spend some of my free time trying to get ahead in classes, etc. I try to

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  , growing up in South Dakota, I always wanted to get away from home and move ... am back in South Dakota, for example, I often get the urge to just take ... members in the area to fill in for vocal parts that are underrepresented

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

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  situation in Germany. So, since we didn't quite get to the haircut unit in ... things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... our plight. Sam: "Yeah, I really need to do get some money on my laundry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  you get to college. =) Also, Sam asked: "I just wanted to know how MIT handles research with freshman. Do they get to use the same facilities as ... to tell. In fact, I'm embarassed just thinking about it. The thing is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005