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• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  ranked second in my class and I applied at several out ... of the reasons I wanted to go there is because the smartest kids in the ... how some people that are smart look down on others." "I would feel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  of group B, I thought I had convinced my parents that grad school would ... biology is a real science (I am the only course 20 in a group of 60ish so I ... problems when it comes to research. I have only been working in labs for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  ride, which I shall summarize: In exchanging vows of love, Siegfried, a ... deception ensue, and it all culminates in . . . Well, I won’t reveal the ... subtitles (did I neglect the part where it’s all sung in German?). My

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  . Not really, but yeah, I'm getting paid. BUT in my defense, I blogged all ... was a paid job. I've just always loved doing it and I would definitely ... catechizes: I was wondering if low SAT II scores would hurt me, since none of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  . My love for food, this desire to cook — I found myself in the middle of ... wrapped in a microfiber cloth. Most of the media I consume explores food in ... asked participants, “what would you study if you could major in anything

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  . Your experience in 2.009 can depend a lot on your team, so I feel super ... semester would be fraught with drama? I was already getting the sense that ... thinking, How in the world did they make that in a semester? Now I know

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  these past few months, like Celeste or Night in the Woods. Well, the one I ... consistent draw? Should I trade half my health in this event for some powerful ... amount of block you have. One of the biggest lessons I learned in ESP is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  for rising juniors interested in helping people. In this entry, I will ... participated in it last summer. If I have forgotten any, please let me know ... -profit) in your hometown that you would like to work with, and make contact

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  your days don't end with grass stains on your knees. I'd like to suggest ... and Hobbes? Hmph. Guess I'll just have to reference the comic strip ... Scandinavian furniture from your favorite importer... (I got a new bookshelf! I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  It was a hot, humid Friday afternoon when I touched down in Logan ... crumble in laughter if they could read this), I have tried to condense ... having to explain to her that she would still be well fed and protected in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  In case you haven't noticed, I'm blogging less frequently now. There ... kitchen. In turn, freshmen bloggers, I need your help. Please blog ... have a test on Wednesday evening in 2.005 (Thermal Fluids). Uh-oh! I also

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  towards the end of high school, my friends and I would religiously check the ... would've done something else with it. And at this point in your year ... 're exhausted. I was. So I suggest two courses of action in no particular order

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . My interaction with Prof. Silbey was in Spring 2010, when I took 20 ... serenaded a girl in the class. Now I realize my view may be a little biased ... people like him at MIT. I consider myself very lucky to be in the company

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  something. I didn't bring my camera, but only because I knew Bryan would be ... around. Give me anything that has application in the real world and I hate ... beginning to be a bit apprehensive of math (I'm in BC this year) even though I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  assure you... I told the people in the Minecraft Discord about our hype ... I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... ), would have been yesterday had the events of the past couple of months not

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  I'm writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in ... finals were on Monday, which meant I could spend all of Tuesday sleeping in ... , and arrive home in California by noontime. I promptly called up some

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  (A quick note before I start this post: My intro would be kind of ... kicked out of MIT. I’m in the process of writing a blogpost about this ... ’ll meet anyone in the next three months). It’s not like “omg I need a lady

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  [/annotation] taking uni finals, and I thought this would be my last round, but alas, I ... . This means that I've been studying in smaller, but more frequent and ... -colored pens, etc."]more productive[/annotation] than I actually am. Investing in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  -control to only let the emotional floodgates open a little. I apologize in ... graduating high school and moving into college, I graduated in a lot of other ... nothing to do with why I’m sad in that moment. It feels a little more

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  lower bound on the amount of work I was putting in every week into running ... in the style of an academic paper. Looking back I was very happy with ... validated all the work I put in trying to work through the nasty Klein

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022