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• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  thing I would say to this is be careful; it is so, so easy to burn out ... the beginning of the rest of your life. I know that when I sent in my ... (and trying to decide if I can make the hurdle over the guy sleeping in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  of luck. I transferred, but if I hadn't things would have been fine ... traffic in the tubes. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive. As in past years, hundreds of students applied, and we only had space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing ... writing our problem sets, so I thought I would share some particularly ... indoors from the rain. One of the classes I just finished taking is 8

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and ... I last appeared in any capacity on the internet. Though I do intend to ... this past semester, I thought I would close the year out first with this

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  , but i would try to study with others whenever i wasn't too stressed. i ... 'd done in many months. i wasn't sure what to do—i always prioritized ... with my free time. i hadn't done anything creative in ages, and i never

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  ‘18 and I moved into Dream Machine, a cozy double in the third floor of ... You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to ... year, the brothers participate in a rather chaotic room assignment

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  ? How much of a role does money really play in my life? I've been ... Scott and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, I feel a discernible ache in my chest ... performing. I loved the idea of entertaining other people in any form or shape

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a ... out in order to follow new friends around. I felt, in addition, that we ... than an hour. In a similar way, I committed to working out: gym, twice a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  Festival, I would have loved to participate myself. Alas, I can’t code yet, so I hope MIT continues to support higher education hackathons in the ... papers. It was a fascinating project, and, if I were an investor, I would

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

    intimidating would be an understatement. In panic, towards the beginning, I opened both GitHub and Stack Overflow accounts, in case I would have any ... worked most days, was about 10 ft away from this ladder! I lived in a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  is my second summer doing an internship in France, and so far I am ... near Grenoble (the most unbelievable 360 degree views!) and I would like ... this project and I’m learning a lot, both in software engineering skills

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  mine 'NYC critters,' and I still have it tucked away in my bookshelf at ... high quality of the work I saw in previous issues.  I had no formal ... fall and had it accepted. In the end, though, I wasn’t entirely satisfied

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• FAQ / Testing

  What tests do I have to take?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests & scores page.
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  Well well well... WE MEET AGAIN. I told you guys our paths would ... little darker than my avatar's and when I smile in real life, my face looks like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  baby:   Going in order from above, let's see what I've got ... beginning). I ASEd 6.0001, so I haven't done any real coding in a while. I ... requirement. I'm still a little scarred from trying to learn E&M in high

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  is coming up in just over a week, I've spent the past few days cycling ... 've forgotten so much of what I learned in the EMT class I took over IAP, and I ... I could come in and tinker with the stretchers a little bit. And thus

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  day jobs. This summer, as in January, I've perched myself atop the flat ... freight railroading. I'm not out working in a rail yard -- I've actually got ... holiday festivities, I would bring you a window into my daily commute (sadly

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  bit."]ARES[/annotation] for fun. When I was in high school, everyone I ... , radios fell out of fashion. tetazoo I thought the ham population would be ... , suggesting I put triangles in the black and white spaces in the "W","X", and "M

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  've faced since the summer ended: living off campus. I lived in the East ... apartments in Boston, the wheels starting turning in my head, and I joined the ... ), consensus is not easy. I think living in the dorm fostered a certain sense of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  children, Matt is in Southeast Asia, and I don't think that either Spencer or ... . If any qualified man in the Boston area reading this would like to ... ) describing your experiences. I'll also throw in my Harvard Book Store frequent

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005