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• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  engineering school and i think my cs degree would have the word engineering in ... interesting things in the world, and I’m feeling lost and confused in the best ... vaguely in order of decreasing personal importance: Physics. I’m taking

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  in JPAL, and more. When I would be able to get back to India I'm ... I finished up my initial stay in Mumbai towards late December, and have been in Nepal since then. I am currently volunteering at a Buddhist

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  about three weeks – I’d plug it in, but the battery wouldn’t begin to ... was scheduled to arrive Monday, and while I knew I would miss my ... time to the project as I would like, and this weekend – I had vowed

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  (Course 18). I’ve sat transfixed in random places in the hallway many times ... Institute in this post, and will return to the topic in more detail soon. I ... Institute has far exceeded my expectations for social involvement, and in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  i. my first extended stay in the san francisco (henceforth abbreviated as sf) bay area was last spring, when i lived in the city, specifically in the nob hill district near downtown. i didn’t know much about sf

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  over and over. And sometimes I would look at myself in the mirror and ... just in different hues. I've been traveling for the last month around the ... life down in the sunlight of a suburb. I chose to do this exchange

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  get in. I was almost certain that I would get rejected from MIT, and I ... until very, very late in the game. I first started researching colleges ... weird. I liked it a lot because it stood out in its rejection of the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  you seen this pen? In addition to that, I also spent some time being ... everything I said. It got so bad that I, in all of my frustration and infinite ... was all in one piece. They had confiscated my rocket, though, but I

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I ... like though! At MIT, I have explored areas that I never have before in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... different countries. Right now, I’m staying in Bristol with Anika (READ HER

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  hermit in a cave in Hong Kong after graduation. I proclaimed that I would ... Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  for built-in excuses for not knowing what's going on!) I was born in Jamaica, but I moved to the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area in Florida at age ... thing. I live in Senior Haus, which is awesome. (You mean I don't live on

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  class, like 18.02 or 8.01, I would be disappointed in myself, but since 7 ... ’ combined. Of course, this was typical: in high school, I perpetually resolved ... enjoyed. I would have to be rigorous, I told myself, and I would be forced

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  naïve assumption that I would be able to knock out this adventure in just ... of downtown Boston. I knew that this semester would be particularly tough though, and that I would struggle to get myself out of my room if I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to recieve a reply, is that because I sent it in so quickly?" Harlan '10, I am ... pool. Some of my friends have been saying I got in because of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a ... up here in Cambridge and I'm glad of it. It's easy to not know, but ... in three different states and twice as many towns. I've lived in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  memory. Anyway, I learned in high school that excuses are like dirty ... moment in our relationship was the outcome of that spelling bee, although I ... sister before she headed back to college in Baltimore. I value family

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  very many times that I would spend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights ... . Often, I didn’t really mind because I really liked school and I would also ... have. I remember thinking in high school, “I hope the MIT curfew is not

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  they didn't let me in at the border? How would I carry my suitcases all ... semester, my parents and I both agreed it would be better if I could avoid ... could not enter the US with me. Then I had a crazy idea. This was in late

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day, and if I wanted to write, I would. If I wanted to spend an hour commuting to a new location to write, I would. I had time to do it. I like to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022