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• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2.001 and jointly scrolling through MIT Confessions. 2.001, a core class on ... note-taking. Midweek finds us gathering in a lounge and trudging through

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  Looking back, 2020 was a very chill year for me. Ridiculously so, if ... last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of burnout and exhaustion from all the things I was trying to accomplish on not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  happened within the MIT community and the world, from losing a member of our ... Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time doing. I waited because I naively hoped that life would settle down into a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  Find a Set: Set is a visual card game. "Sets" in Set consist of 3 ... same or all different. A set must meet ALL of the following conditions ... reading on. Set is rather popular on my floor, Conner 3. My suite has a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  was a hair strand away from bawling about cruel fate and all such ... depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever really been patient. When a big event looms, I mark its approach in a big

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went to a few weddings, visited family and friends, and generally took time ... Bridge College Admissions Conferences that are hosted annually by QuestBridge - a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  'd downloaded from Reddit and dumped them all on the AR card as well. What a happy ... Alright, a quick peak out of blogger retirement today to share some ... one of your eyes, creating a 3D image. The 3D is cool, but irrelevant

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  sent a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet where we were supposed to fill ... expected us to treat a completely unmoderated shared document with respect ... of the hoodie designs. I just want to share a fun experience. Of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  from somewhere. It came from people publishing their original research in peer-reviewed journals. MIT has a program dedicated to giving you the opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  , you can download SecureFX from the MIT software page. It's a handy drag ... It's a pretty slow week. Classes ended yesterday, I'll be studying for a final this weekend, and thankfully the sun came out again after a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to avoid my fate as a hopeless goop myself. I'm not being particularly ... Akhil '05 MEng '06, who is the only other person from my high school to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  make theirs from melon soda and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. [gallery ... Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment that was the United States. As a chronically online Gen Z-er, I’d already

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  , melting just a patch of ice. I could see the water rush and tumble from my ... 't here yet. Meeting one another, in masks and from a distance, that will ... but everyone else from my granddad to my friend says is a special circle

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  Worrying and Love MIT A shocking confession: one time, I almost transferred to Harvard. I even had a recommendation lined up from a Harvard ... seminars with professors that start with a talk by someone from the SHASS

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  some sort of Associates’ Degree, from a community college*. So I became ... ? Failing. It might sound a little weird, but I came here certain that if ... at chemistry or biology, or a physics genius when compared to my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  of the essays from the Part 2. The Midyear Update has a maximum of 250 words. We are happy to accept a midyear/updated transcript from your ... February 15th, whichever is earlier. A few notes: You should complete the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  's still weird, okay? So. On June 6, I move away from Boston. June 7 is a ... to take a few classes, write a million blog entries for you guys about ... visit Boston a bit once it stops being absolutely miserable weather out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  interviews; and West Point requires a letter of recommendation from a US ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... admission or at least want to come for a visit. So, you go through the box

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  someone a surcharge to buy him a Diet Coke from Verde's and bring it to Mac ... [/visually_hidden]   Bringing late night acid to WMBR. This was a message from a ... manager, becoming OTA engineers, etc."]The Book[/annotation] at WMBR, from a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  Hey everybody, I'm taking a break from working on 2.004 in order to ... finish up my food, Chicken Makluba from Sepal (a restaurant in our student ... ), from a variety of states (farthest being Texas). 2:07 -- MIT was founded

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009