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• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  tremendous strength by being a magnet for talent from around the world. More ... for residents of certain countries. This past weekend, a group of ... , including (but not limited to) those from the countries affected by the ban

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  the final project yet. I know I could've benefited from building a ... prevent a student from finishing a class. For example, if you get sick ... Sometimes you put a lot of effort into something and the external

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  to class, ranging from a comedian to an owner of a puzzle shop. Also ... , physically based simulation, ray tracing, and real-time rendering. There is a ... had to write code with a lot of math, that would create splines given a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  between me and a three day weekend free from pressing due dates and the ... , still a respectable amount of time by most peoples’ standards. Saturday ... tired. Tired. Exhausted. Bushed. Ready to curl up into a ball and sleep

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  a free Costco card for a day from the Institute. Go out to nature. I ... loft or shelf, if you can. Bring a stuffed toy or photographs from home ... least once a week if you’re in a good place. If not, call someone from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  difference from a public health standpoint, where finding a 1.3-times (or 30 ... Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get up in 3 alarm snoozes. There’s a two-step strategy to this: first, say

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  . People talk a lot about the "transition" from high school to MIT. But the ... ," I replied, "I think I have a pretty good preparation in physics from ... tested the "urban legend" of whether or not a penny dropped from the Empire

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  Late last month, on July 25th, I boarded a Lufthansa flight from ... IOI convenes delegations of students from all over the world to compete in a kind of academic olympics. At IOI 2015, 322 students from 83

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  It took me a while to internalize that a grade is fixed but one's reaction to it is not. Like I mentioned, 8.05 (Quantum II) was a rough time ... stubborn (or too persistent*?) *I once asked a friend what distinguishes

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  unfortunately didn’t initially click and now i feel a little far from. hall rush ... a way distinct from pop music, and i was in a anti-pop-music mood at ... today yesterday [annotation note="so i started writing this post a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a day giving math problems to seventh-grade girls. A friend from high school visited me. I boarded a plane to New York, spent a day interviewing

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  ’t blame them. When I first got here, I loved Maseeh Dining. I came from a ... left that Monday, August 26 from Parents Orientation. It was true. Family Weekend was only at the end of October, a mere 59 days, 4 hours, 32 minutes

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  approach to the novel technologies available and seeking sponsorship from a ... turns out, it's not a good idea to accidentally push down on your laptop ... hall when you happen to have a bajillion questions about the exam isn

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... - it's a chance to adjust to MIT and learn the study habits you'll need ... . Caffeine is not a substitute for sleep. Try and get 8 hours a night - your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Pie Day at the Massachusetts Institute of Tasteology the Institute Has The Finest Pastries on 3/14 at 1:59 PM ET in the year…

  

  , our neighbors from Ramen Hall joined us, intent on making a curious ... representation of their colorful culture. Though Persimmons Hall is a trek from ... savory soufflé from MIT Mole-iachi, a puzzling puff from MIT Pastry Hunt, a

  • by Ratatou-Ellie F. '28
  • March 6, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  gave it my all. I used every bit of time I had left to slap together a talk and a fireshow, write a 10 page essay, and study for my two finals ... worked a little harder during the semester. I am satisfied with the things

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  from McDonald’s. These, my friends, were dark times. It’s a bit unfair ... start at the beginning. Now that I think about it, the beginning makes a ... students who are about to start a new chapter in their lives. So, where’s my

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday and today, MIT hosted hundreds of middle and high school students for a ... is a huge project that encourages dozens of MIT students to teach

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  built from kits, but with heavy modification. The blade runner was a toy ... I have a couple of unrelated things to relate today, so I'll put headings in bold and you can skip around as you see fit. On reward as a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  to subway rides, cold sunshine, and $1 pork buns gleaned from a tiny ... running into each other hundreds of miles away from MIT in a city with over ... and wishing that someone would invent a backpack on wheels and call it a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009