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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  load in about a year, and communicate when I need to take time off from ... GPA while also not being very useful while also causing a lot of stress ... graduate for my Mech. E degree. I probably would have had a better academic

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  moved from my room on the 4th floor to an area I like a little bit less on ... building are still a maximum of 2 minutes away from me. It’s a matter of ... a blogger. But sometimes reality takes unexpected turns for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  playlists is one of my favorite things to do, so i decided to create a ... first song i learned on a dance team at MIT. every time i hear this, i ... showed me this song a week into the school year. it's one of my favorites

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  ’m glad you still exist.” You too, friend.   Two panels taken from a ... word here before, like it’s a thing - becoming jaded with being at MIT ... yourself that you’re living out a rare and coveted opportunity, and generally

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  expect a report from your interviewer. Q: Why hasn’t my Quest ...  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... ’t worry! If you are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  M/QoM) record attempts from the day’s assaults. After a particularly sumptuous ... and settled into their seats for the 80 mile drive from the airport, preparing mentally for the arduous rides ahead. After a particularly hilarious

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  It's been a while since I introduced you to MIT (my way, of course ... of a blogger's life, having so much to blog but not enough time to ... catch you guys up on what I've been doing. I will start it with a post

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  grabbing a pillow, blanket, and novel from the dangling cords, snuggling into ... need to behave around you? Might I make a small suggestion? DO. Then go ... our customer," and MEAN it this time. I could tell you a story about a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  I had a plan for this blog post: I was going to build a[annotation note="Quick loft backstory: East Campus gives us a lot of furniture ... a loft before school starts, and then write about it. Then I had

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  photograph of this genre, this may also be the most ridiculous picture from a ... school year, two events occurred last Thursday and Friday that required a ... Poses and Pictures of Hands A data summary-esque analysis by Ceri

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  Growing up, I admit that I watched a decent amount of television. I wasn’t a couch potato by any means; I loved to go fishing with my ... down with a case of the sniffles and the best place to curl up and nap

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  from the same school? 2)Is it true that if I apply to MIT as a major in ... , around [less than?] 100 words); 1-page transcript from a humanities program ... students are excluded from the count). Will this discrepancy be a matter of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  from a B to an A, but it feels miserable, like swimming upstream. If you ... stand out from the application to the point that a reader won't even ... This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  vienna & prague, in 194 photos iap '26 #1

  

  a city and the Czech Republic as a country separately, but then continuously forgot that Prague is in the Czech Republic for like, a decade? Ever ... ? Ever wondered what it was like for a random college student on the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  musical. See what can come from being a little spontaneous? This semester ... Disclaimer: I'm sorry if this post is a little incoherent. Narcotics ... something other than the IV sticking into my arm. I noticed a particularly

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  graduate from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering and, frankly, I ... from you. I am excited about the prospect of a carbon neutral agenda ... I'm in a cool HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) class this

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  you depart for boston from A68 you're not gonna make that Hold on imma ... Man arguing with three people at the gate. “I got sent here from A68 ... ” person.[annotation note="Is that a type of person? I don't actually know

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  Hi everyone. I'm writing this entry from NYC, where I have Internet ... , and juniors here, and we come from all sorts of majors -- Course 2: Mech ... West to get there. GAHHH). We all got off from work pretty late, but

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline check your MyMIT account now

  

  Hi all- I’m taking a break from reading applications to give our Regular Action applicants a quick update. As of today, we have ... more components so you may have received a direct message from us. If you

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  may be hard to tell from the picture, but that's a minimum of two inches ... . Except that it's a little bit warmer. And a lot more humid. Not nearly as ... grass is just snow-like enough to keep from falling apart completely, it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007