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• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  few hours ago. I found a place to live this January when I'll be ... after running to Building 35 for a quiz. I've since spent the balance of ... language lab, meeting with a fellow EC resident and software developer to put

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  about it. This itself was like finding yourself at a meadow, and having to ... gravity, a first principle to found my life upon. I’m not sure when it ... belongings I hauled to campus my first year of college was a cleaver carefully

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how i spend my days where my (melodramatic!) summer thoughts have been

  

  , craving to do something, having nothing satisfying. A dullness in the in ... ’m doing, spend my days like this. This is a truth I’ve come to accept. This ... issue is that I’m not ballsy enough to drop out and pursue a passion or

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

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  to get practical experience in a software company before even having to ... still under development but was starting to come together into a usable ... inside perspective on what it looks like to work as part of a software team

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  , here are some things I do to keep myself sane: Poi Poi is a member of the ... done or wished to do acapella in my life. On a whim, I decided to ... the Midway slightly influenced my decision.) To my surprise, I got a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  Mall, and exchange my tickets. A man says something to me ... ’s really excited to go to Metro State (a local community college) in the fall ... wishes me a good day and departs. I am taken after all--betrothed to my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  to have an infant within a 3 foot radius who's extremely unhappy to be ... seriously think the schedules when to schedule, a recursive paradox that ... the grill and waited for what looked like a giant space-burger to cook

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  Manila; MIT is in Cambridge, a forty minute walk to downtown Boston; and ... tricycles, it was always possible to get from point A to point B in an hour on average. The delay's not due to waiting or a lack of options, but due to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  watched Pitch Perfect, a film in which freshmen know what they want to do ... day, I was pleased to note that it was 6 am, and a whole day lay ahead ... and a strong resolve to “must wake up early and do work so we can do

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to ... application than to sit in a classroom for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone to let you take a test. Once you hit a certain level of SAT scores

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology ... graduate with flying colors, you head to graduate school, generally to a Ph ... from four to six to a zillion years, depending on how fast you get your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  cpw is pretty cool tho :D it's not perfect, but it sure is fun

  

  i seem to be physically incapable of writing blogs in a timely fashion, so in an effort to force myself to write, this will be a rambling ... –you’ll have to wait for anika to share the full saga. it was a beautiful, tear

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 28, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  To accompany today's entry about MIT summer programs, here is a ... these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college ... , rebuilding a car, traveling to Europe or Quebec or New York, or whatever else

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I ... . We won't be able to confirm 100% until we're a bit farther along in the ... Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit humanitarian project to put

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  months. As this week comes to a close, so does MIT's week of finals. This ... they felt. Next semester, when the freshman class switches over to A ... friends from high school to catch up over a solid In-N-Out burger, because

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of-a ... and decided to give us a bag of things she no longer needed, but thought ... all the freshman things into a bag that now sits next to the Memory

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  this leads and how to apply it to broader situations than a colloid ... full runs of the show. I’ve wanted to audition for a musical since I got ... ’ve also had to act a bit (in a minor background role) and that has been

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and ... cool, and also touches on a lot of the general reasons as to why MIT is ... designed to be doable--and this is by no means a bad thing. It's important to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  ago. i'm going to have to deal with it for a few months. the internet ... it done in time, but that left me no time to give a good go at 6.006. i ... all the ways i want to improve myself as a person - but realizing i don

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  involve a brief introduction to the geology of Massachusetts and visits to ... want to camp Saturday night, a van may be able to return to MIT by 7 PM ... that they are welcome. It is a great opportunity to meet new people and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014