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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  ’ve recently submitted a formal application and a constitution to be recognized ... . On bad days, I have to go out to buy a salad (or eat human food that ... one wants to waste the precious A/B/C/No Record grading). They are, in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  forces you to study and furthermore provides you with a wide range of study ... are! Courses are useful to some; I just like independence a little too ... a few details; to supplement the Examkrackers materials, I used

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  since Simmons opened in 2002. In addition to a slew of Simmons residents ... required me to do a lot of crazy things, including (but not limited to ... to say, it was completely ridiculous in a way that could only ever

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  experiences that stand out to me. I present to you a brief highlight of the ... ombre color that matched my winter jacket. It was also a relief to have my hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  happened, I was still a freshman, desperately trying to get on my feet. In ... ."]acapella[/annotation] groups, only to receive a callback from just one—the Asymptones. At the ... senior who taught me how to prepare a turkey and run a kitchen for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  . Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were ... ! Summer before freshman year = time to relax."]desperately needed a break ... 't know how to do a traditional task, or when my predecessor was officially

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  you begin to spread yourself too thin? As a prospective MIT student ... or two meetings of a club and declared themselves to be members. Guess ... play a varsity sport. *sigh* Sometimes they expect you to have it all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  . No harm done. A little after midnight I went to catch the last T home ... subway lines and a few major roads. "Hmm," I thought. "If I can get to Mass ... there, right where I left it last time I came on a dinner mob to Bartley

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  a twenty-minute shower, and go back to my room, pick out my clothes ... . Nice. She asks if I need a few minutes to lie down, but I’m already ... need to appreciate them. I pack a few clothes, since I've rather

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... to get a UROP and do research as an undergraduate. Margaret Mac ... completed his thesis earned and a doctorate in Chemistry. If you're coming to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  This semester, I'm taking a wide array of classes, from music to media studies to English, and as a result, I've had to consume a lot of ... class, it is a media studies class, we do listen to music in and out of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  saying, “You got the gig!” It has proven to be a really fun job that I ... . Shooting a bottle-rocket 200 feet in the air and somehow managing to not ... around a table in 8.02 to demonstrate understanding of magnetic fields

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  happen if you were to gather a mole (unit of measurement) of moles (the ... happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light ... popularity that Munroe decided to publish a collection of popular answers from

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A circle of shared breaths rediscovering synchronized skating at MIT, by Eleanor L. '27

  

  remember getting asked this question a lot since coming to college. If you ... other skating discipline (singles, pairs, and ice dance) to create a ... the song that deeply resonated with me. It’s a song I’ve wanted to skate

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students each year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds: community ... interest. In other words, you should choose a college that will be a good fit
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  relate to my experiences as a wildly emotional gay boy who thinks too much ... MIT). He ended up going to a school closer to home, I ended up flying to ... snatch dates on Tinder or join clubs or even just go to a single Queer West

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  task—no, my duty—to finally say what needs to be said: MIT is a jock ... championship level of the NCAA tournament. This is such a cool award to win ... is a magnet, drawing all the academically motivated jocks straight to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  have stuff to do at work. Unless you're working 16 hours a day plus ... article about New Coke (a development that led a pregnant Sam's Mom to ... there once, crouching in the Devil's Den and pretending to be a famous

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  this in part to Rush, in part to a slightly larger-than-usual number of ... mean to me. I was always sort of a rootless kid. I'm a jumble of ... entrenched in them - maybe high school a little bit, but only to the degree

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  you live, a visit to MIT can be expensive and a little time consuming ... . Normally visits only last for about a day so you will have to cram as much ... than Gimp?) so you'll have to settle for a slightly larger picture than

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008