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• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  've done a lot of work for as part of my UROP. But it's good to get a formal ... semester is what I came to MIT for - to learn a bunch of really awesome ... self esteem on the concept of having a job, but that's a blog post for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the ... in time to try and knock down a fat cat. It's really hard to throw ... and Gabe put on velcro suits and then thrust themselves onto a large

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  astronomy professor for permission to deliver a 20-minute public talk on ... away and make a home for yourself in a bathroom stall. Dealing with it ... and commit it to memory. This is for a couple of reasons. First, you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  strategic locations as to create the most natural and flattering look for a ... Maxwell's Equations in integral form on Wikipedia. This is a new low for the ... in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  It's that time of year again. I have a love-hate relationship with ... community. (This last one is a bad idea - with such a low admit rate, it ... . It's a vicious cycle. Even when I'm hanging out with my kids, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  a bit later. I was scheduling a different blog for today, but then I ... would be absolutely amazing to be at for 4 years. Overall, I had a very ... submitting my application at 11:59pm EST and getting a decision felt pretty

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  to get a feel for what different research areas are like. Get to know ... write a recommendation letter for you. Also, these professors are at MIT for a reason; talk to them a bit about their research and you might

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  lines as "the best home for a feminist was in another person's lab ... that for a second. A bunch of National Guardsmen, armed with M1 Garand rifles, indiscriminately firing at a bunch of unarmed students for a total

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  verbal final presentation is also given to a panel of specialists (for this ... erosion of diversity that appears to be accelerating on a global scale. This ... collapsed — that is, their catch has declined by 90 percent. It is a very

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  extensive tour of rooms on [annotation note="For those who don't know us, we ... [/annotation] by Jess. K '10. A few things have changed -- postcard-sized posters ... 11 rooms: Emily '25 [carousel image1="99356" image2="99355" image3

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  —it was a chance to take our noses off the grindstone for an afternoon ... dinner for a cute restaurant we found on Yelp. The only problem was ... was at 9:00 p.m. on a Wednesday. We went for it. I have pretty much the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  replacement. I kept the old battery as a souvenir of how much I’ve used it for ... writing something much more important like a thesis instead of a blog. “I ... to make an art installation for a museum someday. I want to adopt a cat

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  “result” of each group reported to a manager. For any given group of 3, the ... how this might happen for a moment, and then look at the diagram below ... ,348,907. We were tasked with proving this general rule for a small portion of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  intersection of my life and MIT – which is surprisingly large for a high school ... on a personal blog, but also for the admissions blogs in the hopes that ... tuition. When $5 was a big purchase for me, the idea of college for free

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  I had all these entries planned for the next few days, but all of that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... school kid for his lunch money. Well, I couldn't stand for that, so I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  them I have to play videogames for a couple hours, read a book, and go to ... interesting topics like the nuance of rules, the importance of a games platform ... Lord knows that I've beat this dead horse and milked this subject for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  handle than training. When training for something, I can set and focus on a ... might go sit for awhile at Sean's memorial and just think. Maybe a bit of ... has published a guide for spectators; if you're following along at home

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  is (seemingly) taking more. I came across a previous blogger's post ... working two UROPs! Am I not doing enough? Maybe I should add a cla—' Stop ... light chaos of taking tons of classes, go for it, but the number of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  for Valentine’s Day, we watched a documentary for more on nuclear ... Beat, a set of lighted attachments for guided drum learning - video here ... Institute has far exceeded my expectations for social involvement, and in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  need to be a music major for this to be considered (most people who ... most music classes or to be a part of the music program. For more ... I've been getting a lot of questions about supplemental material

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007