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• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  was 14. I haven't been alone in life for longer than three months in this time and have relied on some partner as an anchor for these past ... leaving MIT and jumping into a future that was so solidly in place for me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ’re using a CRT display for whatever reason, the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physics ... Moungi Bawendi won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in ... happy for him :)[/caption] In my opinion, this year’s prize was one of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  search for them in my notes and instantly see every book, article, and ... . Also available as an app for Android and iPhone/iPad     ... 's larger than your computer screen. I use this a lot for the jobs I do in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  , women account for about 27% of undergraduate students in computer science ... say that there isn't room for improvement at MIT and in the greater ... arts. Your engineering friends, for the most part, will stay with you in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  resting up in preparation for all of your RA applications! We will be back ... deferred or those of you still finishing up your RA applications in time for ... . For Deferred Students I was deferred. I will never get in RA, right

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the ... be special for you as that is the way it works. In the end if you pick ... difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  rating underwear colors in my inbox *insert context here*

  

  /10 an extra point in creativity for nude, given it subverts even having an ... defined an objective metric, this is for fun. sorry if i dog on your ... ---hence the few points in that category. but what exactly makes an app, blue? i

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 18, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  you need to apply in the timeline that works best for you and don ... resource for applicants in Mexico. Some of our Mexican students in the ... want is for college applications to add to that stress. We know that some

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  I’m finally in my last semester as an MIT undergraduate, and the ... and building a quick assembly bridge for use in developing countries ... related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  search for an empty classroom across campus to study in instead. [caption ... as either Pass (for what would be an [annotation note="yes, this means ... haven't really locked in with the full PNR mindset. I did every pset for

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  Last week, I left the country for the first time! This was really important to me for a couple of reasons: I had a premonition that I was ... --a storm, tornado, [annotation note="In 8th grade I was supposed to go to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about MIT or the college process, you are in the wrong post. SCRAM! This is an ... philosophical issues and solutions for surviving the college decision process. In

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  Constitution. We had an amazing lunch at an Italian restaurant in the North End ... get bored in Boston! It's such an amazing city, with so many things to ... weekends guarantee an endless amount of free-time to catch up on problem sets

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  Jeremy R. '16 with a link to a new McDonald's commercial for their new Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal, or STRAW. It's a clear send-up of ...             ｃｏｎｆｉｒｍｅｄ     That is, of course, an MIT class ring, or so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  break for about half an hour and there's no refrigerator or microwave in ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the ... lunch for $4) and an Anna's Taqueria chicken burrito (small, no cheese

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  Since its founding in 1861, MIT has been a special place for ... -edge science from the leading educators in our chosen fields for the low, low ... this one, but I hear the capstone course 2.361 is famous for being an all

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  sitting in the storage room, waiting for me to find in the fall. I gave ... Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a ... ), where I am working in the National Human Genome Research Institute. More

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  longer an option for Lobdell Food Court customers. Some of you might be ... has been closed down. Yes, that's right: the Subway in the Student ... far, the best eating place in the entire Stud - nay, perhaps the best on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1.013 (Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design, for those not yet versed in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  money and stuff. In all seriousness, I lived entirely on free food for my first three weeks* at MIT, which in itself was an experience worthy of a ... alive, Mom. Ben opted for a more sensible variety of sustenance in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008