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• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  confidence of a freshman faking it until she made it. I hadn’t expected the ... exactly the same. On top of hearing variations (or combinations) of “slay ... agreement, or as an adjective, i.e. “so true of the professor for letting us

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  gets rid of the 57 unit credit limit that second semester freshmen ... units of credit by the end of first semester, have completed 25% of your ... freshmen are offered sophomore standing, but I’d estimate that the percentage

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  uninformed, this means that I 1) live on the third floor of the Burton side of the dorm Burton-Conner, and 2), am lowkey part of a cult—a rowdy ... —we have [annotation note= "as indicated by the slew of MIT confessions about

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  difference. Anyway, I offer you a tale of suspense and... you know, other ... view of the night sky for three and a half hours because THE SUN GOES ... everyday bit of fun in an airport should have been the line for bag check

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  ="National Society of Black Engineers - An organization that works to support the professional development of people who identify with the black community"] NSBE ... 1: So the whole trip started off on the Tuesday of that week with

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  The other day, my friend sent me photos of herself trying on ... the grand scheme of things, it felt odd to see a couple that had met ... of my best friends from MIT finished his two-year fellowship in the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  of an accomplishment. But! I learned so much on the sidelines from the veteran players! How to play defense by being on the open side of my player ... just in time for the freshman spring season to finish. End of freshmen

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the ... upon the iRobot booth, and started talking to some of their

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  . This year, for REX, one of the things being built was a fort ... being the actor in a movie you don’t know the plot of. I was pretty ... weekend. It’s set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s robot novels. Some

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  class. Mike Conti (the instructor, and author of this) gave us a talk on ... , where the other 2014s were waiting with a bottle of wine. We toasted, and ... (Monteverdi to Mozart) class. We discussed the score of a Bach French suite (No

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  of traditional art studio classes that the SAA offers) is something ... , because for 9th and 10th grade, we were in the music program of the arts ... of STEM that goes on, but we were not so aware of the vibrant art

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Every so often, during the Q&A portion of an MIT information ... hair-pulling by even the brightest students. But in the rare cases of ... suicide. Neither academic rigor nor course of study are among the top risk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  don't believe it's the essence of the subject. Could you please tell us ... on the side (hey, it's MIT). It is, as you are probably aware, one of ... issue with this sort of ranking, since the ranking is really for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  calendar of note (aka, all of the things on my calendar): Science Bowl ... about the direction of our club and other high-level issues that are hard to address in the middle of the semester and running programs. These

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  This time of year, Educational Counselors all over the world are ... Counselor (EC) may be the first interview you’ve ever had. Some of you may ... mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  piece of parchment lodged in the mouth of a dazzling, sparkling horse of ... National Honor Society. (I was publicity chair of the Math Club. I spent my ... academically. AP classes were abundant - the school offered somewhere around 30

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  II and III. Part of the reason why I'm reluctant to say I'm premed ... study all day, or simply neurotic overachievers. At the risk of violating III again, I just want to establish some ground rules about the kind of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  ;insert your own> degree of seriousness? In my personal opinion, the MIT ... of the freshly admitted candidates for the class of 2016. We all stayed ... of vicarious prefrosh cheer through the next few voicemails in a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  ’s Women’s Soccer team! I was the first in my family of four kids (who all ... hopefully some of the overall principles and advice can still apply! My ... end of [annotation note="This was the right timeline for soccer if you

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  upperclassmen in charge of the club, people I’ve come to call my friends, laugh ... '[/annotation]. Someone offers to bring me the ladder so I can get off rope, but I refuse to ... for the amount of activity I’ve done in the last four hours. By the time

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019