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• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  complaining about a group of people that ruined the party they were coming from ... reminds me of something David Foster Wallace wrote, which I can’t for the life of me remember the title of the book or text, but he says

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  , after the winter/Christmas break). Regardless of schedules, MIT dorms are ... was only interrupted by renovations during the summers of 1998 and 1999 ... blog about the transfer process. I promise it is on my list of future

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this ... in the comments! Capricorn My capricorn friends are some of the most ... us because of the prestige of MIT and doesn't actually know what this

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  Today was the last day of classes for the spring semester—and, as a senior, the last day of classes for my undergraduate career. So, after my ... unpleasant, and there are many thoughts and feelings I have about the end of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... '07 spoke at the Class of 2010 choice of major fair on Monday. I wanted to go myself to reveal the wonders of Chemical Engineering to excited

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  something similar: The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating ... . I recently read an article on Slashdot about the power of accidental ... maybe I need to start looking at the glass of science as half full. And

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the first year with the help of their first-year advisor. Our application asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  -up of the firehose. But still. Back when I [annotation note="almost two ... the cover, the pad of post-it's I carry with me at all times in case I ... been struggling to find time for it. At the beginning of every semester I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  note="The spelling of this word is a complex thing. There's a chicken-or-the ... definition of any sea song"]Chanties[/annotation] for the last third of class ... to.  The Golden Age of Piracy was from 1650-1739, and the Chanties as

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  later, in an ironic (and quite sad) twist of fate, I broke the November ... ="exactly 2 years ago to this day. i am the master of eerie timing"]month into ... essential. the first few months form the basis for the rest of your experience

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  the shots, not the traveler. :-) I got to see a lot of the city that ... NJ. The Central Jersey meeting went well that night; nothing out of the ... of my childhood on the Jersey shore. The people in New Jersey are some

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  , particularly during first semester; part of it stemmed from trying to find the ... . MIT is a very exciting place. For most of the things you'll be ... little pockets of the MIT landscape. And I stayed in some, and realized

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  In the past five weeks or so, the pace of my life has dramatically ... ’ve found myself with a lot of time to “stop and smell the roses.” There ... that my January was more representative of the average student’s here. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  here are some highlights. Our MIT Wall This is one of the first things ... earlier blogs, you might recognize one of the paintings! The top 3 paintings ... kept the cardboard because Mariia and Emma needed to make things out of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  I have long been a fan of the corner of the internet known as ... that’s kind of the appeal, if I’m honest – I can have other people read ... perfectionism and procrastination are two sides of the same coin. Perfectionists

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  (biological engineering) sophomore (whaaat, I'm not the baby of campus anymore ... was born and raised in Columbia, MO – home of the Mizzou Tigers ... ’s mascot. Seriously.) – located smack-dab in the middle of the U.S. While it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on ... of these, using the situations of fictional freshmen. Be aware ... illustrate points. The use of a living group's name is not meant to imply

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get ... ? Well, the answer is that taking vacation in the peak of application ... along the edge of the pink sand - the concerns of the world blowing

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  a poem. I was especially proud of us for the rhyme "three eight four" with "three and more!" Note that out of about ten people in the marching ... day of classes, after finding out the ISBNs for my classes, I went to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  take a picture of yourself, and the people I live with (known ... entry for you other clueless '09ers. Right. So, just a note- the rest of ... page and the font is some hideous shade of purple or something, don't be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005