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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  :30 pm. As I walked out 3 hours later, I had the beginnings of a blog entry ... out too much or too little of the volume in question. I've shamefacedly ... in situ hybridization) into an empty tube instead of first putting the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the ... during the first week of MIT's Independent Activities Period. On Monday ... I'm working on identifying the genetic basis of various tuberculosis

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  friday night was the beginning of teammate hunt, a puzzlehunt written with ... around for a few more hours until the end of the party. and when everyone ... steam, and i felt zero motivation to work on any of the puzzles. this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  were as a member of my living community, the Burton Third Bombers. I had ... "]REX[/annotation] events in my Google Calendar. I actually went to 4 of these; the rest were ... submitted a pset within five minutes of the deadline twice. Only twice, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  . Week 0 In the first week of the program, we were paired with another team ... so well. By the end of the program, our individual team would have to ... . Week 1 In Week 1, we began curriculum. At the beginning of the program

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  , oftentimes shoots better than some of the most prestigious military academies ... of the best pistol teams in the entire country just went away. 4 ... The ironic part about MIT and wanting to share everything that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  any of the despartments?" So UROPs are pretty cool, or so I'm told ... it all very low-key for the actual day of Halloween. I basically ... me a hard time about my lack of costume. That said, let the tomato

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  It's June! Which means of course you're not interested in the ... [annotation note="yes I am always lurking"]r/mit,[/annotation] all of the ... sophomore year. This should take a lot of the burden off of your shoulders

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  couple of people grab lunch from Chipotle, we take the T to South Station ... card game"]play Fish[/annotation] on the bus. We talked about lots of ... lunchtime to look for my friends. Most of the high school friends I knew who

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  pictures of the new 5th East kitten on it. While I am busy in testing hell ... Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say that I will probably not be posting anything of substance here until at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  our veterans page. MIT has a growing community of veterans on campus, which includes a dedicated Office of Student Veterans Success (SVS), committed to supporting the academic, financial, and personal goals of
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  their time! Try to get your application components to us in advance of the ... Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule your interview is fast approaching! You can find the contact information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  I think (and hopefully you do too) that the title of this blog post ... the US. Addis Ababa doesn’t have a lot of tools and parts readily or ... ratchet, or a screwdriver, or even pliers--he just has to use the tip of a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  one of the prompts i answered, when i applied to be a blogger (and ... 's evening. on the weekends, most of the time i'm too tired to organize things ... the feeling of constant creation, of always writing or coding or doing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  Hi Everyone, I was just taking a look at some of the questions on ... at your application again and consider it in the context of the Regular ... deferred you are now officially a member of the RA pool — with no

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  because right now I'm a little too tired to do a coherent entry. The end of ... went down to the Museum of Science, over to Boston, all down the shore of ... the whole thing, I got to see a couple of rounds of competition. Maybe

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  think about them changes--for the sake of argument. Though I left my last post on a happy note, in actuality, the relief of spring break only lasted so long. The calm before the storm you might say. My second round of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  out of the dining hall, I stop to get some coffee and he chats with a ... Italy for IAP. We’re all busy.” There’s a moment of quiet, after all the ... the end of the day, she’s been stressed out trying to keep up with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  before. This is a collection of songs that helps calm me down before going into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I ... you find some peace through the storm as well. https

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  Registrar’s Office and Office of the First Year for example) and with some ... At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application ... you aren’t comfortable sharing with others. All of our privacy policies