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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  temp room, hearing voices around the corner. "Is there a frosh in there ... remember feeling like a failure a lot. I remember being in a state of shock ... staying up until dawn in a cold November, talking to friends. I remember

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of ... have been able to ship a few products that are out there in the real

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  in lab during the last month than I did in my own room... which is a ... spent long hours in lab to finish our products :) It's a great celebration ... each other on the mountain. They even had a hill which people skiied in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  . Dining hall food is not my thing, but on the advice of a fourth year in my ... a cafeteria floor, but the carpet in the halls is nice. The ... there is either a large street or a small highway. It's in the city, so no

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  [annotation note='I am writing this down in class-equivalents; MIT has a ... [annotation note='a professional staff member who lives in the dorm and helps ... days before the paper was due, resulting in a record-setting twenty

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  reiterate: LA is not a city made for walking. like, in any sense ... that make up a perfect breakfast"]leisurely eat breakfast in the office kitchen[/annotation] until 8:50, which is around when i usually clock in for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  once - there is an iterative process in which many applications are seen several times by various committees. In other words, an application is ... when students write that they received an A in Engish instead of English

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  -hazing agreement, which also made me a little bit uncomfortable. MIT is actually ... 'll excommunicate you from MIT, lock you in a pillory, and melt the key MIT's nuclear ... engineering majors (do you know what an engineer is, really?), and a career fair

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  actually knowing where I am. In some cities, this is a very foolhardy and ... ... the good part is that it's like riding a bike and you can pick it up ... around the city for a while. Wandering around Boston is one of my favorite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here ... : If we don't have any alumni in your area and your interview is waived ... , test scores, etc. They want to learn about you as a person. This is your

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  write, a pset, and a research poster to work on, and my thesis work is ... week off. We traversed 10 states, spending ~50 hours in a Kia Soul ... to ask better questions. So it's actually going pretty well, which is a

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  rough, and can sometimes leave you feeling as if you’re trapped in a sick game that is like a scavenger hunt and therapy session rolled into one ... one. In four years, you will be in a completely different situation. As

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  . None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should ... music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a ... be solo or with accompaniment but not in an enemble; 2) a one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing to do except homework. This is especially useful since almost all of my ... I've always said I don't believe in linear time, but this is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  , eating fish and chips is sort of a requirement. Traditional English ... ; friends A commanding view of the Thames The new London Bridge is so ... ) Tower Bridge, for comparison A rather progressive afternoon tea in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  question.   These little things reminded that I was, indeed, in a new ... , but the irony is most people live in the watery areas. Austin is lush ... state is politically diverse. To be fair, I lived in the notoriously

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  order to not to hurt my eyes so, in a way, the new hobby is a rebellion ... in Madison with other recruits and a company representative. In other impressions, the company had a slide instead of stairs in one of the buildings

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  my next point... Pass/No Record is NOT an excuse to get a C- in every ... entered a randomized lottery to get placed in their basic required classes that everyone else is getting placed in.  MIT is different from other

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  advising seminars, because I am in one and I like it a lot! The idea is that ... starts, everyone who opted in is assigned to a seminar and an advisor ... a group of people living in the same place would all have the same

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  . Love is stored in the soup! I started cooking a lot over IAP, armed ... music is so personal--being able to connect in that way is a testament to ... is currently having on my bank account whenever I walk into a store

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022