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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  , contiguous chunk of free time in my schedule, then I try to avoid these kinds ... the most challenging class I’ve ever taken) but four years of MIT ... found most of my classes fun (yes, really), rewarding, and memorable (in a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of ... Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in ... past students of RSM are now studying. I've never been in a program

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  coffee (coffee grown in Yemen or Harrar region of Ethiopia) knows the first ... about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The implication, of course, is euphemistically known as affirmative action. You may

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  personal issues that left me in a general state of "I don't know what's going ... 've been learning how to knit! I've gotten pretty far in terms of my crochet ... right now. Below is a little sample of fiber arts pieces I've made in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the ... As many of you know, I'm an avid reader of the New York Times ... number of requests for college recommendations in past years. He said that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  entry. Really, I can't think of any student organization at MIT that works ... menorahs. Oh no! I'm afraid of fire! Now, you're surely asking, "Can you ... , so I kind of told him how I thought it was done in theory and made him

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  I blog a lot of retrospective trip reports (see, e.g., ISEF 2016, IOI ... might be more useful, so I'm going to try to do it when I can. So: right ... , where I'm giving a talk about maker portfolios in our admissions process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  of the capstone options for the aeroastro degree. in true mens ... sense of the world." growing up in a very math/science-focused community ... of the cat lounging in my doorway. happy start-of-semester!

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  I'll actually read, I still get kind of nervous when I can't check it ... Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or so, I think I speak for us all when I say it was “one of those weeks

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  this: Bunnies can be found on Killian Court at midnight, and in front of ... inspired by Banti G. ‘17) Life 1.   In a stunning turn of events, I declared ... in Boston is awesome, and I must take advantage of it more next year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  only 2.5 weeks left here in Bend.  I have yet to experience a lot of what ... Life after college is scary.  I can't believe the time has come when ... of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  took a lot of leaps in high school. But that doesn't mean I'm not afraid ... one of the other bloggers knows? Other than that, I can't think of much ... good at math. I was practically a math prodigy back in the day. Like back

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the overlapping section- we should be best friends.  :) As of now, my existence can ... past 6. In the first portion, I spent some time creating my personal

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  up in her room. At last count (beginning of the year this year), I ... was in the comments of these very blogs that I remember a poster saying ... , there's usually a table in the back of the room that's piled full of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available at: decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and ... my job I am constantly amazed by the caliber of character, intellect, and achievement of these students. They are all superstars in one way or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  , which we'll come back to in a followup piece, suppose I gave you a list of ... ,348,907 test subjects, I can pick 32,768 of them such that if they say “Yes”, and ... = 3 test subjects, I can pick 21 = 2 of them such that whatever they

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  you can! Sam   I was so excited by the prospect of this costume ... is as a Bond girl with Carter '07. Now that I think of it, I can ... , mostly seniors. I forget the exact name of the event right now, but the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  can get in the way of relationship-building, but here are three things I ... relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather ... In any given school year or work week, there is so much we can stress

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  purpose. Oh well. I am, by the way, the one in the front row middle of the ... the consistency of fuzz, and I am going to confine myself to writing ... knees. (Hint: to find me in any picture of the squad, scan the picture for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  on that! Well ok, you can, but from the looks of the research, I need ... I’m getting married again in a mere five months and I cannot fit in my wedding dress. This might be because I spent the whole winter in

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011