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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  -bye to life at MIT and in particular, to the MIT blogs (direct quote: “Farewell, MIT blogosphere”). But I’m back!! Just in time to join other ... back in 2008 (wow, that makes me feel old ☹) when I applied to colleges

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  attend college, and did not accompany me to campus. In fact, the first time ... in?” Many of our students feel this impostor syndrome prospectively to some degree or other, and to them I say — unequivocally — that every

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Keep your eyes to the skies this Pi Day 2019s are happening

  

  decision online before signing in to decisions.mit.edu. To ensure that you ... system to reset it. Visit MyMIT and click on the forgotten username or ... username and password that you use to sign into your MyMIT account. There are

  • by Decision Drone
  • March 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say ... least Wednesday or Thursday, after my finals are done. I have been tooling quite a lot, and I have three finals in the next two days. Blah. Oh, how I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify your application. The only thing you need to do is submit the February Updates & Notes ... your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  major in chemistry or biology, most of these classes will overlap with your major's requirements. However, if you want to major in engineering ... engineering, or neurobiology) Chemistry: -Principles in Chemical Science: 5

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  entrance to Baker. I couldn’t stop smiling as I waited in line for food. I couldn’t stop smiling as I sat down alone to eat, or as I pulled out my Quizlet decks to study, or even as I returned my plate and utensils to the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  to cram in assignments that weren't even due or staying up abysmally ... effective at finishing work early if I drag myself to study in the Stud or ... —I've always just had a vague idea of things that would be nice to do or learn

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  .” *An aside: My classmates in senior year voted me most likely to lead a ... in his lectures to illustrate the points as he's making them. On ... choose to revise your paper with these comments in mind, as long as your

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  's what I've been up to. In between all of this, or perhaps vice versa, I ... internships, travel, take classes, and/or just have fun. Here's what I'm up to ... cook more than I would normally have time to do! In addition to my usual

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  have to nullify any part of any experience. just because i am calm in a ... now. in some world, i would graduate from MIT, and go to graduate school ... will be okay. or in a different world, i would graduate from MIT and get

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  the hotel failed to serve bagels in the morning. I did a campus tour ... tunnels, or the fact that my host and I found an elevator in the great outdoors, or the 1 AM run to Simmons Hall, or the tingling discovery that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  two years ago i wrote about how to walk in the best way. but i forgot ... good news is: the boy did not break (in fact it was not close to breaking ... this is also why it is good to keep the feet dry, and wrap them in dry

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... 've decided to abandon my usual rhetorical grace in favor of simply insulting ... parse it in the imperative mood. As in, “Welcome MIT families to our

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the ... the tunnels to either test my sense of direction or shy away from the ... endeavor (video-editing credit goes to Carin '13). Note that in real life, we

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a ... It was a nice, relaxing 3-day weekend here. Summer has arrived in Boston. Now, after a lull in posting over the holiday and during yesterday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q ... one that asks applicants to describe a situation/project/idea in which ... directly to the field or major I want to apply (i.e. doesn't convey an

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  absolutely no motivation or intentions to study for the other ASEs whatsoever ... the right amount of torque to get the satellite in the right orientation ... moments—good or bad, happy or sad—in your time at MIT? (Mar 10) I'm just

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  weren't on Facebook. In retrospect, it was a primitive and dim space to socialize, not unlike a hipster bar in an NYC bomb shelter, or Olympic Stadium ... human capital to produce their goods or spread their message. We're all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  lonely are two different things. It's ok to spend all Saturday in your room ... rat, the ring design and what happens at ring delivery, I'm going to ... adventure here at MIT.  Looking back at it all now, a lot has happened in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019