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• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  (including those admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed ... updates you want us to know about. Feel free to write in bullet points or ... , we'll send you another email in the next week or so to let you know

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• 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
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  have in previous years applied to MIT or started an application to MIT ... and binding, and ability to be viewed in a 2-D environment, before ... Happy September! You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  people take "externships" (short one-month internships) in industry or ... take the month to catch up on sleep, work on personal projects (or bad ... companies might in some cases have an obligation to experiment on their users

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  blood to get extra credit in AP Bio (no, really) and she passed out in the ... was being collected into a lower than my arm in order to establish a ... would suggest trying to take the advanced standing exam in that case

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  rough, but I want you to know that if you're feeling upset or sad, you ... .Take some time today to reach out to people in your dorm. Check on how they ... to feel alone in the battles you take here. Nothing attests to this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  in August or so: I hate physical chemstry. I also don't want to be a ... a double major anymore. Why did I ever decide to double in the first ... it to last a second in a department where everyone seems to be premed

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by ... , just in case you forgot the structure of an amino acid or the definition ... sheet or a textbook isn't going to help you much, since tests are timed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... presence must be very prominent in all of the US. And then, I get here to ... many opportunities to push it in that direction. That’s another topic for

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the last month by being incredibly prolific in the next. I expect this to ... 'm working with in my banner photo, because that actually happens to be a

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  too vague, or totally misdirected - it's impossible to identify exactly ... !" or "I'm scared I won't get in!" but things like "I am worried that when ... minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013