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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  quantify or plot. But this is what it means to me: Fit is having at least ... , things seem to just fall in line. ... Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  only problem is that they’re all in Japanese and take me eons to read ... Player One, I never got around to reading or rereading any of these books ... progressively harder to read :( Maybe after I [annotation note="from undergrad or

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  . If you are new to the MIT blogs, mine in particular, there are a few ... mother due to breast cancer in 2007. The day she died I promised her that I ... to medicine, specifically cancer. Anyone who has known or loved

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  ascent to 10,000 meters or so of altitude. The night before, I had primly ... way to the wastelands of bygone travels. I landed in St. Louis on ... detail, until we get to dinner. In short, the event was the world premiere

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  to the student body or participate in DT with a choreographed routine ... involved in dance, we thought we’d talk about all the opportunities to ... always be moving in some shape or form. I started learning choreographed

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  different settings), make sure to log in with either your Gmail, Yahoo, or MS ... ’s anything that you think would be useful to have or just fun in general ... /received for 2017 aren’t in yet, but if I’ve managed to send/receive 4,122 emails

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  travelling halfway around the world. You need to challenge yourself in order to ... I’m officially on winter break. It’s hard to believe that the ... turned in all my papers. I wrote this entry from the airplane on the way

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  RSVP here. On Wednesday, I will fly to Florida in preparation for my ... , FL. Amy has already flown to Texas in advance of her meeting in Dallas ... do!), you'll be able to check your name and go in; if you haven't, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  for science courses or are they thought to be there to fill seats in the ... courses, or think that they are just there to fill seats in humanities ... "You mean there's something other than Dorm Rush?" Or something to that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  turns, but managed to get back in time within the last hour. At the end ... for hotel check in to start, I got to see my grad student friends ... , the two posted up in the business room with their eyes glued to their

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  age-old tale, That owning pieces of the world pales in comparison To ... what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... week has been a wild ride. To quantify it: Five hours of sleep per

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... offered early admission to 661. Though they are all different in their own ... want to make the most informed decision we can in Regular Action

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  brutal. i was reeling from moving to a new city and living in a house with ... is that progress often appears to be either nonexistent or explosive ... feel like a different person. not to be a nerd but in my research there

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  school year, it’s really easy to forget that you actually go to school in Boston. Freshman year, I could literally lie in bed and know whether or not ... out and other not-so-nerdy things). And truly, there’s so much to do in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  's similar to if I were an artist, or sent in an audio recording of my singing ... really curious as to whether or not sending in my latest work [even though ... entries that I neglected to answer here, you can repost in the comments and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  - before some things that came up in my life made it too difficult to keep ... report or two - so I'll be able to use a few experiments to confirm or deny ... you put in, and the willingness to grow as a scientist that you exhibit

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  up to ten times. Researchers at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center in ... may be used in future models. GEMs are able to detect particles using ... found most impressive was the ability to detect cosmic rays muons. In

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or ... to go to the MIT Literary Society Meeting or LucHa – are among the many ... comes down to a really, really tough question: “Chinese food, Thai, or

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  a video game, or goofing off with friends to listen. If you want some ... to remember even (and especially) when I'm stressed out or when nothing ... To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  Michigan or Mass. 10am. I arrive in Laredo, check in to my hotel, and head ... ended around 10pm, some of us went to Chili's (one of the few places in ... generally do not like to exceed the speed limit. In fact, they like to drive 5

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008