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• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  field, to have to memorize page after page of granular definitions or to spend hours working through tedious calculations or to conduct experiments ... ’ll also find outlier products or ideas or art (for me some examples in these

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  maladaptive coping mechanisms, but my inability to cry in front of other people ... care of the people in my life.  For so long, I have also wanted to do as ... endeavoring to cause it. Finding it in the little things. Noticing it swirling

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  In the past five weeks or so, the pace of my life has dramatically ... ’s this tendency at MIT to start making summer plans all the way back in ... year, I wanted to spend my three months back in Texas. I looked forward

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  create classes in everything from "Alebgra 1" to "The Atomic Science of ... with once saying, "The trick to education is to teach people in such a ... they may need a workplace, test equipment, access to a shop, or simply

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  clicking through the 6.031 Reading (I’ll have to actually read it in the ... for the people in my life, to ensure that I will see them. I am mindful ... . Am I doomed to fail something or someone? When will I drop and shatter

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy ... discussing something related to software or tech startups. Entrepreneurship ... felt incredibly motivated to solve the problems in a smarter way

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  pursue a career in advertising, then you might be able to find someplace ... to feel like some "other" major (I'm in such a major!). That said, the ... hands on work or theoretical studies? You'll want to figure out how MIT

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  I've been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England recently. For those of you in regions that do not have four seasons: autumn ... yet reached Cambridge, the below photos come from recent trips to New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  choose any topic or field to explore in the realm of computational ... from my group's final presentation to a scene in Waiting for Godot   ... in my final assignment, I've felt the need to study for a coming exam

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• 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 685. Though they are all different in their own ... Notes Form, which will be posted in mid-January to your application portal

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  70%. Or 90%.) In the beginning of this year, I suffered from a lot of ... that in going to college, I had officially left something of myself ... days I honestly just wish I could move to our village in Ethiopia and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  getting to know each other through some applied meeting of the minds, in a ... the class or a 100 in the class. I'm not terribly crazy about chemistry ... , as their pre-MIT math exposure was adequate enough to comprise some or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  build a treehouse.” Or, in normal-person-speak: hey, I kind of like this ... (with me actually sitting in it), the only options left were a) lame, and/or ... Name the first thing that comes to mind when you think “MIT” and

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on ... .R.O.C. (the People's Republic of Clay) was generous enough to invite me to Clay ... do not do justice to how Clay-obsessed some Claymates are. I don

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  extracurricular commitment, then rushed home at 8:30-9pm or so, to finally get some ... , words - comfort. When I don't have the energy to monitor what I say or do ... me, had crossed the ocean to attend university in the States - but they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  . ISEF will take up lots of my time, so I won't get to do much else in LA ... typically visit the big Faires in Bay Area and New York to give versions of ... 'll get back in Boston on Saturday morning, just in time to catch the final

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  problem was just absolutely hilarious to me at that point in time. Luckily ... our GRTs or the members of a particular suite are given $15 to prepare ... sounds weird. Trust me, I remember coming to campus for CPW and taking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  pretty manageable. I studied as much as I needed to and went to bed by11 or ... this week. Fifth-week flags, or notifications to people who are failing a ... . In fact, right now I should probably be studying for my math test

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  , so I'm guessing they're related to woodcarving or archery and that they ... 'll slip in a shout-out to good old Mac High--but here, things move fast. Too ... motivation to get out of bed in the morning. Maybe then I'll make it to the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  ….why did I come here? 1. tO eXplOrE It is often said that “college is the ... Donald’s takeout in hand at 3am. I love when people I recognize wave to me in the ... learn how to face them. And you have to have fun in life. The fun is what

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024