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• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  's a real opportunity for it to become an actual product for Staples. 2 ... constantly working for each of those classes.   21A.100 (Intro to ... because Prof. Graham Jones is a super engaging person to listen to. He

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... important to me? What did a school need to have in order for me to be happy ... selective a college was because I knew that some would be harder to get into

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  we haven't had time to go grocery shopping in a while, and fresh ... to practice with me makes her happy. (Aside: My mom was a cheerleader ... , and I have to write a paper for 21A.260 and a pset for 5.60. And lead a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  previously saw almost every day only once a week, at best. Everyone had to deal ... ."]met before[/annotation] but never had a chance to get to know well. I didn ... considering taking a Leave of Absence, compared to MIT students. This ended up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  I wrote to a few of my friends, but I hope you find the material ... offered me to write a guest blog, and I thought it was a great time to ... right way to go. I've been learning a great deal from my few weeks here

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch ... to Gambia and found a nice car and drove and drove and drove it back to ... there) I think it's safe to say that there is a lot of stuff that goes on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  was easy to pick MIT. I knew I wanted to attend a school that would not ... required certain backgrounds, there was more than a few that were excited to ... really pushes oneself to think as a researcher rather than become a labrat

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  Have you ever wanted to be a performer but can’t sing or dance? Why ... the LSC intro before Jojo Rabbit gave me the urge to become a projectionist for the club. After all, I reasoned, college is a time to try out

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  friends will take up a large amount of your time, and it is very tempting to ... , MIT provides a reasonably simple solution. Since you need to have taken ... me, was having to complete and revise a short story for the class

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  , bureaucracy, and litigation. A trip to the department of medical records proved ... forth some serious thought, and decided to give it a genuine try. The ... live in the dorm assigned to you, a permanent room will be assigned once

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Institute's best-kept secrets. I was surprised to find Pulizter Prize ... find out that you there was even a full major at MIT in both writing and ... genre. Students write a short reaction to each novel, and one short story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  't live without my fridge in Next. You might be able to get a used one, I ... , better to be thorough. 12. A bathroom caddy. Depending on you live, you'll probably have to store your bathroom stuff in your room or in a little cubby

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  seriously. I cannot stress this enough. Try to pick a place that fits you in ... do we have an opportunity to use it in a sentence.) You can either have ... and is around to answer your questions as well, or a seminar, in which

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  need to find a job or something productive to do over the summer. Senior ... attribute it to a few factors. The sun goes down at 4 pm. It's cold, so you ... 's a sinus infection that's made it difficult to keep my eyes open

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  's gone through many, many forms, from 5 classes and a UROP to 5 classes and ... look kind of gross to first-day-of-fall-semester me, a prospective Course ... .[/caption] 6.08 From here, Aiden and I rushed over to 6.08, a class we share with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  unproductive weekend, was to make a to-do list. I was then faced, however, with a ... more hours to the day, though…     You are reading a blog post about a ... , what?:   Or else!     I was delighted recently to see a pile of

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  him I was late to class. There was a joke there, but I couldn’t find it ... able to find an appointment during crises, and I have a lot of care for ... that I’ve been thinking about writing for a while. I listened to Silvana

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  ) senior capstone class, which is essentially a course on "How To Make Stuff And Not Have It Suck" as it is related to microbes. We spend a semester together with our team and develop a novel product to tackle antibiotic

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  they were devoted to finding solutions. i'm not a senior house resident ... the admissions blogs have always been a platform for students to speak ... freshmen from living in senior house; and second, to institute a "turnaround

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old ... I think they're a fun way to take your mind off of something. Here are ... me this quiz to make a friendship garden collage! The quiz was made by

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023