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• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  already, but wanted to inquire a bit about the pre-law track. From what I ... wrote: Whether or not MIT prepares you to be a lawyer probably depends on ... which you're dealing. If it's what you want to do, MIT can give you a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  Internet related to a particular college decision as results were released ... for a while. No need to downplay that. Well let’s talk about it. One ... applications that asked a greater variety of questions forced me to think about

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2 ... note-taking. Midweek finds us gathering in a lounge and trudging through ... ’s major be one’s identity; my major is a fun thing I like to do, a way to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  regenerating organisms with a certain gene turned off to see that they grew heads ... biologist, I was always going to be a biologist! Biology was like the best ... . I did a thing that I had believed all my life was supposed to be a

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited to have you applying to ... option. There is no need to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I ... be able to consider you during Early Action (just a few weeks later) if

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  this series of directions to follow to find the train home. Discussion ... much with it unless you know how to traverse it. CLUES: A few of these ... : Basically, each clue refers to either a book or television series somehow

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  get the impression that success as a math major must mean being able to ... fact that what "math" means has changed a lot -- from arithmetic to short ... classes in subjects that aren’t math, but involve math to a reasonably high

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  it's led to a lot of interesting finds. One of my two papers for ... description and some timeslot shuffling managed to secure us a spot for our ... schoolers from all over descend on MIT to take a wild variety of classes

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  tastes sour and another friend whose chair is comfortable to sleep on. a ... overlooks a city but is not quite part of the city a thought: my capacity to ... to main memory (system 1). a work in progress: almost finished

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  about what happened but finding ways to express my grief anyway. and as a ... least.) anyway, every day i'd wake up to a new message from someone ... have to begin treatment within a few days of symptom onset / a positive

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Appetizer Prelude to an entry

  

  Real entry to come soon (within a week), this is just to get you ready/anxious. Click here

  • by Snively '11
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  [LIVEBLOG 🔴] Making My ENTIRE Comic Portfolio BEFORE THURSDAY AND ALSO EVERY OTHER PROJECT IS ALSO DUE THIS WEEK AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

  

  choosing thermo on most days. So to no one's surprise, I find myself with a ... comics. I wanted to make a blog where I talked about the class and the ... RECOMEND THIS TO ANYONE], so I usually don't buy a random comic in a series I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 4, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  (like to get into a school or to get that job offer or, in our case, to ... ! Unfortunately, this plan began to seem futile. A person who looked like he had ... about this experience and taking a picture to document this super

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  find out that he’s re-assigned the project to a male co-worker. He doesn ... to several similar events already. A couple friendly vendors had ... customers around me, but not to me. I can’t help being a 5’3” young

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of-a ... and decided to give us a bag of things she no longer needed, but thought ... all the freshman things into a bag that now sits next to the Memory

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my daily agenda, or even sources of Vitamin C. To start with a simple example ... geekishly fun and downright scary. On one hand, it's hard to complain about a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  schools. They want to find you. So if you have some antiquated notion that ... compared to a farm kid in North Dakota? They have nothing in common.  I think ... having a compelling reason to admit. Some fish made themselves compelling

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  ate a breakfast of cheese & crackers. I walked to my first class of ... the hallways, wonderful communities to join, and a whole city to explore ... ’d love to, I can’t put my mental state through a rigorous scientific

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

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a ... only the slightest amount — maybe even a bit that wasn’t important to the class as a whole — will stick with you. To show this idea in action, I

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  students don't have enough holidays, so they added some to the academic calendar, to guarantee each month has at least one three-day weekend. On most years, we get two student holidays in the fall, in accordance to Rules and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022