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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  finding a subject interesting, and actually wanting to do it; research, for ... . It seemed that it was in fact possible to pursue a joint study of ... ’t necessarily plan on going to graduate school in physics – to gain a solid

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  class I have to go to. When a friend was sleeping over, it started in the ... knowing me, I'll find other things to do. New York is a big city, right? I ... back to my room after a long day of being outside with friends. It's not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  ), and I'm heading to a PhD program in biology. And it's all super ... start one in your first term at MIT, providing that you can find a faculty ... housing early), but again, if you find a professor who's willing to take you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  and live in a country that I haven't lived in before, I want to explore ... "fucking slut" because I was dressed in a sports bra and pants. I wanted to ... friends probably could've told you that. I've moved to San Francisco, a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  all-nighter over a HASS paper, decide to major in Mechanical Engineering ... to department open-houses, and declare a major in Physics. Putting the ... ). Dear Internet, I am not in Course 2 or 6. Also, I like you a lot. Thanks

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Living to Create And why I am the things I make.

  

  putting them together in a way that I love, and then giving them to the ... now, anytime I find myself editing something or sketching the idea for a ... something that will always be a constant in my life. So starting this summer

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  with a few friends to the Collegefest in Hynes Convention Center (it's next to the Prudential Center.) Admission is free if you have a Student Advantage Card and $10 if you don't. Anyway, if you're interested in getting a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  the classical style, you have to prepare the 7th degree of a chord in ... pset due in at 2 PM, this chorus tends to take on a special meaning ... I walked into 21M.302: Harmony and Counterpoint II today to find this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  choose to enroll somewhere else. That's a statistic. But zooming in, there ... st... First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to know you ... , talking to you, your parents, and more. After a ridiculously competitive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  who wish to take a more active role in their MIT education." The oldest ... you find out you love ESG to the point that a year is not enough, you ... . Weekend Adventures! Once in a while ESG funds Weekend Adventures to various

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  ’t become not awkward, but I’ve learned how to use my awkwardness in a cool ... me hard. I had to build a model in seven hours in October, with barely ... much more confident in starting a project I don’t know how to do; I can

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  remembered what it was like to live in a place without public transportation. I ... People often find it shocking when I say it, but if MIT was in ... offers 57334534923 (not a hyperbole) convincing reasons to attend, to me

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  didn't have a concrete plan to do so. With that in mind, I set a goal to ... way out to the Boston Common. With such a plan in mind, I met Shuli ... River, in my opinion, is a creek at best, but to each their own

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a ... , the internet is forever), and I look forward to the ones I’ll have in ... ’s last home game of the year and, consequently, Senior Day, a day to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  . Jomny finds friendship in a bear tired of other creatures running away in ... way to being wise, a tree feeling stuck in one place, a tadpole coming ... antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  . And in a stroke of great luck, this past year I even got to move in with ... Before coming to MIT, I consumed a lot of Content™ about college ... all added up to a lot of expectations—both conscious and subconscious

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21W.021 – “MIT 150: Inside, Live” Comics!

  

  prompt that resulted in these two comics was a simple one, "take your role as a participant-observer at MIT and find a fresh way to present your ... I want to keep the intro to this post pretty short because the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  ’t like big class sizes and I did not have a great experience in [annotation ... midnight on Wednesdays so every other week, I had 4 problem sets due in a 24 ... dorm exec is to a single dorm. Every other week, we have General Body

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  if you decide to go to college far from home or in a big city. The end ... you are excited about and what qualities matter to you in a college ... ’re interested in or what matters to you in a college, that’s also okay. This time

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  from the somewhat ambitious "Find a UROP to turn into a thesis!" to "Keep ... , for reals: "Find a UROP to turn into a thesis." Until then, home sweet ... in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011