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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  , day to day, I find myself in a constant cycle of never-ending work. But ... filled with SO MUCH LIFE. I’ve turned in a total of 15 problem sets. I ... brushless motor. I’ve finally learned how to properly breathe in Yoga. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  to a building across the river in search of a Boston frat, in the dark ... interesting in the schedule book, try to find it, and get distracted by ... catch the shuttle service to the airport. CPW has passed in a flurry of

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  to read a little bit in the mornings after I wake up, and reading over ... when I visited in October, and I want go to take out a whole stack of ... IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  pride and will take any chance to participate in a good old ... what to say). Have a lovely day. I really am sorry about the delay with the answers. I used to save up questions and answer a bunch of them at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double ... calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  how to be a microcelebrity or micro-microcelebrity, or micro-micro-microcelebrity, or...

  

  ="i really wanted to find a source, but couldn't find it sorry :( i definitely ... treat blogging as a way for friends to keep in touch with you. Back when I ... in my cave for the winter. see y’all later … and proceeded to fall into

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  we were going to host a TED Conference right in our very own Kendall ... remarkable people, free to the world." I started watching them in high school ... to not only ways I can cause change on a large scale, but also within

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  -deception.' 'How can a man live in perfect harmony?' To which YISUN replied, 'Non ... continuous reading. It's probably better to read in pieces, as it's more of a collection of essays. But I find it a useful reference when trying to describe

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i have fridays off this semester here's what i did with my first one

  

  want to. You can wake up without a blaring alarm, note the snow out the ... you can walk to Red Line and find that, without checking the schedule ... to make your day, like you've hit a drive with only green lights. And

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  find information or ask SFS staff if they want to talk to a human Here ... process and her findings in the future. We hope to launch the new ... leading a project to redesign the new sfs.mit.edu and mitadmissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  ago. A great place to find a parent to talk to would be in the Parent ... Counselor on-hand in the Student Center or schedule a 20-minute appointment to ... , all the time" and to a large extent our office is that way too. We

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  I gained by moving to MIT is so much richer in a lot of ways than the ... used to say, “Walk in like you own the place.” Marching through the ... both. I’m still trying to find out where I stand on that blurry line

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Concourse?

  Concourse is a unique community of first-year students committed to learning in a small interactive group environment with dedicated teachers ... possibility of finding true happiness. Concourse has unique facilities to
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  Dear MIT Protofrosh, If I had a time machine, I’d travel to my ... admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people ... major in social science. If I had studied social science prior to college

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  I find it a lot more useful to go through old problem sets and tests ... I sold several old textbooks back to the Coop, sold a few more on Amazon Marketplace, and got stopped next to the Stata Center to take a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  find yourself in (not just "am I smart enough to be in it"). Allow me to ... smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions ... a 60 on a test won't be the end of the world in the same way. Also, if

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a four day experience for first year students to explore MIT dorms and find

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  that requires you to be a junior and proficient in, like, five different ... of the process in obtaining a UROP[/caption] It's a great opportunity ... notice you in the first place can be a daunting task. But it doesn't have

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  , I've started to see these years in a new light. I'm starting to feel ... we want them to stop and wait with us just a bit longer. In the rush of ... people that used to know me best. Around this time 3 years ago, I was a

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  ’s awkward to get a call during dinner from someone you don’t know. But, we ... curriculum. I went to a math and science Magnet program, so I came into MIT ... because I was lazy, but because I wasn’t interested enough in the subject to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007