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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  system for first year? Class duration? Freshman fall, the grading is Pass ... the educational systems. MIT is not looking for you to do the ... space for the auditorium underneath. The lighting for the MIT Chapel is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  Believe it or not, this is not a post about how the bloggers are ... heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  students, people from home, and the like is: "How do you feel like you fit in at MIT?" This is a question that often times arises surrounding the ... really big challenge for me. This would best be explained by describing to

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  and then sticks around forever. At least, not for me. A social circle is ... hard to build the friend group that I craved. And for my first year and ... -judgemental.) REX was one of the best weeks of my life. I found an awesome friend

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  class is infamous for taking a lot of time to do the work (but like I said ... Maseeh and into my sorority house which is across the river in Boston ... was the right choice for me. I've really enjoyed coming home to an

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool ... antiques, books, and CDs. Cambridge is a hip, progressive city with the feel of a small town--one of the best places to live on this planet, really

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  O.M.G. It's over, finally. For the last two weeks all of the ... nobody is complaining. After orientation was over it was time for Floor ... for the crepe/french toast/balloons approach this year, wowing freshmen

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  Dragon and  some of the mascots for the Sochi Olympics!! How cool is that ... Fear Of Missing Out or FOMO. I think that's the best way to describe ... bakery that is local to Boston/Cambridge. We learned the techniques needed

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  know the answer to that question. All I know is that I'm here now, and ... seems I have no choice other than to make the best of the situation. My ... root for the Colts over the Patriots; and I love playing a little

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  transcript through the QB application, please allow 7–10 business days for this ... applied for the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you ... complete and submit the QuestBridge Match application. If you’re named a
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  , "Academics" it is. The MIT Outreach Initiative "seeks to disseminate ... goal, isn't it? The Outreach Initiative with which I am most familiar is ... charges up your energy meter. The energy meter is depleted every time you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  reason for the relative smallness of the major is probably something to do ... for those who aren't quite sure of what to do, I would suspect that the under-appreciation is at least partly driven by two things. The first

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  paper stuck to the windshield. Is that a ticket??? Time to panic. Oh my god is it going to fall off??? Time to panic some more. Get off the ... . That's okay. It's likely that the public transport around your college is

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  have a chance a college. In the end, it's what you did for the love of ... good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man ... 're going to be dissapointed. Because the reason I dropped physics is... I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  if you never took the class. This is a really good system, for several ... for an 8.01x (physics) test which was to occur the next morning. My ... with him on the phone. All of this stuff was not great for my academic

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  Haj circa 2010, who is nearly identical with Blahaj except for the color ... another living thing isn’t possible, the next best thing is hugging a ... significance for a particular community to the point where Blahaj is without a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  . Germany is playing against Ecuador in the World Cup at 4 PM, so Dr. Kau ... travel bureau what the best arrangement of trains would be. Because, as I ... the words that somebody is saying in another language, you can probably

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  feminism’s been doing for the last thirty years is working. People are chill ... . I signed up for two twelve-hour shifts deconstructing the stages, and ... sacrificed my best chapstick to the Copenhell gods. It fell out of my pocket on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  feel like I did - it is quite possible that this blog is about the same now as it was at the beginning, and my perception is the result of ... any entries about the UA elections while I was running for president

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  So the four year roller coaster called "Quest for a degree from MIT ... sections that were going to be on the test. Cue Facebook. The best and worst ... wasn't even really a final exam because it only tested us on the new

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007