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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  how to fail. Perhaps even more importantly, I always found something ... . It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do ... expected many things. What I did not expect was to be treated, so suddenly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  really surprised me and began to unravel my initial impressions of engineering. Contrary to my initial impression that engineering must always be ... to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  concentration in Computing and Society that I am stupidly geeked about and want to ... rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered ... -developing formal curriculum to support it. And, as someone who has taught MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of ... 't shake The feeling I might make A difference To the human race ... the musical then transitions to a song entitled "It Sucks To Be Me" so let

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  world in not-hyper-optimized ways and fail in ways that I am glad to ... This Monday, as many Mondays go, felt like a terrible start to my ... assignments and grades and class materials, similar to schoology

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  fox will make sense later[/caption] I want to major in computer science ... where I feel like a lot of my STEM background amounted to nothing, since it holds little relevance to my prospective major. computer science

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  By Chris Mills '12 It's 3:30 a.m. I have to leave to get to the ... , I glance at the clock and wonder how I managed to waste so much time ... to be visiting. MIT After going through the surprisingly crowded

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  thing for another but then fail to follow through. Make sure that your B ... This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to this... I'd just like to remind folks that blogging is not in my job

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  Student Center, and we need to be working.  I’m currently working on an ... about the class in my next blog, to be posted this week, but this is what ... the last hour. I call this “The Finger,” because it’s what I will use to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  may not have initiated my master plan to obtain four :)"]library card ... ;1/3 of my music listening. It’s mostly to discover new songs ... out the other while walking to class, while eating, while doing chores

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  biology class that they need to pass in order to graduate. What could this guest lecture actually be about? Brief sidebar here to mention that it is an incredibly nerdy thing to go to an optional lecture in my spare time

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  1. Lamborghini recently brought this magnificent display to campus ... Strategy” award. (Poster next to car said: The cooperation between Automobili ... Sferza and Professor Carlo Ratti. THe collaboration already brought to Sant

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  semester to create an outfit out of––you guessed it––trash. From collecting vintage curtains from their grandparents in Poland to repurposing old ... donated clothes that audience members brought to donate for charity and for

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  maximum height (minus its initial height, the distance from the ground to ... slide a book across a table, its displacement is equal to the distance it ... go back to the book example, what if I were to pick up that book and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  -magnetized neutron star. What they often fail to mention is that pulsars are well ... It occurs to me that I haven't told you much about what I'm doing ... to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  I didn't even know we had suitcases big enough to pack up my life and ... few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to ... half of the things on it until I get to Cambridge since most of it is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song ... culture[/caption] I'm scared to act as weirdly as I normally do in fear of contributing to the "loud unrestrained American" stereotype, so I did a bit of

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  super sick and ended up having to undergo surgery a week after that blog post. Not exactly the best way to start the semester… But don’t worry – I’m back on my feet now! (Hooray for modern medicine!) Now allow me to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  socially last semester. My initial goal for this IAP was to put the previous ... the blogs and imagining a future in Cambridge—having the opportunity to ... note="independent activities period! four weeks in January to do whatever

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had ... rejected, I would have to spend my Winter Break moping AND writing ... onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006