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• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  which classes have psets due which I do not want to finish. I also have a ... than I’d probably ever worked, and that I did not ever want to do so ... , ran, went to makerspaces What did we learn here (other than how beams

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  us citizens c) not having family members or dependents to support can ... consulting and contracting c mentioned how a lot of this comes down to ... people telling me not to get a job before hacklodge it was last fall, when

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  attached to you, and not just for what you'd bring to the MIT community, but ... , it's more than a job. It's hard not to get attached. This college ... st... First: thank you. It's been a real pleasure getting to know you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  possibly getting into not only MIT, but to any rigorous, awesome school ... you feel like you're not actually the right fit. To know that you have ... , admission to a wonderful school—it is not because they think you are at an

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  both asked a version of: When/why/how did you switch to course 9? How is ... iPod, and I mean, it's not like that coat rack was supposed to be in ... here.) Kevin wants to know: How is the food at MIT? The food at MIT is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  . No way, I said. I'm not trying to do anything extraordinary, I just ... so bad to not want to work myself to exhaustion? I’ll be honest: it ... pursue science if I’m not going to be serious about it: if I want a 9-5 job

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  MIT. [/annotation]I learned to whittle things down and not try to do 7 extracurriculars at once, to not take on so much responsibility and delegate better ... The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  a pretty cool tour of the reactor and learned how to decontaminate ... _ forget it. Not to mention it really _is_ the basis for the beginnings of ... , and transfer to community college. Hopefully not :) but I'm still scared

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  narrative, so it was really interesting to learn not only about the modes of ... how this emperor died? It's not like we'll ever know." [caption id ... 's not like knowing this will matter to me for the rest of my life. But on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  was easy to pick MIT. I knew I wanted to attend a school that would not ... , how the heck does one actually go about doing this? To my luck, the ... Nitrogen to see how this alters the interactions of the sheet molecule with

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  puzzle. The testsolvers rated it pretty badly, and I had to agree. It's not ... of puzzles." It was difficult not to read that as "Please stop writing ... separate myself from my work, and to not take criticism of my work as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  fraternities...how many boys choose not to join one and what do they miss out on ... 'm going to be honest. BUT, I'm also going to try really hard to not make ... as possible and decide whether or not they'd like to live in a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  CPW 2011! I hope you '15s realize exactly how excited we all are to see ... the CPW webcast two weekends ago and already have an idea of how to ... 't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  If you are applying to MIT this year, here's an update on what you might want to be thinking about: If you haven't yet done so, set up a My ... 10) to schedule your interview is fast approaching! You can find the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  to tell them about why you're applying to each school, and how you see ... who is your mentor. Also -- you do not need to choose the teacher that teaches the subject that you want to major in. You do not need to choose the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , with other people, next fall. Of the students to whom we do not offer ... the balance that we will not be able to admit them to the Class of 2020 ... to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available You should now see it in your MyMIT account.

  

  'm getting a bunch of comments in response to this post with financial-aid-specific questions and unfortunately I'm not equipped to answer them - please send them directly to the financial aid office (contact info above). Thanks! (I'll turn

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  about not succumbing to stress as the semester gets progressively harder ... . I also haven't yet figured out how to finish all my psets on time; my ... to anxiety, more jaded. I took these stories with a grain of salt since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  to. Of course, not all students come back to MIT for IAP. A few of my ... to how UROP works at MIT, and how I found mine. In about two weeks I ... 'll just have to see how it all goes. It's IAP, after all. Anything can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008