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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  ”--because they never tell you how to do any of that, and though the sentiments ... (^how to make studying for finals in December cozy) I have had ADHD since ... said to me many times last year by half-hearted well-intentioners who

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  advice for how to get stuff to us generally. Thanks for applying to MIT ... Shortly after 4PM ET we sent out the following email to the ... control. There is still plenty of time to complete your application in time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  Well, it has certainly been fun to write as an admissions blogger. I ... able to write on this site, so when the GEL program asked if I wanted to ... opportunity to be able to link some of the lessons I’ve had in engineering

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  Cooking" and "How to Make a Bike". Or those who want to explore a new field ... software. Or getting pointers on how to commercialize research from someone ... how these motivated women were each able to find different paths to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  me. I used to hate the last week of classes. I hated how empty it felt ... feelings. To say "that's just how life works" and move on. But that no longer ... never forget? When did I stop thinking as much about how I was going to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  could make the best of each scenario. One thing stood out to me about how ... that I feel truly excited about and I'm excited to see how our friendship ... student with some close friends at Harvard! In Part 1, I discussed how cross

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  note="Ouch... apparently that’s how long tailbone injuries take to heal ... ’s still a bit weird how he told me that I shouldn’t be going to Urgent Care ... occupied while waiting. It’s pretty wild how we went from lobotomies to m

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  that are happening to you, but how are you?" I didn't have a good answer ... I try to think of how I'm feeling, all I get is static in response ... first step is learning how to forgive myself and be okay with the person I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  'm Vietnamese, would you tell me about how to get a scholarship from MIT?" Hi Nam ... ? How easy is it to meet all the different types of people at MIT ... is the nuts and bolts of what MIT is. As far as how easy it is to meet

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  out who left their stuff all over the table, deciding how we want to ... this reference? Is it now possible to date oneself with Kesha? How time ... 12-to-18 month Master’s of Engineering, only available to MIT EECS

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  talked about how MIT likes to help all of its potential students know as ... loves you guys. They constantly are worrying about how not to be unfair to you, how to make sure you are as comfortable as possible while applying

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  that more people have access to it? How can we ensure that it will still ... -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition ... allowed me to take a mental break from nuclear engineering in between

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  Maybe I need to get over myself - it's been six years since I was in ... Jones informing me that I was selected to be a blogger...BUT every once in awhile I do get that itch to come back and write something. And thus I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  how they were able to fully commit to working on anti-aging when it ... other day i was talking to a friend about research and how much we should ... is able to overcome his suffering. i’m not sure how literal that was

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  are able to reject it. it is like how neoclassicism is not the same as ... media is unsatisfying and how to best address that dissatisfaction. or, to ... . siddhartha tries to bring him back, worrying to his friend “But look, how shall

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  absolutely no free time whatsoever. I vaguely learned how to manage my time so ... simply memorize how to do the problems (@me on the first midterm). CMS.840 ... psets to do, I realize now how much more I prefer writing papers to doing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  really hard not to show how angry I was at 6.009 and myself. A week after I ... Paper notes I hate taking notes with my iPad, so I went back to good ... sets on my iPad though because that makes it easier to submit the pset on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  ’ve come into a fuller realization of how interconnected Rome is. The first ... stuck like glue to the bus that took me directly from the apartment to ... ). It took me a while to work up the courage to take a different bus to

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  limited availability relative to the significant demand, for the exceptional opportunities that await. Since our desire is to make the best possible admission decisions, we utilize a wide range of sources to help confirm and validate our

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  down to New Orleans for the summer. What are your summer plans, and how ... French Quarter. How did you spend your spring break? Eight students in the class 11.027, City to City, spent our week doing ground research for four

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011