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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... get used to. Eventually, I made the decision to attend MIT—how could I ... prodding my siblings ever-so-often to end their summer vacation and return to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• 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 / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  't really know how to serve or anything, and my hand-eye coordination leaves ... to go through and answer them all tonight... unless they were so inspiring that I got the inclination to write a whole entry on them. So, if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• 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
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... to talk about what goes into an interview report. What we won't see in ... various projects you worked on or groups you belonged to and worked with

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  to hear about how our year aboard has been going so far. Some pictures ... The MIT Club of Great Britain invited us to cream tea recently. Here ... tea was when I went to this event. But the president of the club kindly

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  the program, we spent two days presenting our research to a panel of judges and the general public, and I had the privilege of being assigned to a booth right next to Boris'. Despite spending more than fourteen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  , the researchers in the Seung Lab designed a robot that learns how to ... little bit of control in how to use these muscles." By creating a ... work in the Seung Lab at MIT to develop the mechanical design of an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005