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• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  tuned. But for this video, it was our goal to give prospective students a ... summer with a new design and streamlined navigation, we also made room for video to be featured right on the homepage. Its part of our overall

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  having just finished registering for classes. He is ready to go and succeed ... I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn or sermon, but it's not. It's the title for this post. It's quite fun

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about applying to college. Not just applying to MIT, but the entire college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  stare at my phone for an hour to have a conversation with a friend. Beyond ... replacement for face to face interaction. Then there’s other issues. Say you ... like to pset together over zoom, but it hasn’t really worked for me

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  , however, that Zooming for n hours a day kills your will to do much aside ... motivated to do even when i haven't been able to focus on anything for half a day and i'm beating myself up for not being able to get my shit together

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  digital format, present both the lesson and design plan to instructors for ... being offered for MIT students (with the snazzy bonus of summer housing ... Learning Materials for Biology aka. THANK YOU MIT FOR OFFERING A CLASS (even

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  to think about it, after all—but it shapes how I've been planning for ... few months in a building I won't return to for years influence my ... , and I'm very grateful for being able to wholly embrace a few months of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  to be honest: The reading journals were difficult for me because they ... patterns for function. Similarly, this cover letter is difficult for me to ... wrote tens of thousands of words, and yet have nothing to show for it. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  committing to a certain social and support group for all of college. It seemed ... rush week to ensure safety and fairness for all participants, and while ... decide which dorm to live in for the year) is fake too! McGregor, to my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  applicants to contact their interviewer (and, if you're applying for regular action, you may want to set that interview up pretty soon as well). For MIT ... EC to find a time and place that works for your interview. In a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  you unsettled when you finish it, and yet (for me at least) unable to ... ’t know what I wanted to write at first when Petey reached out for posts ... were never published. I had wanted to write for years about this

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  singer as a fire for the cold listener. compares themselves to a river and ... brace myself for. everything comes close to evoking existential dread, but ... can hope for is to work so that as many of my future branches as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  want to see another piece of sushi again in my life. For the days since ... of whispering quiet pleas to my empty room, begging for some magical ... schedule with dying, and searching endlessly for an ounce of motivation to do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  hours for no apparent reason. Hopefully my blurry photo does something to ... give props to whoever organizes the whole thing for the wise insight to ... dinosaur, I know.) We took our seats and waited for all 1500 of us to file

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  Stata Center attempting to do my homework for EID (ESD.051, Engineering ... fraternity/sorority and don’t have big productions to put on for your ... , inevitably you’re going to be involved with recruiting people for some

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  neglecting to take care of myself by taking time for myself, and ignored the ... new, but I just don't think it was the right thing for me to do in the ... semester has been going. It's been incredibly busy, almost to the point to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  What does August mean to you? For me it used to mean that school was ... trip to Home Depot (for the stuff I forgot), and then painted my room (it ... for fun, money, and class credit, but as always, feel free to leave

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  and pseting, I get an email reminding me to sign up for Career Fair and ... , study for the exam, and/or go to Career Fair. "Is it worth?" I ask ... brother, a senior at UC Berkeley, and ask for help. As I wait for him to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  writing instructor came up to us. "You guys, have you filed a patent for ... and resistant to flow. We made five ElectroPlushies for the ... : "I would like to thank Hasbro for all of the help they've provided us

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  format for blogs, and that I would resort to them often.  The reason I like ... been struggling to find time for it. At the beginning of every semester I ... priority for me right now. This is true, but it is also hard to accept. I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022