Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  like one or more of my professors, but too many lucky stars need to align ... ! Fukuzawa Yukichi is known as the “Voltaire of the East,” and is still on the ... students from the start of the research project, and he is continuing to make

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Paige, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, it is my pleasure to offer you admission to the MIT Class of 2024." My mom is shocked and confused ... wanted to be a ghost, but that hasn't been on my mind this past week or so

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  -out or exhausted. Which is why I'm liking this whole seven hours of sleep ... up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a ... mind staring at multiple pages of scientific jargon. My HASS is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  little time to relax as I still had a bunch of psets and an exam looming on ... assortment of vegetables were a morning treat that I came to look forward to on ... surfing or television watching, mainly because I am too lazy to pack all of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  from side to side, or that the size of the wheels actually mattered ... prefers not to be on a hazardous rolling strip of wood. That's what you ... The first time I ever stepped on a skateboard was in 2015, which was

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  least one 9 AM class every semester since I got to MIT. On the third or ... I want to show you with this blog how awesome my summer is because of ... that pretty much everybody is bilingual. No, really. A lot of people just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  hard. Is MIT hard because I want to be, or is it just hard? Both are ... this is part of what makes it hard to talk about. If I tell you that I ... welcome member of the MIT community" or "I'm happy to call MIT my home

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  week since I watched Hamilton on tour. An entire week of attempting to do ... the experience of watching Hamilton is to compare it to finishing a ... better version of myself. To shape tomorrow in whatever way I choose. To do

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to ... ; The goal of perfectionism is more similar to a survivalist mindset. If ... of shit I was going to eat, sometimes served on a high-speed conveyor

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  is having an internalized map of a place: a favorite table or spot on ... ’ perfect (which is why I don’t mind shamelessly plugging it on the blog). BUT ... reasonable, I can order on my phone, all the food is vegetarian, and it’s one

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in ... traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  sweat* I know you are counting down (consciously or unconsciously) to the hour of the decision release. Many of you will be glued to your computer on Wednesday or do things to distract yourself from your computer. I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  is also the site of other activities, which, in that MIT way, manage to ... site of random tomfoolery. For example, MITHenge, which, according to ... The Infinite Corridor at MIT is the pulsing spine of central campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  Housing is a huge part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where ... choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or you ... ) community. (Or maybe you want a combination of both!) Just like our
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  approached me after class to ask, "Did you see that LSU is taking out-of ... -threatening hemorrhage in a matter of minutes at delivery (which is why it was once known ... famous HM case, which is what spurred my interest in neuroscience in the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  -affiliated mentor, you can get pay or academic credit. One of my summer UROPs is for ... article, the exact kind of piece I'd want to work on. MIT has one of about ... The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  program changed their life. Nobody had to convince me. I spent most of the ... curriculum filled with theater, drawing, and jazz would help him to focus on ... of course, he should do it. And then I started to think about the kids

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  't redirect me to youarenotblack.com again." You can see why none of this is ... 're a troll or your argument is baseless. And on that inflammatory note ... introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  plan. Or improvise. After end of IAP rolled around, I was one of those ... excitedly spoke of internships at Microsoft, Google, or MISTI, I frantically ... summer, and for the later part of summer managed to persuade Amber H. '11

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  a number of events and fundraisers on campus to raise the $65,000 we ... entire series of books on, and it’s not over yet. The main storyline is ... still need to be solved, and this is only one of them. I can’t wait until

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012