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• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  , thanks to Murphy’s law, which states: On any form of public transportation ... . The cheapest hot item is a Cup of Noodles, which is free at MIT if you ... , only exists on the verge of its own disappearing.” And while I want to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  something up on the day of the test. I thought I was going to forget a ... campus which attests to the fact that there is literally so much that can ... never going to end. It seemed like all my midterms were clustering on the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  entirely on the time I had to find a way out of that F. And the admissions ... I did not graduate on time. At first, I thought, I'm not one of ... than I ever admitted. But I did, undeniably, fail to graduate on time

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. Waiting

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  competition is always going to exist whether you conform to it or not. And yes ... commitments. It IS kind of hard to deal with balancing your activities ... as well). I'm taking the EMT class, which is not only an amazing deal

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  role model and still is to this day. Working in my lab gave me a sense of ... student, which means I'm learning to negotiate the challenges of workplace ... frustration made me aloof. I didn't want college to be a repeat of high school

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  researcher (or more likely, a group of researchers) behind the finding. Granted ... . Beyond that, I knew next to zilch. This is why I got excited when I ran ... .” He was looking for funding to start OpenLabWare, which he explained

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  decision on the 17th, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your ... on your phone like ripping off a bandaid, maybe you want to be on a ... couple deep breaths—of outside air if you can, whether it's crisp or muggy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  which is in one of the entries (would any MacGregorites care to clarify ... goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to ... Teaching Assistant (TA) who is in industry/research, to complete a series of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  joystick from left to right (MIT has several synonyms, one of them is "hell," which was the easiest to spell on a 7 segment display). Tomorrow is some ... able to see how insane it was, but on national television, which makes it

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  about marching to the beat of my own drum or any other idiom. For every ... a university full of former valedictorians, all I can hope for is to ... horizontal or vertical slashes. Feeling rebellious, and wanting to amuse myself

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  which the objective is to lower a stick propped up by the index fingers of ... trained to take tests or do algebra, but what is it that makes you different ... to share, and it is very rewarding to discover the stories of your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• 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 / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME ... life. When I got back to MIT, I came back with a stronger realization of ... 't easy. There were uncountably many bumps. But each of those lead to

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  rest of the MIT faculty is also rather incredible. I got to interact with ... on campus, which entailed a mix of sunny and rainy days, and cool ... the Beaver (as seen on the collaborative blackboards of Stata Center

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  who started the movement,  to be "Lysistrata" which means "disbander of ... opinion is like the peach cobbler of drums ... ="111897" image5="111896" /] We went to see the opera “Lysistrata, or The Nude

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  Biology, 7.S390, through the summer@future program, which allowed me to live ... effect on my health. Specifically, I was curious about fat, which I simultaneously took pains to avoid (that skim milk) and ate a lot of (that pizza

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  collapsed afterwards) -Is trying to decide whether 66 units or 54 units sounds ... ) --- So when I signed on to be a blogger, I made a small promise to myself ... 'll skip that. (please refer to back entries of any of the bloggers if you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher ... to MIT can be a barrier for those of modest financial means or those ... are some examples on which we take a dim view: I am applying to 25

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to ... the benefits and challenges of applying to MIT. This is the first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005