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• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  fulfill all my Science GIR requirements! I'm honestly somewhat lukewarm to ... of it I remember. 6.006 - Introduction to Algorithms; One of my major ... .00 - Introduction to the Psychological Sciences; I needed a class to fulfill my HASS

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  near my family, worked as an architectural researcher and urban planner ... changed my baby, grabbed scraps of sleep when possible, and eaten the nice ... patterns excerpted from the unwritten idiosyncratic commonplace book of my

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  co-taught my 7.03 (genetics) class this semester. This was his lecture ... came after I turned my camera off. See, a lot of you are probably in the ... readers are mostly prospective students, unless you’re my mom. Sorry mom

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  MIT requires letters of recommendation from two teachers. The most competitive applicants will provide one from a math/science teacher, and one from a humanities, social science, or language teacher. We also…
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  because I have friends in this class and my professor is very helpful ... PLAYING videogames and then WRITING about them. Literally my three favorite ... one of my favorite classes of the day! I really love being able to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The implication, of course, is euphemistically known…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  rest of the day in a bathrobe with my cat on my lap, reading weird

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application portal. Materials submitted through sources other than the application portal itself (Naviance, fax, mail, etc.) require at least three…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s trending?: My Computer Vision final project Where trendy styles = adding styling to trend lines

  

  The last couple weeks of my fall semester were almost entirely consumed by my final project for 6.869: Computer Vision. So I thought I would share with you guys what me and Nathan, my project partner came up with

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  pretty set on what my major for a while now (in fact, I specifically ... off the REM-induced advances of a million alkyl halides out for my head.

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Travel

  clownazoo part 2 this post is two years late

  

  In case you have not seen part 1, I posted it near the end of my freshman year. I am now going into my senior year. I think I may have procrastinated a little bit. In total, we ended up spending around 9 hours on

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s alive! I built a little car.

  

  For better or worse, my 2.007 car actually drives. It's not quite as ... . My car is sitting in front of me begging for some TLC. UPDATE Today, in lab, Professor Blanco helped me on my car! Thus, it's still not done

  • by Bryan
  • May 9, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

  No, it is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants about their applications, rather than with their family members. If you have a question, please email us from the email…
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  's greatBut while in this world I think I'll take my whiskey neatMy coffee black and my bed at threeYou're too sweet for meYou're too sweet for me I take my whiskey neatMy coffee black and my bed at threeYou're too sweet

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  a/n: this post is a little outdated - my hair is currently a faded blue. I recently got my hair re-dyed. My mother usually insists that I get my haircut at an actual salon, since she thinks that if I bleach and

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Weekend CPW and marathon volunteering

  

  ouch, my last CPW!  

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  've got my freshman advising application in, as well as my MIT ID card photo ... like summer has actually begun... and it's time to enjoy my last months ... some pictures upon my return. Trains rock! Doing anything fun this

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  schedule regular times to see my friends, weekly or biweekly. put it in google calendar. (toons has rehearsal 2x a week) check in with my ... formally, every rehearsal) take my friends off campus (the bus to wellesley

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  Since today is National Coming Out Day, my friend wrote about coming ... came out to my mom and my dad. Since then, things have settled into a new ... fine clay particles of my life, and suspended them into a cloudy mess. It

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019