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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  health, and I like writing poetry about my own issues and passions. I like ... average - I took 0 HASS classes my first semester, 3 my second, 0 my third, 3 my fourth. Each student must focus on a HASS subject eventually

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  Silence. Stillness. As I lay on my side, feet curled into my chest, the only sounds I could hear were my rhythmic breathing, my steady heart beat, and a high-pitched beep every two seconds. My sheets were warm and

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  baggy t-shirt to p-set in. I sort my pile of clean laundry. I sort my pile of dirty laundry. I print out my p-sets for the week. While I’m at it I print out past exams for my next three organic chemistry and genetics

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  yes, that's my math pset in the background - the math pset that I ought ... sees it), am not. As I've now satisfied my need to share this news with you...I should probably get back to work. My last calc midterm of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  (So honestly, I wrote this emotional post about my first year at MIT ... exactly what I'd want to say to sum up this year. All I've got is: my ... "My freshman year at MIT is over" is a bland, unemotional statement. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  There's one week left of my freshman year - how much can you fit in a ... be finishing in 15 minutes to get to my two classes this afternoon, that is, after I run back to my dorm to shower during my one hour lunch

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  are due on Jan. 1. And while what I'll say now is just my opinion ... as you right now. I'm about to submit the application to my top choice graduate school, and there are a million questions running through my head

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  So I've been spending some time in my hometown over Winter Break, and this time, I know it's probably the last time that I'll sleep in my bed ... time awesome to think that I'm actually growing up and doing my own

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? In eighth grade, my science teacher taught me that the ... that I uploaded to my webspace a couple days ago, and therefore must be featured in my blog according to my law of conservation of webspace. We had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  IM sports totally rock

  

  without intramural sports. My four years playing on my dorm's C league ice hockey team were great fun, and every time I look at my Baker House ice ... 'll have to take a picture of it and post it), and I'm so proud of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  story of how my father became one of the few people in the world who has ... 've stuck with this so far, so I should probably give you my dad's story now. It connects back, I promise. How My Dad Crashed the Internet In

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  because I scrutinized my handwriting, ripped it up a few times and started over, trying my best to be legible.  I was 17, and I thought this sort of ... felt a connection with the team who would review my application.  I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  , here's my proposal: At the very least, I post this here to give you a ... you to disagree with my thesis, but I'd rather that you help me craft a ... the next week or two, I'll continually edit my letter (so check back for

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Do I have to submit a math/science recommendation with my QB application?

  MIT strongly recommends a letter of recommendation from both a math/science teacher and a humanities/social science/language teacher. We accept QuestBridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of recommendation, but…
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an MIT application. We feel that the QuestBridge application provides enough information for us to evaluate students…
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  Caffeine is in the air my friends, pencils are writing, printers are ... 're supposed to leave, Thursday Jan.29th, I have my Physics final. Since the only ... it up as: Physics-0 Chris-1. So I raced back to my room to throw all

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  comprehend. One such event was my trip across the Niagara Falls border-crossing passenger bridge with all my possessions on a hand cart. *cliche mid-00s kids ... ... Like most MIT students, at the start of every semester I make my trip

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  outlining my goals for this quarantine. i also made a habit tracker for some ... day of the month. but my streak for filling said chart out lasted a ... motivated my desire to be productive faded within a matter of days. i thought

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  ="MIT's main entrance, located on 77 Mass Ave"]Lobby 7.[/annotation] i let my shoulders sag against the railing behind me and throw my backpack to the ... outline the rest of my day, but a [annotation note="i've gotten the freshman

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  As one of my “Treat. Yo. Self.” presents for my birthday, I got 3 ... all these cool places, but I vowed that I would take some time during my ... dorm or libraries all weekend. In my opinion though, there’s more to life

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017