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• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  ; During my time at MIT so far, I've learned some valuable lessons about ... hanging on my wall: I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in ... at the chance.  My first casual interview went well, and I scheduled a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  , transcripts, and test scores if they are not yet showing up in MyMIT tracking ... not worry if your interview report has not yet appeared on your My ... Documents The MyMIT Tracking is up-to-date (while the Admissions Office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  strictly. My understanding is that MyMIT is counting words like won't and ... may find that you can only fit, say, 247 words for a 250-word prompt. My ... you type directly into the text box on MyMIT, everything should be fine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  when I have a lot of work is also when I most enjoy my relaxation ... had to do, and I started off watching TV and sitting around with my ... busiest vacations in my life -- if it can be called that -- which had

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  say that trying to will my body back to homeostasis topped off with a 11 ... for my boyfriend on that stage. And the night after, BJ Novak was going ... three years, not giving a second thought to slopping my feet down all over

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  ? Well, I have this folder on my desktop full of pictures and half written ... . (To answer the questions from my previous entry: no, really, I graduated from MIT and immediately went back to my old summer job from high school

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  're expecting a really interesting answer like an elephant eating my homework, you ... collaborative learning, which is nice in theory, but what happened in my ... classical mechanics, and even if I somehow figured out how to get around my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  It was inevitable. My MIT prophecy has been fulfilled. There was no ... have something to stress over. And as much as I have kept my blog ... , and now we meet once a week while I show him all of my data and explains

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  . Finally, I gather my wits and conclude, Who cares? So, I walk over to where ... asks where I’m from and what my research is about. We talk about pulsars ... . My team is comprised of myself, a graduate student from Georgia Tech

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  on my floor, Burton 1, all decorated in such a way that creates a place ... desk, futon, and handmade loft. "Basically, I had a huge space in my room ... down lofts] and looked for spare wood, and one Saturday my dad came over

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  will be my general thoughts about being in MITWE. Day 7 It was the day ... . What a way to end my spring break! As I ate brunch back at Simmons Hall ... thought I’d have to give up my identity of being a musician in favour of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  my camera roll. food Students in dorms with dining halls aren ... to some...[annotation note="I count in my inbox at least eight or nine ... the time, and I had the fortune of owning some of my own kitchen

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  murals in the tunnels on my campus tour as a rising high school senior, I ... my first semester at MIT, which I’m beyond grateful for.  Since then ... art-lovers have definitely broadened my understanding of different

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  soldered with my dad as a kid (the solder was much more temperamental ... when you create something with your hands. This is my baby! I brought it ... when I made my choice: it is nice to have someone checking in with me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  musical sequence. When my younger brother hit the play button, I was already half-asleep. It’s been a while since a movie has kept me up past my ... . And as I’ve navigated my way through those dangerous waters, I like to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  interview report has not yet appeared on your MyMIT Tracking page, your EC' ... . Submitting & Tracking Documents: The MyMIT Tracking is up ... worry if documents you sent are not showing on MyMIT; they have stacks of

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  ... Early Action Tracking: Please be patient with the MyMIT Tracking. We are ... not worry if your interview report has not yet appeared on your My ... to contact your interviewer (EC) is December 10. My recommendation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  to our suitcases. I probably should’ve put my suitcase on the luggage ... that high above my head. Yeah, I know, I should work out. This past week ... time of my life – outside in perfect 75-degree weather, the one jacket I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  . When my daughter was living in McCormick, I asked her one day what she was planning on doing today. She told me, 'My Physics pset ... in many of my old blogs, but I never wrote about it in a single place

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  *, probably because it was taught at 11:54 AM and my watch was running fast that ... test,” my response was along the lines of, “Cool, you sound like a ... less I'm sure of what a vector is. Right now, my internal definition of a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010