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• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  't ambitious didn't feel true. Maybe the problem is my definition of ambition. Do ... . I wanted to get into the best schools, I dreamt of MIT, and, well ... [annotation note="is this overly confident? confident, definitely, but it’s not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  This is not a post about budgeting, because no one likes to hear how ... your guesstimate is wrong. Every month up until my last semester, I was ... is." It gives me an alternative when I'm pre-pset procrastinating

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  lab. GEL stands for the Gordon Engineering Leadership program, and it is ... boxes to fit. There is a peculiar flavor of delight that one experiences when an epiphany is had or a clue is satisfactorily answered. Perhaps one

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  joined dozens of MIT students, blending into a massive crowd of faces and ... psychological ones. In my second blogpost on MIT Admissions, I talked about a grad ... time. Recently, I reached out to parts of the MIT Community via e

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  from MIT caught the 6:45pm Amtrack Regional to Washington D.C. and ... -Chittenden Hall: Yale is very proud of its seal. It was on absolutely everything ... is no time of year for morning people. Here's the big cup of coffee I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  my return to MIT after taking leave this past fall. I’ve been thinking ... happier eyes. MIT has welcomed me back with open arms and I’ve fully felt ... flurry of confetti at any given moment. Gosh, this is so cheesy I could

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  (The subtitle is from my unpatented and unholy mix of the songs ... , in classic MIT student tradition, I crammed a year’s worth of self ... complain enough about how much[annotation note="The short version is, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  have things to do, I feel happy and fulfilled. IAP is truly what I make ... 't starve to death this IAP. Once it hit 11am, I would walk to the MIT ... IAP is for. I've had a few good cries this IAP, which is good character

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  down to the great exercise that is [annotation note="which involves a lot of different exercises, but my main focus is gonna be on SQUATTING ... zero is an awful feeling. On my first few weeks, I couldn’t even squat

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  that it is not easy, and it shouldn't be. MIT is a colossal change, and ... , a boy in an MIT sweatshirt nervously fiddled with his water bottle ... conversational protocol you quickly learn when you're headed to MIT. I asked him

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  . Standardized tests are required for every first-year application to MIT. However ... exams taken, and MIT will consider the super-score in our review process.
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  . highly recommend."]cliche coming of age movie.[/annotation] It really is ... , actually. I love biology and I'm thinking about majoring in 6-7, which is CS and molecular bio, so 7.015 is a good time and I like that it's a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  hours for me to fall asleep and it is really hard to stay asleep. At 1am ... just thrown up for the second time in two hours and felt awful.  This is ... residents away, in case this is as incredibly infectious as it seems. At 7am

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  Classes at MIT will have you looking at a subject from about three different angles, and my  Single Variable Calculus class is no exception. I think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it’s an outpouring of advice from a wide…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Events

  President Susan Hockfield

  

    To: "All Members of the MIT Community" From: "Kathryn A ... for Susan Hockfield   To all members of the MIT community:   ... Hockfield on her first day as president of MIT.   Monday, December 6

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2004
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  the courses offered at your institution to MIT's by referring to the MIT Bulletin (course and degree catalog). You'll find descriptions of MIT’s ... study that are substantially equivalent to corresponding MIT subjects.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  Research at MIT aims to develop innovative solutions to the world ... improving cancer therapies, MIT’s research efforts are enhanced through ... the world. MIT offers research in every field you can imagine, and
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  , which is exactly the kind of thing I get used to right when camp ends. And ... we call LN2. For campers, LN2 starts and ends on Saturday, which is ... morning. Two months removed from the end of camp, LN2 is now how I delineate

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  One thing about me is I love science fiction. Whether it be movies ... little about my science fiction obsession in my MIT applications since sci-fi is part of where I get my inspiration for wanting to be a part of the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025