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• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  In broad strokes, my life in 2025 is not so different from my life in 2021. I'm a student at MIT studying aerospace engineering. I live in ... last four years, I graduated from MIT, twice. I got engaged and then

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  compared to the amazing artists I follow online (which is obviously unfair ... .02 - Physics II 8.02 is a [annotation note="General Institute Requirement, aka a class every student has to take"]GIR[/annotation], and it is (from the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  questions for me. Is it hard to study at MIT? How did you get into MIT? What is the best extracurricular I should be doing right now? How do you ... in my life as an MIT undergrad, and in return, I was very interested in

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  Directory Introduction Is product management right for me? The ... intern. Their Explore program is a 12 week internship broken up into two ... kinds of interviews. This is not meant to be an end all, be all guide to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  ="arxiv is an online archive of scientific papers that does not involve peer ... . All you're left with is an angry red welt. Even though you know that ... point of this blog is to say that: robotics is really really hard lol

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  my mic while trying to keep my MIT crew hat from blowing off in the ... , sliding into a seat in 35-225 at 10:05, right on MIT time, ready to take the ... walking west along Amherst Alley. This is colloquially known as the “wind

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  this is a guest blog post from my dear friend aidan chambers '23 who is like an older brother to me! he did something that i can't tell is ... to write a blogpost about it. here it is! I think I have to provide

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  manner is:Does MIT really consider one's extra talent and passion for their ... students who think MIT is among their top choices, an overnight stay can be ... Indian grocers. Just north of MIT in Central Square is the Shalimar market

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  has several residents who were not 18 entering MIT. One of our 2018s is ... place on campus, and is there an MIT band? We answered this on the ... reasonable sleep has been tough. That's not an MIT issue per se, but it is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  . A high school sophomore asked: (Paraphrased): MIT is my dream school ... is great! If a course isn't offered at your school, MIT will not ... , like research? I replied: As with any major at MIT, the work is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  The MIT School of Engineering is world renowned. Covering everything from ocean engineering to aeronautics, there's something exciting going ... write about in one paragraph, so check out their site and explore what our
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  representative of the schedule of a typical MIT student, nor should it be. It is ... getting an education from MIT is like drinking from a firehose ... . Heck, almost all MIT students would tell you this is bad. I will tell you

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  or protect themselves from online education. Then MIT stepped in the ... through its actions what is most important. But MIT has also affected me on ... goes still deeper than that. I always tell people that MIT is the closest

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  see is how you are a good match with MIT, and usually how you spend your ... . ------------------------------------- Ankit asked, "What is the Average Age of an MIT freshman?" Anonymous ... my application?" 17 is not young for MIT; in fact, 17 or 18 is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) was created to coordinate and promote water and food research at MIT. MIT’s ... environmentally sustainable way. Check out their site to learn about all of the
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  is happening and MIT shuts down and I still need to be here, I don ... fees, and that MIT is paying us to store our boxes with a moving company ... ’s something nice MIT is doing. Then I text people, think for a bit, and I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i became british for a summer featuring an internship at bristol robotics lab

  

  I worked in Bristol Robotics this summer through MISTI, MIT’s travel ... [/caption] When I first met them, I did the very American thing of “Hi! My name is ... new tricks from people. I met someone I watched online tutorials from

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  attended MIT, and my son is expressing interest. We hear all over that the ... While I was on vacation this past week, MIT Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones was featured in an online chat on TIME.com, following up on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  Today, three very cool articles about MIT people. First, an article ... ," including Prof. Eric Lander, who teaches Introductory Biology. Finally, USA ... Robot, and her path to success. MIT student hacks his dorm room door lock

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  interesting thing to note about 14.01 at MIT is that even though economics is ... feel like taking the Physics GIR is like being at a buffet with all ... to say that this is the bane of my existence this semester. I know this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008