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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a ... , etc. It can be a very confusing and frustrating time, since these ... ’m happy to report that this can also be a very exciting time for college

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  sites that you think do an excellent job? At times, I felt a little out ... less hectic) season, but it allows some time for deep thinking about what ... international admissions process and have our messages better reach students. Job

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  ... the good part is that it's like riding a bike and you can pick it up ... figure now is a good time to start. I ended my wanderings after sitting on ... I sent it, but only if it was allowed at the time. You'd probably be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  is my story. Not the story of my life, but part of the story of the ... MIT, but this is one small part and I hope that it's a part you'll enjoy ... ): This has been a long time coming. One year, ten months, and ten days, at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  do some simple integral problems on the board a couple times, and one of these times they might write a problem and have you solve it in ... blah and that whole time of your life was basically a waste of time and I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  detail LOL[/caption] The last time I lived somewhere with four seasons (as ... , fall, and winter, I feel like these depictions do a pretty good job ... , and I am disappointed in my time management 😅😭

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  Con Vice President, a job involving lots of organizing and working with ... on the time commitment, albeit somewhat less rigorously than usual, and ... was flailing. Some part of me felt like a past version of me should

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  ="All I really remember thinking about 5E at the time was amazement at the ... my freshman lottery, but that’s a story for another time."]my permanent room in 3East.[/annotation] This time, though, my triple-mates and I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  [annotation note="I miss parts of it. Writing now, more and more little details ... hairbrush that entire time. By now most of the plastic nubs have fallen off ... East [annotation note="I actually did this three times. I got weirdly

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  it at the time, but what i wanted to say was probably something like ... , i'm gonna use the time for personal projects or whatever. none of that. i'm going to slack off, spend my time reading stuff and watching anime

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  with my life and my time. I'm currently on a track at MIT to pursue EECS ... mindset. But as I've been home in quarantine, I've had a lot of time to ... job I hate. But I know that's a lot to ask for. And I know this is so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  appreciate as my favorite parts of TFP. But, if I had taken a course 9 class ... in time for me to switch over and develop an understanding of the neuro ... help you in the UROP/internship/job hunt later on. This advice courtesy

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  - which I have been doing all four years of my time at MIT). From Ting, '13 ... not due to time constraints) From Ioana, '14, Bucharest, Romania I ... helicopter driver, though that would be a pretty amazing job). And I think

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  Eastwood's question: YES! We're designing (not building--the designing part ... off to work at your six-figure investment banking job and stop caring about fluid mechanics. Sorry, it's the time of the season for offers, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  electricity and the job can be better accomplished by hand washing ... miss home the first time they get sick. As you sit miserably in your bed ... a bunk bed (to save space, #6 on this list), for the first time in my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  deleted this post at least three times now. It's literally not even that ... keep telling myself. "How hard can it be?" But some part of myself still ... interests." The logical part of me knows that's probably the dumbest thing

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  preparing a traditional painting. Alas time is scarce at MIT. The cookie tin ... first time. Lasercutting files require vector formats, and I’ve made a ton ... could immediately get into. I spent a lot of my free time that semester

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  with job applications. Looking back, it was definitely the right decision ... , physically based simulation, ray tracing, and real-time rendering. There is a ... set of points. The next part of the assignment was to write a function

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  delight, 12 people showed up.[annotation note="Twice as many as last time ... last time, although forgetting to ask for names in a Google Form isn’t a ... current job market). It was really nice to meet so many people with

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  time, and generally take care of business. An overview of the most ... them in time for our review. Mid-March: Regular Action applicants ... 's more than a job. All you can do is your best. Good luck

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015