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• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  take your life, how a single professor can change what you want to do for ... biotech companies to MIT campus (possibly for recruiting reasons or close ... gems, Harvard-speak for easy and fun classes. I was able to find some

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too busy ... had to laugh out loud when the presenter hit the button and put the live ... there, for your amusement. Consider it an excuse to friend me. The Last

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  have taken a while for the mess to present itself (perspective and all ... about how crazy everyone was studying for finals? They're over! Let's talk ... find myself able to forgive them for what I think are ridiculous opinions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  theory and observation and also to improve the understanding of how these ... impressive) bearing my name. I frequently exploit this factoid to arouse ... to be in attendance. Emily's connection to outer space is not the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  to any Common App schools in that round, so I wound up using this essay as the basis for my Common App essay during regular decision season ... to with the Common App (Harvard and Stanford, lol), but I was really

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to graduate). The premise of this class is to ideate, design, build, and present ... build it. It's even harder to make it work reliably enough to present live

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  event ended in order to get back for my 6.177 group presentation, and didn ... , I had to add in "skate" to my calendar to make sure I made time for ... /No Record. Oh, how much I miss you already PNR. I just want it to be the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  do I drive to? The short answer is "food." I go to Star Market for ... food I go to the Ocean State Job Lot, one of the best stores for $5 ... I really like driving. I wanted to go to college in a city with

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  really wanted to major in. Too many cool things at this school... how could ... concentration. Think of it as a flexible version of MechE. I was hoping to do 2A ... be pretty rough for me. To take the classes I wanted, I sort of had to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  not eligible for fee waiver.I didn't know how to solve it so I created ... question: 'I am international applying to MIT for the second time now. I ... year's summaries to see how the readers and selection committee arrived

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  responsibility to an app called Todoist. A pen and paper could achieve the same ... disclosure: I did go through my lists and beautify / add emojis to them because ... getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  so much for taking the time to meet with us. My name is Anna Ho, and I ... in Maryland, building cameras for telescopes. The woman to my right ... introduces us to important vocabulary. The deficit, for example. Non

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  forwarded to us for review, and we will contact you about filling out our ... science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a QuestBridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  decided to "deep clean" MacGregor. This meant that, for the first time in ... ton of good reasons for choosing MacG, but this was supposed to be one of them. I ended up having to pay for a storage facility in the area

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  group to play, a flamenco/Latin trio called "Pïrâña," presented "Un ... 're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer, you'll find a pretty heavy ... Phi sent out emails to all the dorm lists urging artistic students to

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  and quirky people you will ever know- yes. For learning how to live a ... daily existence, turns to Google and utters through his eternally-present ... popularity of “how to get into medical school with a low gpa” makes me want to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  took everything in me not to add to my schedule.  Above all else, I love ... , to reflect how I see myself to those who see me.    In high school, I ... for many different reasons, but he has all the money in the world to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  idea to come up with for our app. I would just kind of throw spaghetti at ... introduced her to the old YouTubers I watched like The Try Guys, Dan and Phil ... to even how my island is going to look like in Animal Crossing. I try

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  things. Here are some highlights. Learned how to weld for 4.314! We also ... 've been rushing to finish prototypes for a project to be submitted to the ... , and how they may offer alternative solutions for our current ecological

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  to present a total of 6 dishes for tasting and judgment. I was incensed ... AM to start sweating the onions for my award-winning apple cream of ... 't even have time to go accept my award for the soup! No no, as soon as I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006