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• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  there and look at everything you pass by. And you can get to downtown ... lot of old-style buildings. Sometimes in the background you can see the ... , it can be a little depressing--like you don’t really have a particular

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  me and the two other news editors to make sure that you get your bi ... . There are a lot of resources here to help you get the support you need so you can be the best you can be during your time here. In the end, it

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  consciousness and continuously write for as long as you can in the hopes that you ... write for the entire time. every so often i go through a phase where i ... typing class where i first learned the joys of nitrotype and home row

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  and realized that it's likely you won't pass or get the grade you want ... tuition, and you can take as many classes as you can feasibly absorb. It ... tl;dr: MIT lets you drop subjects basically at the end of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  problem, and find a new way in getting to where you want to be. It is true ... each one of you possesses a talent that will make you stars at wherever you choose to go - even if it's not at MIT. I want to share with you a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  alright for the psets. Where would I be?" "Well... I'd say you'd be in the ... should really get up, so i[annotation note="in room 251, we all have Next ... like aikawa-sensei can."]late to class[/annotation] at this [annotation

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  I can recall: "Do you remember 8.02? The night before the test we were ... , that's more than I can say about 10.32." Can you believe that they got ... DID YOU KNOW? The late Strom Thurmond filibustered the Civil Rights

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  still can’t lift legs because of my foot, but you better believe I've been ... — 4 of which were the past week. I’m going to take you along for the ... my class D-Lab: Design for Scale, we had to get welding trained in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  your QB application, you can request an official transcript from your ... If you’re a QuestBridge Finalist that didn’t rank MIT, you are ... you are a QuestBridge Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Regular Action
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an ... If you were selected as a QuestBridge Finalist but did not rank any colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  semester of MIT. Ode to PNR Pretty please Pass/No Record, how I wish you’d come back. I’ll pray, beg, get on my knees, if you think it’s gratitude I ... ’t slack off but can get away with occasionally skipping class, I’m learning

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  performance tomorrow, but for now, I leave you with probably one of the most ... , that's Darth Vader and Yoda carved out of butter. I wonder where they

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  It's that time of the year where everything winds down and you might ... 's something you've never tried before. It’s an amazing time to get a head start ... can help you with number one, but I have a place to start for number two

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  where I get excited about stuff, and then distracted, and then ... said, you can never plan completely for everything in life, and all in ... . probably also had the overall effect of lowering my GPA. I’m getting better

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  most important lesson from previous walks is to know where you can find ... going on an opposite journey, the one where you go to sleep. I run through ... note="what a game"]the town of Salem,[/annotation] if you can even call

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  that Pass/No Record does not mean that you can just sit around and have ... !  When you get your advising group, I might be the one nagging you not to ... ended, but I'd like to sum things up in one post and just get it all out

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  what will you be doing? Sometimes I get worried calls or emails from ... . You have the opportunity to go out and get a college education at a ... . A big tear welled up in his eye, and he said: "you know, that's what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to participate in real research with ... camera lenses. This is called scattered light, and it can cover up possible ... remove unwanted noise from light curves, but hopefully this project can

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  everyone, As you may know, I am not-so-secretly a blogger for MIT Admissions ... MIT students (being, ourselves, awesome) do for the summer. So if you ... 'd appreciate a quick line explaining what you're up to this summer! Thanks a lot

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Chess prodigy Bobby Fischer has been wanted by the US ... asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to ... one where Spock says "Logic is a little bird, chirping in a meadow." So

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006