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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  .310, we were allowed to fill one 8.5” X 11 sheet of paper, front and back ... order to maximize the amount of information that I am able to distill into ... bleed, making it harder to write in tight spaces) and write in neat

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  Reflecting on the lessons of last semester, I knew I was going to have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent all of Monday night from 8pm to 2am studying. I woke up promptly at 7

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  ’s capital. I frequent it often for my electronic needs—to replace printer ink or buy new paper sheets, to upgrade my iPad’s internet plan and most recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  transition from high school to college can be a tricky one, but you were always ... superglued to my finger once***. I just wanted to let you know that I’ve met ... come to an end. But let’s not dwell on the past. I’m with spring semester

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  an email to these students with this information as well. We use MailChimp to send emails to prospective and admitted students. MailChimp requires that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  Technically, there isn't much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into ... meet resistance, lower arm to target. Focus on the front sight. Without ... I skip pistol class to fly to Los Angeles (don't worry, Mike is cool

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that ... of the womb, who were building robots before they learned how to walk ... 'm in the latter group.  I came to MIT intending to major in something Bio

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  select a leader. Once you have, leaders, raise your hand” Me: *turns to ... : “Alright, you have a packet in front of you. You have 30 minutes to complete ... confusedly, locates packet* Instructor: “Go!” And that was my introduction to

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Some of you may look at my last post and wonder, "what's happened to ... year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went to a few weddings, visited family and friends, and generally took time

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  campus for the summer. In August, I'll move back to French House, but this is where I'll come home to for the next couple of months. MIT during the summer is a beautiful thing. No psets. No exams. No pressure to cram

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  musical, but I assumed that when I came to MIT, music would play a much smaller role in my life. I was very wrong. When I came to MIT last August, I decided I wanted to be in an instrumental group and a vocal group. I didn

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  -old's high school. We were there to listen to a presentation about a new program for his junior year that would allow him to merge the arts with his ... fluorescent glare in the school library, to eloquently preach about how the

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared ... 's Spectrum newsletter that goes out to "friends and supporters" of MIT. I agree ... closer to finishing than I was a few hours earlier. On his way through the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  this past week’s MIT Career Fair, I set out to discover what industry professionals have to say about it. Super classy Elizabeth '11, GEL student ... students go to learn about companies, some go to find internships for the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and contact information for your EC is to log in to your my.mit.edu account

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and, realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the next problem. This may have been, subconsciously, due to the hope that I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  English up with which I will not put!"), but I'm currently listening to my ... haven't had all that much time to blog lately. Which isn't to say I haven ... half an hour to jot some thoughts down right now, so I figured I might as

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a stressful situation like this: fight or flight. The alternative is to combine ... the holidays!) Many students will come back to MIT around January 7 for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a music supplement via email addressed to [email protected]. For performers ... , please be sure to include your name, date of birth, your instrument, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  It's hard to remember a time during my senior year of high school ... pretty much it for me. I was going to MIT. I never really entertained any possibility that there might be some cons to the pros - to me, MIT was perfect

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007