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• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  so many I can't possibly do them all, in a day or a week or even this ... harnesses it to do amazing things. What brought this to mind last week was a ... freshmen do, though -- you sign up for a million clubs, and in the end you

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  building full of friendly people your age). I also had a chance to do lots of ... antagonists and a glam-rock starchild have died, and the friend i do not like ... I've been gone for a while, but I'm coming back! Withdrawing from

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  information or any hints about what the volunteer would do. We just asked for a ... opposed to what they were actually doing. We identified a few ... the end of each semester to fill out course evaluations. Professors do

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  reviews! “Seeing kids do it was very fun. In a world in which mit promises ... MIT is about risk. It’s a place where you put yourself out there ... sent my very first email to dormspam, a mailing list that reaches most of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  Simmons can do that well of a job of bringing people together. So thank you ... The following is a guest entry by Patrick L. '17 Just before 9 pm ... puzzle in private dining. In all of the reviews that I saw while doing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  a little while. Next week I will begin a leave of absence from MIT. I will not, however, be leaving MIT. I will instead be moving a few buildings east to the Media Lab, where I will spend a year as a graduate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  , like how to do laundry, or how to not burn a pot of spaghetti are ... with you and makes you want to do a silly dance. I’m blowing this whole ... out of my way to do, see and experience things that I’ve never done

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  a lot of practice to do. Deep Fear #1: Blanking Out You know the ... , do the research. Make a page of notes. Print said pages of notes. Then ... My earliest memory of making a presentation consists of saying

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  midterms. Do your psets so you can get into a habit of knowing how early you ... not joining X or Y and instead just do it. If you have even a little ... do a kajillion extracurriculars because your interests are so diverse

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  little to do with your merits as a learner and a person. I discovered this ... to a stage not predetermined by government regulations. College is ... complete life’s greatest project. So relax, but do write your college essay

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  because he's doing it as a job - and his enthusiasm really came across ... 's recommended if you're planning on doing a bio/chem related major, for reasons ... . You can either do the UROP for pay, for volunteer, or for credit. A lot

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  that he expected to be doing the same for us in a few years. Um, no ... Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a ... of things to try this summer -- so Adam rigged up a foam ducting system

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  first i said i wanted a system to decide when to do things for myself ... over spring break i met a grad student. we were talking about why they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  't do that. It's like planning to bake a crisp and hoarding fruit months ... 'm taking Advanced Essay Workshop with him, and I've never cared about a class ... to go be a writer! I'm going to write my essay right NOW!" So I went

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  the things they've been dreaming to do." I hope you got a taste of that ... myself this weekend, courtesy of you guys: 1. I apparently do not look like myself *points at the banner* (perhaps bringing a stuffed penguin with me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  other schools to which you are applying? Do you really want to write a ... Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter ... to MIT can be a barrier for those of modest financial means or those

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  The bloggers' old avatars were drawn by a talented professional in a recognizable and well-liked style. But some of us thought, what if we could do a ... a new, anti-cohesive style for the MIT Admissions blogs. We

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a ... To everyone who's waiting for a pi(e) day decision: It's all going ... distracting herself by marathoning a TV show (possibly Firefly, again), playing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  blizzard is coming up and hitting the Northeast real hard (Déjà vu).  It's a ... white snow to gray.♪ ♫Ralph Landau looks like a Star Destroyer, while ... us when we're sick, Is covered in snow, but only a few inches thick

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  awful humidity doing a little bit of... everything.   While I ... A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson tried to describe my life as ... a recipe for my amazing summer, I could only tell you what I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012