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• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  vessels, what are you trying to do? learn how to adopt a convincing British ... unimpressed, since it is something people here do as a weekly activity ... a nutshell, what are you doing this summer? The Pembroke

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  job-wise, this has been an absolute rollercoaster of a year so far. I'm EXHAUSTED. I was supposed to do [annotation note="a program where MIT ... forward to doing these programs since high school, i set my hopes on doing

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  The Office of the First Year supports a number of programs that enrich and support undergraduate education at MIT, and serves as your first year headquarters as well as a resource during your undergraduate years
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  Selection has been busy enough that I haven't had time to do a full Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly answer a few common questions... ------------------------------------- So

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area—you can't do anything wrong when completing the form ... -reported information. International students do not fill out this section.
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  QuestBridge Finalists that ranked MIT will be contacted directly about how to access our MIT QuestBridge Supplement. If you are a QuestBridge Finalist that did not rank MIT, you can still use our supplement along with
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non-degree student. Exchange students are affiliated with a university in which MIT has ... participating institutions for a set duration. For a list of member institutions
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  entered as a supplemental document in your file. Enrolling first
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  live as a human being and not a human doing. Here are some of the ... hosting a barbecue with friends in the area. We’re doing cumin lamb skewers ... words from one of my mentors, Kim, is a compass I hold closely - “Do what

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... I am what one might call a "professional blogger", or what a liberal ... unemployed college freshman."  And the best part of being a prufesssional riter

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  : It's a chair! But wait, there's a sign on the back! I ran home

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  days to be processed. Materials are not automatically loaded into a ... processing. Please send a detailed email to [email protected] describing the
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  do a weekly "Spooktober Movie Night". We watched one scary movie and ... 't watch a movie, we usually do some sort of party. So, not a waste. If you ... One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  . Anyone know an eight-letter word having to do with the location of M*A ... early action decisions. SIX DAYS! Six days! Man, that's a short time. When ... life decisions, but I can suggest a couple things to ease the pain. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  . The only thing you need to do is submit the February Updates & Notes ... your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  there, watch some kids and can't do all the cool stuff... Being a ... , You do realize that General Relativity is a very advanced physics course ... Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  ="I've been using this word for 'doing very little academic work on a given day ... work despite the [annotation note="extra is a strong word here. to be ... was still a four-day weekend."]extra[/annotation] two days of break. I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat. Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the ... rectangular aluminum blanks into a pair of finely detailed molds and then

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  states where it is illegal to do what at a gas station? 5. What famous 1972 song has the lyric "do, d-do, d-do, do d-do?" We were joined in our ... famous for holding up a microphone stand without the bottom part. 3. What

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  much practice I need to do. I spent a good amount of time trying to figure out what was the best way to make this video, and settled on doing ... time in China. If you can’t tell, I decided to do this video in Chinese

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019