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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  HASS.” I’m taking four HASSes and no technicals. I don’t discuss my ... Orientation days is no longer possible. Once again laundry is becoming an ordeal

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  , challenging ideas and assumptions, and taking ownership of problems that no one ... 're working with - this is as important as the work itself. Form trust. No team

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  . There are no restrictions on memories, and pictures of family and friends ... . No need to bring the stock of a lifetime on the plane. And once you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  no idea how in the world senior year happened. This recently came to my ... will be too. Maybe I'll say more details later? **I'm no longer sure

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  At MIT, no community follows an algorithm, but each one is open to sharing and appreciating passions, regardless of major and background. The ... definitely join the club. (MIT SEVT team) Of no less importance are the less

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  look at my team, and we have no idea. These labs force you to make ... it’s over. So why do we do it? No matter where you work or what

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to ... , composed collaboratively and in no particular order. a treasury of erasure

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  like it An important lesson: no matter how "screwed" you think you are ... understand the concepts and that didn't help. It seems that no matter what I

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

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  MIT's temporary emergency closure means I no longer have an excuse to put off finishing all the half-baked blog posts from this month. The ... stomachs and no desire to return to IHOP for infinite pancakes anytime soon

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  's really not that hard.  As the saying goes, "there's no such thing as bad ... make the biggest investment.  No, the cute jacket you bought in July won

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  ? It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school ... students whose interviews have been waived are at no disadvantage). You are

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  , though, it can be a harder question to answer. Our profession requires no ... sometimes say that I judge people for a living. While I had no formal

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  around on the white wall in whatever direction it wanted to go. No mistakes, no stress, just freeform self-expression.   *Exclusive

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  the next day I could do it no more. Spurts of productivity came at ... , even on Pass/No Record. Five weeks into the semester, I dropped both my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  . Pay no attention to the lab partner behind the proto board. After that ... Rick Astley and "Cherry Bomb" by the Runaways. No way! "Come and Get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  what really mattered. Once I knew, the question no longer presented a ... ? Surely, but I have no regrets, as the experience was essential in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  he holds no connection to MIT itself. He has never been a student; he ... has come to adopt him, despite no direct link. "I was here juggling last

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  : As you can see, there’s no cascade of steps to follow. It’s a lot of ... ? Yes. No. Maybe.  In the end I decided to spend my summer in Houston

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! This is the result when you look me up on the MIT website: I'm an AFFILIATE now. No longer a student! Maybe that ... ...London. Interviewer: Yes yes, but where in London? Me [thinking: there's no way you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  heavy winds of Saturday showed no signs of dying down, and Corn Dog was a ... the wind, turned around, and completed two and a half laps with no

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014