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• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  shorts are your friends. And wait till you discover the wonders of free t ... have something for the first day of learning. -- basic life supplies ... from on-campus theft. -- snacks for the trip, arrival, and the first

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  difficult. Over the course of roughly a year and a half, I worked at a few ... router to cut out pieces of the project, and tweaked some designs in ... and expenses, and I stressed about the rest of my life. In September

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  until the night before, 20 page research papers and two weeks' worth of ... classes simply went through the textbook, and not how to get anything of it ... bowl of goldfish crackers and Conan O'Brien on in the background. (He

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  outside of my year and department. And even through the whole mid ... could choose my friends instead of spending the whole day around the same ... hard to build the friend group that I craved. And for my first year and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  's curriculum, that's grades. But it's also, and this is the second part of the ... became an admissions officer and saw what it was like from this side of the desk. The rest of it is the class. We're building a team. And I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  sort of art. The group hosts various art-related speakers, outings, and ... now!  2018 Trip This was our first Arts Scholars trip and probably the ... floors of the museum, which each had their own theme. The first floor we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  may comprise more than 20% of the whole. Try to assemble your "text ... On Monday, I managed to trip and fall down half a flight of stairs ... of stairs in the Haus when I ran to look at the Rocko's Modern Life

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  own critic. I feel like I have a lot of freedom over the content and ... both quality and quantity. I am reminded of the fact that I always wanted ... work.  When the critic ruffles through pages of my old posts, everything

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  after running around distressed for a while (and setting some of the cakes ... adorable and the cupcakes were delicious The sweet taste of a Costco veggie ... represented the culture and feel of each dorm, and we chose to throw an East

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  that deepen travelers experiences and understanding of the places they ... and digital poetry classes. We built a tour of the EECS building, the ... also have a group of MIT mentors from the Venture Mentoring Service. And

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  After questions about homeschooling, one of the most frequent ... of early- and mid-teenagers, those who, even though young, would truly ... few it is exactly the right course of action. Most of these students are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  add, drop, and change subjects- I did it the second day of classes first ... , gracefully has her cake and eats it too. And the rest of Conner 2 (plus ... limited amount of storage space in Burton-Conner and only had access to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  whole point of college to take classes and learn things? At MIT, I ... . Shows the utility of abstract concepts and teaches understanding and ... responsibilities tripled. And this is where I learned the value of my MIT education

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  regattas. This summer is the first I’ve spent outside of academia. Although ... , Holland, Uganda, Boston and Mexico City, this is the first I feel I have ... play place of skiers, campers, kayakers, rafters and those on the hunt

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two ... and Diseases of the Nervous System, 1-4pm—the final elective I need to ... … 9.24 Disorders and Diseases of the Nervous System is my last and most

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  the rest of my life to meet other math people, and I really wanted to ... means, I'll give some examples: think of the rotational and ... symmetries and writing down generalizations of the quadratic formula. It turns

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  i. The days wheeled past like a flock of starlings, and suddenly ... in diary pages and used calendars. Another year until I acquired the ... : we never really grow up, only outwards, like the rings of a tree

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  trip. Anastassia and I got onto the topic of how we perceive money as ... same time. I committed to the class and last week was one of the most ... . The class, taught by the director of the Media Lab's Mobile Experience

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  and lots of materials, many of which were postmarked before the deadline ... The most popular question in all modes of communication -- blog ... stuff? (Or, "OMG I sent my stuff before the deadline and it's not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012