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  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  weekend. “Being hosed” is an MIT phrase meaning “having too much to do and not enough time to do it,” since getting an MIT education is like drinking from a firehose; rest assured, there are times when life at MIT gets

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  info of my wonderful adventures in Spain: MISTI (MIT International ... of the study abroad that MIT students do. Basically, back in the 70s (or 80s, memory fails me...) MIT-Japan was started as an organization to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  about the Red Sox. Because had it not been for the MIT Blogs, I'm not ... pay to come to MIT just to be miserable. So I'm taking classes that make ... to the rest of the world as "calculus." MIT requires two semesters of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  deferring entry to MIT, also known as taking a gap year. My hope is that you ... a one-year (or sometimes two-year) deferral from starting at MIT, you ... world. Welcome – MIT’s an amazing place (no matter what you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... 't get you into MIT on its own, but like anything else you may do well ... required 2 considered? And does MIT (and other colleges) accept the new

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  pass/no record already. Basically, first term freshman year at MIT, you ... important reasons. 1. MIT classes are harder than high school classes, and people tend to get lower grades first term at MIT than they've ever gotten

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  to wrap your collective heads around: 1) MIT students really like to complain about how hard they're working, and 2) MIT students really like ... extracurricular activity when you first come to MIT, at least until you figure out

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Bonsai Kittens were a hoax started by MIT students ... after giving blood. MIT is really like that. Anyway, somebody had a ... figure out if you really like it or not. My second term at MIT, 18.100B

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  in the (almost) two years since leaving school, the term “infinite corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long ... , except on substack instead of the mit admissions blog. i think when i was

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  that I think would specifically resonate with MIT students. Definitely ... test. In fact, in even broader terms, it reminded me of MIT. I was ... puzzle. I was reminded that my work at MIT is an endeavor, an adventure

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  year at MIT:    —   Gathered around a circle of ... Phi Delts guys I’m an MIT student, right? Like, give me a major ... ; phrases i’d never used until MIT:    “I would go, but I’d have to get

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when I received a January MIT Newsletter and saw a summary of Ankita D. ‘23 ... among MIT Bloggers. I showed my brother and he said “Well now you have to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  at MIT has an elected student council, which plans events, creates ... at his desk, looking at all of the MIT classes, waiting for one that

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  MIT). This is what I do in the day, except for weekends. Not only do I ... To Get Around MIT Making illustrations for the next How To Get Around MIT (or HowToGAMIT for short). It's a student-produced handbook that's a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  of the resources better. Though to be fair to me, MIT doesn’t do the ... me maintain my creative spirit at MIT. Figuring out what to wear is a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  cartridges). MIT is the perfect place to start a puzzle, especially when there ... world]. Trips to Verdes and the Stud (perhaps too often). This year, MIT ... students, this will have been their last MIThenge as an undergraduate at MIT

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  that MIT offers to their undergrads. However, getting research faculty to ... ’s perspective. If you really don’t know where to start searching, the MIT ... you need help on your resume, the MIT [annotation note="Career Advising

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  this long at MIT without getting some form of disease. I'm sure part of ... understanding, which is a fact I attribute to the MIT's culture. On the one hand ... -numbingly boring weekend I have ever had at MIT. It wasn't like in elementary school

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  that's dedicated to student life. in the end, mit has no obligation to ... . and i'm tired. this year i will leave mit, like many of my friends

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  "]Kresge[/annotation] and learned the L’Hopital's Rule from [annotation note='MIT Open ... first few days at MIT in the sea of faces and blur of names, hoping to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022