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• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  to major in? Am I set on Computer Science? What else should I be ... year made me reflect on what a semester at MIT has meant to me (aside ... to focus on pursuing those opportunities I have in front of me and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  courts the first, and so on. We spend time and money trying to identify ... return, is that you please let us know. Log in to your MyMIT account, and click on "How to accept or decline our offer of admission", and complete

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never ... show your essay to your favorite English teacher, tell him/her that your ... I'm sitting on my couch with my friend Jeff (who, after graduating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  swimming on my stomach, I'm getting there. I won't have to worry about ... get paid for your work! I'm really lucky in that I get paid to have fun ... on a new project involving diagnostics. Not only did I get more done

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  barriers, on a scale where Level 1 includes talking to Intro to Linguistics ... (unabashedly expired) Missouri Driver's Permit, “Did you get an extension on this ... -up-the-stairs-without-knee-bending contests; watching math majors play Guitar Hero while I pretended to be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  so on. The idea is to explore plenty of different ways to use your body ... . On Friday, I went to a MISTI-Spain information session. The MIT ... anyway and trying to keep it from happening. (You’re welcome. =P) This is

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

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  . Getting to that fraternity or sorority party. Visiting your friends in ... the beginning of the year, so it's perfectly feasible to get an inexpensive bike here. It also makes it easier to get to really nice places over

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  asked some of you to sit on it, in 2 days flat we'd have a flawless 30 ... 's your chance! Name the new Nance Baby! Give me 3 good names. (Remember ... It is clear to me that I COULD NEVER WRITE ENOUGH ABOUT THE

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  zones away, I had to throw myself out of bed by 6:45 am. But on the plus side, I got to kick back on a couch sipping on an ice tea while browsing ... proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  : you're likely to get a response more quickly, because current MIT ... grade to a B on the condition that I get a B or higher by the end of the ... surprise yourself by how much you're able to take on. That said, if you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  student ID, a form to apply for my athena username, some instructions on the ... got to campus and everything was great. I made new friends, freaked out ... getting e-mails from Hilleevery two days inviting me to all of their events

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  not. I am going to sell all your stuff when your back is turned.) Are ... trades (i.e. don’t need to be in super early, don’t need to be on our toes ... tools for others to use. On a day-to-day basis, we mostly code quietly.4

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  be easy to fall back on the sweet embrace of instant ramen, easy mac ... not on a meal plan, it becomes your cheapest option. So now, you’re ... definitely do, and it’s thanks to shows like this. Plus, they’re funny! On

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  back from russia and since getting to college and meeting so many new ... explore too early to get stuck on smth m: logically yes i’m def feeling ... people ever refer to your dorm as home m: i personally do though some

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  progress you made iii) how that progress contributes to your overall ... and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work ... dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  because I know my team depends on me to be at my best each day at practice ... part of a team, and getting out on the water every morning helps me de ... I always seem to know I’m back at MIT when I can vaguely hear my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  fortress at Barad-Dur is rebuilt on the land of 10-250. The Exam yearns to go ... gets to pretend she's a real pirate for a little bit along with first ... the above picture. Oh, wait, that's Harvard. What I like to say on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay!" I will tell ... 'm starting to feel like a real engineer and it's super. So yeah - putting on ... using Python and MATLAB. The awesome description: We get to build virtual

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  -pset activities range from cartoon viewing to wrestling. We have pieces of “art” on ... on the ceiling from which to hang stuff. And oscilloscopes. Lots and ... ’s not rare to see a freshman and a senior hard at work together. On the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  -mail, you're encouraged to write the body in both English and French. Now ... To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing list, there are three things you need to know: 1) Right outside our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013