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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  comfortable there? The answer to that is usually no, especially when your home ... out to New Hampshire to do this? Wouldn’t it have been a lot warmer and more convenient in a classroom on campus? Well sometimes I have to leave

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  hosting this AMA — click on any of our names to get a quick overview! Andi ... were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student ... them answered. (You’re able to comment anonymously, but use this power

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  something, exhaust all your options to get it. I felt I had saved my grades ... to every class and completed all of my assignments on time. Freshman ... ever taking extra time to do the problem again on my own. I ended up no

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  inspirations, and allowing me to focus on what’s for dinner. At the same time, I ... doing all he could to get her to eat the thing burning in his hands, which ... why we should care. Here’s a link to MIT-specific resources on how we

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  wanted to be an engineer and just accidentally ended up on this path which ... mood lately and want to do nothing but lie on a beach reading all day for ... 'm very fashion challenged. So, I headed back to my room to get changed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  as close as you'll get to a home-cooked meal. On a weekly basis, food ... really don't get to eat freshly fried, extra crunchy, warm on the ... 's only one way to know. (Huge shoutout to the many friends who joined me on

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  enough time to practice enough, depending on what the rest of your schedule ... what classes to take and when because it depends so much on your personal ... wanted, and I have definitely changed my mind on this front and come to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  /high-schooler, you should get your science administrator to check out this page, so we ... much get to watch videos in every class and check out various photographs ... - Thanks to this class, I'm finally learning MATLAB. This class is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  you can count on to keep your mind where it needs to be. Then, once you ... , if you went to CPW, getting back in touch with your host is a good way ... you to read some of these pointers. They'll set you up well for your

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  constituted, at some point, a hell week. But dead week is on a whole new level ... to run up until the Friday of that week. So basically, you're learning ... ? And so you hold on dearly to that heartwarming fact... ...until you

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the blog from a posting on another site asking about admissions officer blogs ... non-student visitors to the blogs (including parents, MIT students &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  thousands on a wait list to get tickets. ~40,000 The number of people ... 's hard enough to come up with a brand-new product idea. It's even harder to ... on-stage without a major catastrophe. And it's hardest of all to do

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  a dorm with a dining plan, but I don’t. On the bright side I get to ... something. (definition from How To Get Around MIT)   Which brings us to ... you’re here to do: go to class, slog through p-sets, write essays, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  't completely easy. I still had to ask for help on questions, but when explained ... .01 felt like it was working to just solidify your knowledge of calculus ... whatever MIT has to throw at me. That last paragraph is supposedly my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  stuff is going on, and all my friends at other schools are going to class ... to Maine/NH/VT on the weekends to see my boyfriend do flips on skis (he ... '07: Ropes Adventure PE class (you get to climb lots of sketchy

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  , you have to prioritize which input is the most important in your final ... peppered with due to pledge training the new pledges (which just ended, yay ... . I still want to go to Japan, I’m definitely making sure I’m in on

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  -than-the-usual amount of freedom this semester. It’ll be fun to reflect on how I thought ... you all. Try new forms of athletics. Yoga. I’ve been getting into ... friends, like going to Celtics games, exploring a new part of Beacon Hill

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  " sticker on it. I continue to yank. 3. Victory! The lock comes off! 4 ... longer drive in college), and you parked your car, and all you had to do was press a button to lock your car and you were good to go? Parking a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  the dock. In order to get away from the dock, you have to get the boat ... turns. I like to call them the Easy Turn and the Hard Turn. Obviously, on ... towards the Midwest region but was really open to anyone. Basically, I sat

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  contributions to the place you are working at. (For more on getting the most out ... —the pressure is always on to glean as much wisdom and learn as many lessons as ... me: 1. Listen. Ask people to lunch or to coffee and just get to know

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014