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• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  of the regular quests have time limits, you’ll likely need to get an ... . Use s^3 to get extensions. If you are sitting down to work for a long ... is still far easier to get extensions if you have a cold than if your

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  of random snacks. Make the walk across the river to Shake Shack and get ... 've gotten, and then figure out what you need to get on each assignment ... 't worry--you don't only have to, nay get to, rant on the day of the exam

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  was the one pulling the launch string) so I didn’t get to see it happen ... ride, and a portion of Saturday afternoon trying to get the rest of the ... easiest). Curiosity got the best of us so we turned to Google and our

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  it is extremely rare for freshmen to get internships. Often times ... exclusive, the internship tends to be more competitive and difficult to get ... 's remote, though" which, yes, true. But I was just happy to get one in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  course eval for 9.00. Please take a moment to do this. http://web ... due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a paper draft to my research advisor tonight, I e-mailed a paper to my music

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  going to get to every question today. Amy wrote, "I saw people carrying boxes of Chinese food during CPW. Is there a place on campus to get this ... at Yale (I don't need to use Google to know that Yale is an amazing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  rather high visibility when they remain on the front page - but that only ... main page, you can find it two places: the personal archive of the blogger who wrote it, or the general information pages accessible by the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  semester, explore boston, get ready to UROP, and train for track season ... ’ for the 1st time in college, but after that i had to get on larger poles ... performing so well that i had to get out bigger poles, so yay! for fun, i

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  modeled after commentators like Bill O'Reilly. And, to help with context in ... commentator famous for his opposition to illegal immigration, and you may also know want to know what a triffid is. If you've got all that, enjoy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  that basically allows you to upload photos and thoughts to the web in ... past with great success, and I'm looking very forward to this year's entries! I've decided to add to the CPW coverage by creating a CPW tumblr

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  to see if we could get less than a pound of O.R.T.; when we succeeded ... things that don't belong to me, I've spent the past 100+ hours staying up ... that should rightfully go to the extremely awesome '14s (seriously, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2020! Get excited!!! For the past ... . Campus feels festive. We get to meet new people. There’s free food. However ... what opportunities exist at MIT and (2) gathering free swag.You’ll get to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  difficult to get As in certain classes. However, in 8.02, you're told from the ... , so it would be more difficult to get a high score). What made 8.02 a ... getting credit is the most important thing for an UROP, but it's great to be

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  schedule this term so lets get to it. (classes are arranged chronologically ... physics, grade a few papers, and in exchange I get to say I helped teach a ... semester at MIT, so I'm happy to get to work with him teaching his class. 6

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  spent on a little blue couch, waking up early, leaving my physical form to ... the helper functions. Functions to make test cases. Helper functions for the functions to make test cases to help me figure out what the FLIPPIN

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  asked of late. I'll address a couple quickly now, and get to some others ... 're still planning to be on schedule. Hopefully everyone would have their ... gift!). But, I've been trying to keep people realistic through this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  them personally to your house - you get the point. However, following ... could read so many pages. I never knew I could drink so much coffee. I ... officers have tried to mix in healthy snack choices (radishes or carrots

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  that you have to blog, think that you get to blog." I still remember my ... quite as I found myself pondering on those words. I get to blog today? I get to blog today! I've been writing for as long as I can remember

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have required classes or language requirements?

  activities on our What to do in high school page. ... We're often asked to recommend specific classes for high school students to increase their chances of admission. We don't have any required
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  Matt does! And I'm starting to get more comments in general - I guess my ... if we are going to be initiated, do we get to know what we're going to ... helped me out with an answer: "To take a page from Jessie's book and co

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005