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• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  , thanks anyway!" Sam's Mom had taught me well not to get into bicycle taxis ... AWESOME CATEGORIES SITE I would take the time to write up an actual job ... needs to get into Burton-Conner. 3. Restock paper in the dorm printer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  courses in your major) – and more pressure to be uh, mature and serious ... to construct a bridge) -- [Getting started] I've got a variety of ... anticipation to see everything come together. [7:00 AM] Finally getting

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  OF KETCHUP PACKETS, 33-541!) I'm going to be getting free food five ... , although we only managed to get up to around 38 before program coordinator Dr ... at 10:30? Then quit your studying and come on over to Conner 2 for $15

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  the cell gets both a red (your gene) plasmid and a blue (unknown gene ... advisor. On a day-to-day basis, I work independently... after working in the ... students to have problems getting into good grad programs, however! 3

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... . They invite you to their offices to discuss your papers. It’s bizarrely ... sadly entirely over, at least for now. I might get to help out next year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  if possible. 4. Take a writing class -- you really get to know your ... will to improve is the surest sign that you're just not that into what you're doing. In a matter of months, I’d gone from preparing to apply to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  country during IAP can be a great way to expand your global horizons without ... when I was going back to MIT, I couldn't help but sigh, just a tiny ... fall semester, my natural, MIT-conditioned response is to rattle off the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  imagine the kind of support you’ll get. You don’t need to know what to ask ... A thank you to all the supportive faculty & staff at the ’Tute ... (badly enough that I needed physical therapy) Had my cat get sick Had

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  (I know you’re tempted to stop reading after the video, but keep ... the lecture did happen to be a good time. We learned about how you get ... , you already had your college days. No applying to MIT!), and some of you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  site to learn more about him. My favortite page is the one on which he answers questions for kids. I particularly like his answer to the last ... happened between people in your life. Maybe most of them come down to one

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  remote is like. Also, if it sounds awesome to work at Twitch, you're right ... meetings where I get to find out what the rest of the team is up to. Most of ... study/work abroad programs are definitively cancelled. I want to preface

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  very beginning, since as time goes on and you get to know your brothers ... 't mean you're "paying for friends," nor does not getting a bid during Rush ... something that you get just because you show up to all the Rush events for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  , and as such have to cross the bridge every day to get to campus. A lot ... having breakfast. As usual, I missed the Boston Daytime shuttle to campus. Like any other morning, it looked like I was walking to campus. But as I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  things seem hard until you try them. But when you know how to use Google ... It's snowing. Hard. Blizzard-warning, dangerous-to-be-outside, MIT-is-closed hard. But people like to stay active; my hall, for instance, is currently

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  any time just as long as you put in the effort to physically get out of ... semester at MIT I decided to have a very heavy load over MITs independent ... with this summer, but I do feel like I am starting to get a better hold

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  out) to see if fish would get scared. (They didn't.) I always use this ... , venturing Boston to find things I needed, meeting more people, getting ready ... Go back to December 16, 2010. It was just another Thursday night

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  least one of us knew left and right--students going to London, Iceland, Geneva. It seems everyone on campus was trying to get away from the Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  officer to get a more official opinion! If you're interested in learning ... doesn't love nerds?) but if you're miserable and struggling to keep up ... BE HAPPY WITHOUT GOING TO MIT!) The MIT admissions site, as you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  account. I should probably get around to getting rid of that account someday ... a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... upperclassmen gallantly agreed to give us piggyback rides. Eventually I decided I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  allow you to preview your application as a PDF. This PDF is exactly how ... MIT as a school to receive your scores directly or we will not receive ... note that you do not need to express mail or overnight any part of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011