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• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  said that it’s not used for anything and it’s just too big to get out of ... that I want to donate. While I work on that, go take a look at your ... ?” -Anne Fadiman, in the preface to her essay collection Ex Libris

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  : As you can see, it is best to use a hook size that matches your yarn ... could level out with your yarn, and you become acclimated to the rigor of MIT. Otherwise, you adjust your yarn to match your hook, and you create

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  getting a bus to Lechmere from right outside the station. We both have not ... decide to wing it anyway. We make it to Davis, but then get on a bus headed ... . Gets to my recitation class with cold feet, literally. Runs out of milk

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  you again get a choice: where do you want to go? Remember that no matter ... your talents to go on to do wonderful things with the education and ... We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some ... engineers may use in their career in order to measure certain properties, such ... have a 40 page paper to write, but such is life. The class is also an

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  Ethiopia in January, much more able to handle myself in Shanghai, to get ... there and look at everything you pass by. And you can get to downtown ... Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  petition your classes for Hass-A credit! We have yet to do so, but should get ... to other local colleges! There is a blog section of our website where ... to get really busy. But we went on the annual New York trip a few weeks

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  when I started, and I get to look back at all I've done. Not gonna lie ... than just trivial occurrences to get me excited ("Oh, math joke, not ... MIT seemed to take all of the things I used in my application to get

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  59-minute walk according to Google Maps, but 40 minutes at a New York ... group. However, I proceeded to get lost in North Station because the MBTA ... weekend to see the latest updates!). Background Slack Messages Earlier

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  about the point where my phone died, so I didn’t get to take pictures of ... people is my good friend Lauren H. '16, who (among other things) happens to ... can do here. Thanks to Lauren for letting me post this. Oh, and it

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  decided that I wanted to get on the road. I’d forgotten the joy of pan ... there might be some that Google hadn't picked up on. My plan, then, was to ... ’d spotted on the map. I decided to shoot for it, telling myself not to get my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  . Then your left hand. (It really helps to trust the person holding on to your belt.) Then lean forward. (This is where you really need to trust the person holding on to you.) You think you're leaning as far forward

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  .01 forces you to really get what's going on, a quick scouring of the formula ... hoped to get a deeper understanding of metals so that we could further ... Google Earth Elevations we figured there had to be a better way

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  ." You got all that? We are looking forward to getting your form on time ... ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... serves two purposes: to share your newest grades, and give you an

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  ." You got all that?   We are looking forward to getting your form ... ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... serves two purposes: to share your newest grades, and give you an

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  better. You will get into the school that you were afraid to admit was your ... that you wanted to be more academic and rigorous, and failing your first ... yourself too good to get imposter syndrome, because didn’t you work hard

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  , go to docs.new (the most useful website shortcut frankly), and put ... to help prevent burnout and introduces some variation in your life ... class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  The Brass Rat, the MIT class ring. MIT students get theirs sophomore ... member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring ... Ring. They couldn't decide whether to put the beaver or the Dome on the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Beaverheimer (Pi Day 2024) 3/14/24 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  , March 14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s where you’ve been able to ... need to reset your password, just go to apply

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2024